Opinion
Op-ed: Homeschooling wasn’t always legal. Here’s how a Kansas City nonprofit is remembering 40 years of homeschool historyAlmost four decades ago, Todd Kangas was wondering whether he and his wife would be imprisoned for their choice to homeschool. “We started doing research on homeschooling in Kansas, and… Read More
Public Education
Bell-to-bell cell bans may not show significant changes in the numbers, but clear classroom improvements are evidentStudies of American schools with bell-to-bell cellphone bans – which include schools in Missouri and Kansas – may not reveal an immediate improvement in quantitative areas such as standardized… Read More
Courts
DOJ sues Kansas City, Kansas Public Schools to block secret ‘gender transitions’ after 2025 recordings revealed itThe Department of Justice filed a lawsuit against Kansas City, Kansas Public Schools Tuesday aimed at stopping the district from facilitating secret “gender transitions” for children at school without… Read More
Public Education
West Plains superintendent arrested on multiple felonies(The Sentinel) – West Plains Superintendent of Schools Jeff Jones was arrested on 10 charges on Friday, Aug. 21, 2026, KNSW reports. West Plains… Read More
Courts
Murder charge dismissed against Kansas deputy in jail death investigators long ago determined was no crimeA judge dismissed a murder-or-manslaughter charge against a Wyandotte County, Kansas, deputy Thursday in the 2025 death of a combative and medically compromised jail inmate. Heartlander News … Read More
Public Education
Education Department takes action to protect parental rights in Kansas(The Center Square) – The Trump administration will take action to protect parental rights in Kansas after an investigation revealed that three school districts in the state maintain policies… Read More
Courts
‘They want to silence me’: Kansas residents sued by town over petition drive to ban data centersA small town in Kansas is suing several petition organizers who say the city’s lawsuit is largely an attempt to muzzle them and intimidate future citizen activists. Edgerton,… Read More
Politics
The race for Kansas governor shaping upSen. Cindy Holscher won the Democratic nomination for Kansas governor by running well to the left of the party’s usual playbook. Now she faces Republican Ty Masterson, who’s making… Read More
Government
CoreCivic sells Leavenworth, Kansas detention center to DHSThe Immigration and Customs Enforcement detention center in Leavenworth, Kansas, has been sold to the U.S. government less than six months after the founding company fought to get the facility up and running. CoreCivic, the… Read More
Public Education
Kansas State Board of Education faces overhaul as November elections will seat five new members(The Sentinel) – The 10-member Kansas State Board of Education will have five new members when it convenes in January following the November general elections. Read More
Courts
Kansas school district ordered to pay $113k for open records violations(The Sentinel) – Federal Judge Kathryn H. Vratil has ordered the Lawrence, Kansas, public school district to pay over $113,000 in attorneys’ fees for a group… Read More
Courts
Missouri woman torments minor using Roblox, pleads guilty to cyberstalkingA Missouri woman who used Roblox and other social media platforms to terrorize a minor victim with threats of rape and murder has pleaded guilty to cyberstalking. Read More
Opinion
Kansas should welcome the industry powering President Trump’s rural comebackRural America has been left behind by Washington for too long. In recent years, its economic prospects have plateaued, with few opportunities to bring true prosperity to local communities. Read More
Politics
Missouri native describes socialism’s rise, why she left the Democrats in new bookEvan Barker was a lifelong Democrat who campaigned for Barack Obama while she was still in high school. The Kansas City-area native graduated… Read More
Public Education
‘The lazy way out’: Four-day school weeks are not the answer to rural school issues, expert saysMore school districts west of the Mississippi are implementing four-day school weeks (4DSWs), but other states are cracking down on the policy, arguing a shortened week harms students’ learning… Read More
Courts
Kansas, DOJ ask court to end in-state tuition for illegal immigrantsKansas Attorney General Kris Kobach and the Trump administration have asked a federal court to block Kansas from providing in-state college tuition and certain scholarship… Read More
Government
Bill to make healthcare costs transparent advances, but hospitals don’t seem too happy(Daily Caller News Foundation) – Bipartisan hospital price transparency legislation cleared a key hurdle in the Senate Wednesday, but some big hospital groups are pushing back. The… Read More
Culture
Documentary: The unknown history of Kansas City Chiefs basketballA documentary from the Kansas City Chiefs reveals the hidden history of a forgotten Kansas City sports team – Kansas City Chiefs basketball. The documentary, The Lost Game:… Read More
Culture
Top Kansas medical school supports child sex-change org despite state ban, growing criticism from expertsA leading Kansas medical school receiving millions of dollars in taxpayer funding trains physicians in sex-change surgeries for adults – but it supports an organization… Read More
Culture
“We came just to bring a little bit of Missouri to the Great American State Fair”: Missouri, Illinois, Nebraska, Iowa and Kansas at the Great American State Fair(Editor’s note: A series on The Great American State Fair, held in Washington, D.C., in honor of America’s 250th birthday, written by Heartlander News interns.) Far from… Read More