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Dusty Rhoades, a partner in WW Drilling, describes the WaKeeney company's newest rig, its fifth, as "homemade." "You can't just go out and buy a rig these days," he said.

This might not be a wholly original thought, but Michael Gove can be a bit of a prat, can't he? He says: Das Kapital is one of those works, like J.M.Keynes's General Theory, The Seven Pillars of Wisdom, the ...

Rising fuel costs are changing the face -- and pace -- of government in Gove County.

By mid-afternoon Thursday, Smith County and much of western Kansas were under yet another tornado watch, and Undersheriff David Lloyd said forecasters were predicting another 3 inches or so of rain overnight.

Across the U.S., businesses and governments are moving to a four day work week, to help employees save money and cut back on expenses.

Gov. Kathleen Sebelius signed a State of Disaster Emergency declaration Wednesday for 59 Kansas counties impacted by the severe thunderstorms, hail, lightning, tornadoes, high winds and flooding that begin May ...

Forecasters said Saturday that at least a dozen tornadoes spun across western and central Kansas a day earlier, destroying numerous homes, downing trees and injuring several people.The National Weather Service ...

Assessment teams were out this morning in the wake of a series of storms that swept through northwest Kansas, dumping tornadoes, hail and heavy rains.

“I wanted a little better, especially in front of the home crowd, but I just didn't have it today, I guess.”

It's hard for Trisa Nickoley to grasp the reality that her running career - the college portion of it anyway - is rapidly coming to an end. via Topeka Capital-Journal

“I am just suggesting you mix it all together and plant it all in the same field.”

Blends are consistently the fourth leading variety planted in Kansas. Jim Shroyer, K-State Extension agronomy specialist, listed several reasons for this fact in his presentation at the Small Grain Solutions ... via High Plains Journal

“The group isn't all sadness. People there tell you you will have joy again. 'Hope' is a very important word in our meetings.”

In July 1992, Susan and Gary Chan sat in their car outside of the building where a Compassionate Friends meeting was being held and debated whether to go in. via Topeka Capital-Journal

WHO : Valerie Plame Wilson, the former CIA officer whose identity was disclosed in 2003, will address the 21st annual Media and the Law Seminar - "Fourth Estate or Fifth Wheel: Government Curbs on Free Speech" ... via The University of Kansas

“We've done our work at this point”

Revenue estimators projected Wednesday that the state would bring in $130 million less than expected over the next two years -- in part because of the federal economic stimulus package. via The Wichita Eagle

What do you think mega-mergers such as the Delta-Northwest Airlines deal will do to air fares? 1. They'll go way up. via WIBW-TV Topeka

Even before the killing of 33 people on the Virginia Tech campus a year ago today, northeast Kansas universities were upgrading their security systems. via Topeka Capital-Journal

“Safety is not an accident; youth can take specific actions to be safer drivers and passengers”

To encourage teen drivers to talk to each other about the importance of traffic safety, the Kansas Highway Patrol and Kansas Department of Transportation have formed a new scholarship contest to promote Youth ... via Kansas Highway Patrol

Published Monday, April 7, 2008 at 10:52 a.m. CDT Shawnee County emergency management director Dave Sterbenz will represent the county on the Northeast Regional Council, which administers federal homeland ... via Topeka Capital-Journal

“It doesn't seem to get any easier”

One day in October 2006, Ann Mock got a call at her home in the south-central Kansas town of Harper from her 23-year-old son serving in Iraq. via Topeka Capital-Journal

“This will be one of the three or four top issues during the election cycle”

A bill in the Statehouse limiting judges' discretion in sentencing started out like so many - with a public outcry. via Topeka Capital-Journal

Low to moderate income neighborhoods will have help with spring cleaning during the month of April. via KSNT-TV Topeka