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A new documentary profiles ranchers in Greenwood County, Kansas, including a young couple trying to make a go of it as ranchers and small business owners in rural Kansas. -
Rachel Cionitti / NASATelescope technology has advanced, well, astronomically in the last fifty years. But who gets to use these magical machines that can look millions of years back in time? Thousands of astronomers from around the world apply for access to super-telescopes every year in a process that is both rigorous and highly competitive.
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Visitors to the National World War One Museum in Kansas City walk across a glass bridge. Underneath, nine thousand red poppies appear to stare upward. What's the meaning behind all these poppies? As we approach Veterans Day on Tuesday, we hear from Dr. Christopher Warren, chief curator at the National World War One Museum in Kansas City, to find out. -
Football coach Marv Levy guided the Buffalo Bills to four consecutive Super Bowl appearances in the 1990s...but that wouldn't happen until after the Kansas City Chiefs fired him. -
The Hall Center at the University of Kansas is hosting Haunting Humanities, a free, all-ages Halloween-themed humanities festival on Wednesday, October 29, in downtown Lawrence. -
Delia Montes was one of two cross-country athletes at Dodge City Community College who were treated for heat-related conditions after practicing on the hottest day of the year. Former athletes and trainers say this doesn't surprise them. -
October 14 is the 135th anniversary of the birth of Dwight D. Eisenhower, our nation's 34th president. Eisenhower grew up in Abilene, which is where his presidential library is located. The author of a new book tries to separate fact from fiction in Eisenhower's eventful life story. -
The play "Silent Sky" kicks off the 2025-2026 University Theatre season at the University of Kansas, and marks a collaboration between the KU Department of Theatre and Dance and the KU Department of Physics and Astronomy. -
This is the 8th history book written by Matthew Algeo, who took over as the local host of KPR's Morning Edition earlier this year. Algeo's latest effort, New York's Secret Subway, will be available Tuesday night (7 pm) during a launch party at the Raven Bookstore in downtown Lawrence. -
Farmers and ranchers eradicated mountain lions from Kansas in the early 20th century, but now the big cats are coming back. -
KPR is seeking a multimedia journalist to cover state government in Kansas. Get all the details here. -
KPR is looking for a new Kansas Statehouse Bureau Chief to keep an eye on state government in Kansas. Join KPR News, meet new people and quote them!
