Kinsley News

USDA Rural Development State Director Chuck Banks announced May 29 that the Agency will host three program informational meetings during the month of June to help assist Kansans in the region.

Nearly 90 tornadoes were reported in Kansas as of Monday, in a rough weather week that also included storms with large hail and record rainfall.“It’s been kind of overwhelming,” said Larry ...

The tornado that hit northern Colorado this afternoon was estimated to be a half-mile wide or more, and large tornadoes are expected in Kansas later tonight.

“A lot of people have seen rotation, but no one has reported a funnel”

At least one tornado has touched down on the High Plains of western Kansas this afternoon, and a line of thunderstorms is pounding central sections of the state with large hail and damaging winds. via The Wichita Eagle

Everyone always says I look exactly like my father. Don't get me wrong, I'll be glad to have a full head of hair when I hit my 60s, especially because all the other men in the Bell family lost theirs decades ... via The University Daily Kansan

Storm chasers and weather researchers are scattered throughout central and western Kansas and southern Nebraska, each striving to be in position for the outbreak of severe weather that is anticipated tonight. via The Wichita Eagle

“I told him I thought maybe we could kick the dents out of it and put some glass back in it in time so he could run it at the next race at Great Bend”

Lifelong buddies Gary Carlson, left, and Scott Sparke show off Sparke's rescued Maverick drag car, which fell victim to last year's devastating Greensburg tornado. via The Wichita Eagle

Travel Headlines A Lakin, Kansas man was killed in a crash in Finney County early Saturday. via WIBW-TV Topeka

The University of Kansas Alumni Association and KU Endowment will honor an alumnus from Kinsley on Thursday, Feb. via The University of Kansas

Congressman Jerry Moran will visit Edwards County on Friday during his annual Big First Listening Tour. via The Hutchinson News, Hutchinson Kansas

“Our objective is to establish a relationship and network between pharmacy students who have an interest in a career as an independent pharmacy entrepreneur and/or staff pharmacist, and independent pharmacists in Kansas”

Eleven members of the student chapter of the National Community Pharmacists Association at the University of Kansas School of Pharmacy visited 16 independent pharmacies in central and southwest Kansas during ... via The University of Kansas

“The mirror is too low, and when I'd bend over to see into it, I'd hit my butt on the wall behind me. So I gave up.”

Coffee shop's makeshift state is soothingly familiar as men engage in cathartic talk, big and small. via The Hutchinson News, Hutchinson Kansas

Seven Kansas PRIDE communities will receive $3,000 in grant funding to encourage healthy physical activity within their communities, said Connie Hoch, speaking for the Kansas PRIDE Program. via Salina Journal

A Lewis teenager was killed Saturday when his vehicle overturned near Kinsley. Brandon S. Baker, 17, was eastbound on P Road in Edwards County shortly before midnight when the 2000 Dodge truck he was driving ... via Dodge City Daily Globe

A 17-year-old from Lewis, Kansas dies after crashing his truck in Edwards County near. via Kansas' CW

A gifted songwriter whose lyrics paint sometimes witty, often poignant portraits of characters often unaware of how their lives have gone wrong, Freedy Johnston seemingly appeared out of nowhere in the early ... via X-103

After a while, all of that "up with hope" propaganda coming out of Greensburg has become a little tiresome. via Tony's Kansas City

Dodge City Area Chamber of Commerce Annual Golf Tournament Oct. 13, Mariah Hills Golf Course, 8 a.m. Registration and 9 a.m. Shot gun start. via Dodge City Daily Globe

“Everybody played a part in some way to contribute”

Volunteers from First Christian Church of Slidell erect a storage facility in Greensburg. via Disaster News Network

Dodge City at Garden City 730 p.m. Meade at Kinsley 7 p.m. Quivera Hts. at Bucklin 7 p.m. Spearville at Greensburg 7 p.m. Lakin at Cimarron 7 p.m. South Gray at Jetmore 7 p.m. South Central at South Haven 7 ... via Dodge City Daily Globe