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Here's a summary of the day's Kansas news headlines from the Associated Press, as compiled by KPR staffers.

Here's the latest Kansas and regional news from the Associated Press, compiled by KPR staff.

A yard sign at 6th and Michigan, encouraging a "yes" vote on the November 4 ballot issue that would increase the local sales tax to pay for a new Lawrence police center.Next week, voters in Lawrence will decide whether to approve an increase in the local sales tax to finance construction of a new police center. The price tag for the proposed facility is nearly $26 million. The Lawrence City Commission and the police department are hoping voters say yes at the polls. Others say they support the police... but not this plan. KPR's J. Schafer has more.Lawrence voters will decide on November 4th whether to approve a .20% increase in the city sales tax to pay for a $26 million police facility. The new law enforcement center would be located east of Hallmark Cards, south of the Kansas Turnpike and just north of the district offices for Lawrence public schools.

Kansas City's road to the NFL Playoffs wasn't easy, but it still set them up for a chance to defend their Super Bowl title. As the Chiefs prepare to take on the Miami Dolphins during Wild Card Weekend, here's everything you need to get up to date on the season.

Former Justice Department official Jeffrey Clark was a key figure in a recent Senate report for his promises to pursue former President Donald Trump's false election fraud claims.

Democratic Gov. Laura Kelly laid out her Kansas spending priorities in a budget plan presented to the Republican-led Legislature Thursday.

El Eternauta has acquired near-mythic status in Argentina since it was first published in 1957.

A young baseball player who gets hit by a fastball must find the courage to step back up to the plate. Michael Northrop, the author of Plunked, is no stranger to overcoming obstacles — he's dyslexic, and he says that learning to read was a real struggle when he was a kid: "I can't read fast. I can read carefully, though."

High winds, rain and snow expected across eastern Kansas Wednesday... and an astronaut from Kansas commands the SpaceX Dragon capsule that splashed down off the Florida gulf coast Tuesday, carrying fellow astronauts who've been onboard the International Space Station for the past nine months. Details inside.