They’d lived through a bitter conflict between Jayhawkers and border ruffians, and one between the North and the South. They’d seen the bloody birth of a state — and the breakup and reconstruction of ...

Long grass bears the weight of snow in this Jan. 8, 2024, photo taken in Emporia. The blizzard of early January closed roads and brought life-threatening cold to the state. (Max McCoy/Kansas Reflector ...

The Martin Cemetery in Stafford County, Kansas holds the remains of "Exodusters" who migrated to the area in the years after the Civil War ended. Sometimes the little places you pass every day hold ...

The Kansas Historical Society’s archaeological field school this year gave volunteers a chance to dig into the state's territorial history at the site of an 1850s-era mansion near Lecompton. Just a ...

Online Bob Miller keeps the public updated on the Bender property through the Facebook page, Kansas Bloody Benders. He also hosted a presentation last year in Parsons with University of Kansas ...

TOPEKA, Kan. (WIBW) - The Kansas Museum of History’s renovation is nearing completion, with new flooring and displays being installed ahead of its official re-opening on Nov. 22. While the main ...

Images of some of the 19th Century flags in the Kansas Historical Society's collection that have degraded over time. Tom Schmidt is one of the people spearheading a program that would help raise funds ...

TOPEKA, Kan. (KSNT) – A museum made to remember the Sunflower State’s history will soon reopen, with some new features. The Kansas Museum of History has been closed to the public since September 2022 ...

TOPEKA, Kan. (WIBW) - Artist Stan Herd is back at the Kansas Museum of History after nearly 40 years. “I jumped in and thought ‘this has to at least look better than that mural,’” Herd said. He first ...

Kansas has the most storied tradition of coaching in college basketball history, and on Tuesday the Jayhawks (2-0, 0-0 Big 12) and Bill Self have a chance to place a cornerstone in the foundation of ...