Larned State Hospital is the largest psychiatric facility in the state, with the capacity to treat upwards of 450 residents. While the death is the first at any of the state’s four hospitals ...

LARNED — Two employees at Larned State Hospital have been charged with helping convicted sexual offender John Freeman Colt escape from the hospital last summer.

LARNED – A man committed to Larned State Hospital as a sexually violent predator escaped by walking away from the facility Wednesday morning. Officials said the resident, John Freeman Colt, 42 ...

State Government Dec 19, 2023 - 1:19pm photo by: Bill Snead The Isaac Ray building at the Larned State Hospital is pictured in this file photo.

The Kansas Department for Aging and Disability Services (KDADS) Monday that a staff member at Larned State Hospital (LSH) died on Wednesday due to complications from COVID-19.

A state-run hospital in western Kansas has dropped a policy that would have restricted staff from speaking to lawmakers without first obtaining permission from officials in Topeka.

Larned State Hospital has implemented stringent spending controls after burning through more than 60 percent of its annual budget in six months — yet another difficulty facing a facility already ...

In July, Governor Brian Kemp signed an executive order to demolish three buildings at Central State Hospital: the Green, the Jones, and Walker buildings.

Larned State Hospital spent more on overtime pay last fiscal year than any other state agency or facility.

New concerns have come up about a staffing shortage at Larned State Hospital. Right now, about half of the 614 positions are vacant.

A pictorial history of Larned State Hospital, which is in the hospital's administration building, revealed that another brick building, the Dix building, was destroyed by fire in 1976.

A staff member at Larned State Hospital died October 15 due to complications from COVID-19.