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It appears that in addition to sophisticated GPS systems, laptops with access to the latest radar and satellite information, ham radios and the like, some tornado chasers also consider PhotoShop standard storm ...

A storm chaser denies accusations he doctored video footage from a 2004 tornado in Rock, Kansas, and sold it under the pretense it was taken last week in Nebraska.

The Kansas Expocentre is hoping a country queen can pack the house. Carrie Underwood has scheduled a concert for Tuesday, September 30th at the Topeka venue.

A Burden man led Cowley County Sheriff's Department officers on a chase that ended in his arrest in his mother's yard Thursday afternoon.

These meals will be served next week in the Emporia schools: Breakfast Monday: cereal and muffin or PopTarts. via Emporia Gazette

The annual prairie chicken mating dance, called booming, will continue through April around Kansas. via The Wichita Eagle

Beef cattle, forage crops field day scheduled for May 1 near Mound Valley Kansas Kansas State University's Southeast Agricultural Research Center has scheduled a Beef Cattle and Forage Crops Field Day for May ... via High Plains Journal

“Out of the five finalists you are the most beautiful”

An Arkansas City man's past behavior toward young women can be used as evidence in the first-degree murder case against him, a judge ruled. via The Topeka Capital-Journal

In a whirlwind five days filled with the sights and sounds of Paris and loaded with accomplished speakers from the United States and Europe, two Cowley College students and me, their adviser, tried to soak it ... via Arkansas City Traveler

“The purpose of these checkpoints”

The Kansas Highway Patrol, Fort Scott Police Department, and Bourbon County Sheriffs Department are planning to conduct a Sobriety Checkpoint the weekend of April 12, 2008 in the Ft. via Kansas Highway Patrol

Test water wells: Extension office can help Krista Harding Neosho County Extension Several residents of Neosho County live in areas where rural water supply is not available. via Chanute Tribune

“Any time there's rain, you're not (driving) in ideal conditions”

Most of the state is in line for a hearty spring rain today and Thursday, forecasters say -- and portions of southeast Kansas are likely to get much more than they want. via The Wichita Eagle

“Each of these cases requires extensive investigation, pretrial motion practice and travel”

The defense in the Justin Thurber capital murder case has filed a motion for continuance of his jury trial. via Arkansas City Traveler

The deadline to enter cattle in the 2008 Flint Hills Beef Fest Cattle Contest is rapidly approaching. via Emporia Gazette

Ensemble Galilei, which performs Irish, Scottish, early and original music, will perform at 7:30 p.m. April 4, at Cowley College's Robert Brown Theatre. via Arkansas City Traveler

“We need to do our talking in court.”

The trial of Justin Thurber is scheduled for June 24 in district court in Winfield. via Kansas.com

Wichita police said they had to take three boys -- ages 2, 4 and 5 -- into protective custody over the weekend because of filthy living conditions at their home. via Kansas.com

“We have a limited amount of dollars and we are trying to keep taxes down”

List of goals in our Data Center By FOSS FARRAR Traveler Staff Writer reporter@arkcity.net Debris in the streets. via Arkansas City Traveler

Tips on garden soil testing Krista Harding Neosho County Extension agent Whether you are new to gardening or have been gardening for years, all gardeners should think about their soil's fertility levels. via Chanute Tribune

A Kansas ranch has turned its springtime tradition of range-burning into a tourism event by allowing people to help spread prairie grass fires. via KSNW-TV