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Years ago, when I moved to Emporia, one friend would ask me from time to time, "Aren't you from Rock City?" "No," I'd say, "Pawnee Rock.

In a general sense, farmers in the Salina area harvested a good wheat crop with yields above the longtime average.

Trials rider Tammy Cook, of Abilene, maneuvers her motorcycle over an obstacle while riding Tuesday afternoo, July 15, 2008 in Dickinson County, Kan.

Minneapolis and Ell-Saline high schools compete against each other on the gridiron and the basketball court, but they may end up cooperating on the mat, if an proposed agreement goes through.

"Hey, I've seen that guy on that red chromed-out Harley -- dressed real nice, revving his engine Sunday morning, going to church.

Bob Owen was as normal a teenager as any other. He played baseball and basketball, quarterbacked the football team and led the hockey team at his high school in a Minneapolis suburb in the early 1950s.

Waddell & Reed, Belleville, was awarded a grant of nearly $6,500 from the Kansas Department of Commerce's Incentives Without Walls program.

Hey, I was on WBAL Radio just this morning: Now comes word that - ' probably not for the first time - ' Baltimore's news-talk blowtorch picked up two of the more prestigious trophies in reporting, named for ...

RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF ONE TO LOCALLY TWO INCHES HAS ALREADY OCCURRED ACROSS MUCH OF THIS AREA.

Dr. Jana Fallin of the Kansas State University Music Department talked about music and cowboy history during the Celebration of the Trails at Alcove Spring Saturday.

The Salvation Army is still on the scene in Chapman and Manhattan nearly two weeks after tornadoes hit the communities.

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Just a week or so after a huge EF5 tornado effectively wiped the town of Greensburg off the map in 2007, the governor's office got hold of the architectural firm of Berkebile Nelson Immenschuh McDowell ...

Crestwood employees clean up Thursday afternoon, June 12, 2008, after a tornado ripped off a large section of roof Wednesday evening in Salina, Kan.

Walls were torn from a church in Chapman when a tornado swept through the town Wednesday night.

ENERGIES Sharply higher closes for the crude and heating oil along with the RBOB but lower for the natural gas this time.

Gauze with plaster imbeded is cut into strips that will be used to mold snakes. Enlarge this image An arm is used to create a mold that will become a snake.

Joe McKenzie, director of the Salina Public Library, sits onthe library's roof Monday morning to promote the summer reading proram.

David Tepox-Perez ties ropes as he sets up the tent for the Culpepper & Merriweather Circus on Thursday, May 29, 2008 at the Ellsworth Recreation Center.

The driver of tractor-trailer suffered injuries in a one- vehicle accident Monday afternoon east of Clay Center, the Kansas Highway Patrol said.