The WARN Act is coming up ahead of the next severe weather season, prompted by emergency alert siren failures last year in several Kansas counties, including Sedgwick County and the Wichita area.

The main goal is to strengthen and update emergency alert systems nationwide. The bill calls for the Comptroller General of the U.S. to: Evaluate the effectiveness of various alert systems, focusing ...

Oklahoma, are tallying last year’s severe weather reports. Across Kansas, 89 tornadoes were reported, more than double the 39 tornadoes counted in 2023.

During a press conference late Wednesday night providing information on a crash of an inbound plane from Wichita, U.S. Sen.

U.S. Sens. Jerry Moran and Roger Marshall said Thursday afternoon that they have not been told who was on the flight from ...