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 ...

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 ...

Episode six of the eight-part “Kevin Costner’s The West” documentary is called “Bleeding Kansas.” “Kevin Costner’s The West” airs at 9 p.m. Monday, June 16, on the History Channel. The synopsis for ...

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 ...

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 ...