Scott Canon
Scott Canon is digital editor of the Kansas News Service, a collaboration of KCUR, Kansas Public Radio, KMUW and High Plains Public Radio covering health, education and politics. He started working for KCUR in January 2018.
Canon spent most of his career as a newspaper reporter, working in Illinois and California before landing in the newsroom of The Kansas City Star. At The Star, he covered mostly regional and national stories. As an editor at the newspaper, he oversaw political coverage. He also fielded a handful of overseas assignments to both very hot and very cold places.
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The Kansas Bureau of Investigation found that the church minimized child rape with euphemisms, protected priests accused of rape and supported clergy financially after they had been implicated in sexual assault. -
Four men have been charged with cyberattacks on energy sector facilities around the world — including Wolf Creek nuclear plant in Burlington, Kansas. The unsealing of indictments comes amid rising tensions between Washington and Moscow. -
Gov. Laura Kelly delivered a State of the State speech Tuesday that called for cutting sales taxes on groceries, freezing public university tuition and eliminating partisan squabbling. -
The lifelong Republican represented Kansas on a national stage and staunchly supported his party's candidates, including President Donald Trump. -
A new poll shows Kansans feeling stressed by the coronavirus pandemic and its economic toll, but largely in favor of shutdown measures. -
MANHATTAN, Kansas — Five Republicans running for the U.S. Senate debated farm issues in Manhattan on Saturday. They all described themselves as... -
(Updated at 4:45 p.m.) With trees shredded into tinder and homes ripped asunder, scores of families in and around Lawrence and Linwood, Kansas, surveyed... -
Kansas swore a new governor into office on Monday and saw the end of eight years of Republicans in the office. New Democratic Gov. Laura Kelly told... -
Read her lips A month away from becoming the next governor of Kansas, Democrat Laura Kelly says she’s deep into budget preparation. Although she’s been... -
Kansas Gov.-elect Laura Kelly insists the state budget she’s preparing can fully fund the state’s schools, expand Medicaid coverage to another 150,000...
