Gov. Laura Kelly announced Tuesday she was imposing crowd limits on religious gatherings in advance of Easter Sunday, forcing churches to keep attendance below 10 to help avoid the dangerous risk of spreading COVID-19 among worshippers.

Topeka victims advocate Michelle McCormick has been named the new director of the victims' services division in the attorney general's office, Kansas Attorney General Derek Schmidt announced Monday.

Four weeks, 21 deaths and 698 infections ago, Kansas confirmed its first known case of COVID-19. It was another time, another place. "It's a bit jaw-dropping to reflect on how much of our world has changed in such a short period of time," Gov. Laura Kelly said.

Three weeks ago, University of Kansas student Cayden Fairman was thinking about hiking in the Alps while studying abroad in Friedberg, Germany. Now, he is two days out of quarantine after his academic adventure was cut short by the coronavirus pandemic that marched through Europe and descended upon the United States.

A promotional flyer last week beckoned Norton-area residents to "get out of the house" and cruise the town's main drag "like we used to do," a welcome respite from increasing pressure by health experts to avoid transmission of the coronavirus by sheltering at home.