Fun fact: the 53rd Congress passed a bill recognizing the first Monday of September as Labor Day in 1894, making it an official federal holiday, and President Grover Cleveland signed the bill into law. But it only applied to federal workers. All the U.S. states, territories, and the District of Columbia subsequently adopted it as a statutory holiday.

The KU football team got off to a great start this season with a 31-7 victory over Fresno State last Saturday. Fans got to see the home opener in the newly-revamped David Booth Kansas Memorial Stadium. We hear more about both from Brian Hanni, the Voice of the Kansas Jayhawks.

Death and dying are inevitable parts of life and living. When a loved one gets a terminal illness, it can leave friends and family members wondering just how to react. Commentator Scott Carlberg faced that situation himself earlier this year. But his dying wife provided a path forward for those left behind.

A new book by the author and historian Caleb Gayle tells the story of Edward McCabe, one of the leaders of Nicodemus, a Kansas town founded by the formerly enslaved.

After 33 months of construction and renovation, the revamped football stadium at the University of Kansas will welcome fans to the sold out home opener on Saturday. KPR's Greg Echlin got a sneak preview of the renovated David Booth Kansas Memorial Stadium, which has been nicknamed "The Booth."

HeadQuarters Kansas - the Lawrence-based nonprofit that runs the 988 suicide prevention hotline - has spent the last year dealing with a shake-up in leadership and several other issues. How are things going one year later? KPR speaks with the man who's been running the agency since last summer.

Dozens of rare and historic Civil War battle flags stored at the Kansas Museum of History in Topeka are falling apart and in desperate need of restoration. But repairing just a single flag can cost tens of thousands of dollars.

One hundred twenty-eight years after her birth and 88 years after her mysterious disappearance, Kansas native and famed aviator Amelia Earhart remains a figure of great fascination.

Kansas Public Radio has earned the 2025 Station of the Year award from the Kansas Association of Broadcasters. It's the 23rd time the station has won the KAB's most coveted award.

A piglet being transported to a feeding lot, where he would've been fattened up for the slaughterhouse, fell off the truck that was carrying him and ended up with his bum in the butter.