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Kaylee Obisesan

Kaylee Obisesan is a Heartlander News staff reporter based in Kansas City, Missouri. A Miami University graduate, she has also reported for news outlets in Indiana and Ohio.

DEI
Investigation reveals disguised DEI programs in Kansas education

A Kansas State University employee admitted the university still uses DEI under a different name, which is in violation of state law, a national investigation by Accuracy in… Read More

March 16, 2026
Gender Transition
Schools still secretly transitioning students without parents’ knowledge, probe reveals

An investigation by grassroots nonprofit Defending Education shows over 12 million students in the U.S. attend schools with policies that encourage and sometimes require teachers to keep parents… Read More

March 15, 2026
ICE
ICE detention center approved for Leavenworth despite resident protests

Leavenworth, Kansas approved the reopening of the Midwest Regional Reception Center as a new ICE detention center on Tuesday after a year-long process.  The city commission voted 4-1… Read More

March 12, 2026
Crime
Kansas City arson convict to serve another prison sentence

A man who previously set a Kansas City church on fire was sentenced to seven more years in prison last Thursday for illegally possessing a firearm as a… Read More

March 11, 2026
Kansas
Judge declines to block new Kansas law requiring use of biological sex in government restrooms, documents

A Kansas judge has denied a request to temporarily suspend a new law returning to biological sex in government building restrooms and school restrooms, as well as in state… Read More

March 11, 2026