The sunflower symbolizes Kansas, decorating its landscape, the state banner and flag. Summer is the season of sunflowers. And they are in full bloom.

Kansas became a U.S. state 161 years ago. Here are some of our favorite facts to celebrate the Sunflower State’s birthday.

The Sunflower Showdown is the most anticipated game on the schedule for the Kansas State Wildcats. It may not be the same for ...

More than 400 Kansas fourth- and fifth-graders are pushing for the Kansas Legislature to declare the sandhill plum as the state fruit. You can read more about that effort here.

If passed, the rhinoceros would join the existing list of 41 official state symbols. There are five other state emblem bills also prefiled in the House for this year's session.

Kansas State added another defensive weapon to its growing 2026 recruiting class. The program added linebacker Lawson McGraw, from Blue Valley West High School in Stilwell, KS.

The sunflower symbolizes Kansas, decorating its landscape, the state banner and flag. Summer is the season of sunflowers. And they are in full bloom.

The bigger fields of sunflower crops are found in northwest Kansas. Sherman County produces more sunflowers than anywhere else in the state.