On Oct. 24, 1956, the Kansas Turnpike opened to the public and, for the first and only time in its history, allowed people to drive its roads without paying tolls. The mood was celebratory at the ...

BUTLER COUNTY —A controlled burn got too close to the Kansas Turnpike late Thursday. The Kansas Highway Patrol shared a ...

The Kansas Turnpike is putting off the planned ... or the simple passing of a train through the neighborhood. If the turnpike exit also were closed at the same time, emergency crews then could ...

The Kansas Turnpike Authority doesn’t send out unsolicited ... alert on texts aimed at fooling people into paying false tolls. The Kansas City Star The term is a combination of an SMS, or ...

State troopers handed a driver in Douglas County a large speeding ticket earlier this month for going more than 100 mph on ...

The Kansas Department of Transportation is alerting the public to a scam involving fraudulent text messages, known as smishing, that falsely claim to be from KDOT and demand payment for unpaid tolls.

Regarding increased tolls on the Kansas Turnpike, it’s interesting that we are still operating a major highway that predates the interstate highway system and continuing to pay tolls since the ...

Two people are dead, and several others are hurt in a crash in the southbound lanes of the Kansas Turnpike. The crash happened just after midnight south of Wichita in Sumner County near 140th Avenue.

Following extensive work on toll plazas up and down the highway, including demolition activities at Emporia, Cassoday and ...

The Kansas Turnpike Authority identified the woman as Urmila Sharma and said she was wearing a seat belt. The accident occurred just before noon 21 miles from the Oklahoma state line.