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Council Grove, Kansas, is a small town with a rich history and a unique distinction: With a population of about 2,200, it is the smallest town in the United States with a daily newspaper: the Council Grove Republican. -
The World Cup is coming to Kansas City this June and July. And that means a lot of soccer fans will be staying in Lawrence. Ruth DeWitt, with the organization Explore Lawrence, says as many as 15,000 soccer fans could be headed to the college town.
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These are the closures for Monday, January 26, 2026 as reported to KPR. Want to share your event closures? Contact the KPR News Director. -
Kansas lawmakers are back in session in Topeka. The governor wants them to address the state's ongoing water problems. But will they? Commentator Rex Buchanan has more on the state's long-running water problems - problems that many are now calling a crisis. -
Here's the list of weather-related cancellations and closures throughout the region that have been reported to KPR.
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It almost sounds like a bad sit-com: A French aristocrat moves to rural Kansas to start a silk-making commune. But it really happened, more than 150 years ago, and although—spoiler alert—the commune failed, it can still tell us much about what life in the United States was like back then—and what it’s like today. -
On Thursday morning, officials from the Department of Homeland Security and Immigration and Customs Enforcement toured a warehouse in south Kansas City with aims to hold detainees there. By the afternoon, city lawmakers put in place a measure to stop such detention centers from being approved. -
One legend of the Old West involves a Mexican-American lawman who grew up in Topeka. The lawman once fought off dozens of gunfighters in New Mexico in a battle that lasted more than 30 hours. After 4,000 rounds were fired, the lawman emerged unscathed. Commentator Katie Keckeisen has more on the legend of Elfego Baca and his connection to Kansas. -
Lawrence police used genetic genealogy to help solve a 25-year-old pair of child sex crime cases. -
In 1963, Andy Williams sang: "It's the Most Wonderful Time of the Year." But is it also the scariest time of the year? KPR's J. Schafer investigates. -
You've heard of an apple core. It's the part most people throw away. Today, we'll hear about a different kind of core - a core sample of the Earth. The University of Kansas is creating more space to store and display rock core samples. Commentator Rex Buchanan tells us why we should care. -
We may hear others, but do we really listen to them?
