Modern ‘fire eaters’ revive the language — and tactics — of pre-Civil War resistance to federal law. B etween 1855 and 1859, a guerrilla war broke out in Kansas, ignited by pro-slavery Democrats who ...

165 years ago on Jan. 29, 1861, Kansas became the 24th state to join the Union.

Kansas Day is celebrated each year on Jan. 29, marking the day Kansas was admitted to the Union in 1861 as the 34th state.

Wintry conditions may have altered local plans to celebrate Kansas’ birthday, but it did not cancel them outright as the Lyon ...

Every Jan. 29, Kansans celebrate the state’s birthday, but Kansas Day is more than a yearly shout-out to statehood. It is a ...

Kansas State looked like it was left for dead when it fell behind by 10, but it came back to make a game out of it. The ...

Could the NCAA take away Alabama's win with Charles Bediako? And which programs are happiest with their second-year coaches?

Treysen Eaglestaff scored a three-point play with 43 seconds left to help lift West Virginia to a 59-54 Big 12 win over Kansas State on Tuesday night in Morgantown, W.V.