Kansas's history of 'Bleeding Kansas' offers a lesson on how fragile democracy can be when debate is silenced.

Lecompton's Constituion Hall, 319 Elmore St., as seen on March 5, 2026. The Lecompton Historical Society is hosting a special event celebrating the 170th anniversary of the building — which played a ...

The Kansas-Nebraska Act of 1854 led to a violent conflict known as Bleeding Kansas over whether the territory would be a free or slave state. The state has a complicated past that includes both ...

Senate Representative Preston Brooks caning Senator Charles Sumner for his speech on "The Crime Against Kansas" is an event that showed how polarized the nation had become over slavery. An event that ...

Kansas educators are reexamining how they teach about abolitionist John Brown as political debates over race and history intensify. Brown’s violent and uncompromising tactics during “Bleeding Kansas” ...

America again flirts with its own “Bleeding Kansas”—a cycle of partisan violence and defiance where lawless zealots are hailed as patriots and the rule of law bleeds away.

TOPEKA, Kan. (WIBW) - The Kansas Museum of History will reopen Saturday, Nov. 22, after a three-year closure for renovations, featuring a completely redesigned layout and four new sections. The museum ...

This story is the second of three in the series “Border Tales,” which chronicles the unique hostility between Mizzou and Kansas ahead of their football game Saturday. It dates back to at least the ...

KANSAS CITY, Mo. (KCTV) - January 8, 1861. Just weeks before Kansas was officially admitted to the Union, President James Buchanan delivered his final message to Congress defending the use of federal ...