Bryan Thompson
Bryan Thompson has been KPR's Health Reporter since 2000. He's a lifelong Kansan, and a graduate of Wichita State University. He's been involved in radio news longer than he'd care to admit, serving as news director at stations in El Dorado, Liberal, and Salina before joining KPR. He and his wife, Cindy, are the parents of six outstanding children--one of whom now looks down on them from above. In his spare time, Bryan enjoys music and sports.
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More than 40 grocery stores in rural Kansas have closed in the last nine years. One central Kansas town has launched a plan to replace its former store. -
Some farmers in western Kansas are voluntarily using less water from the Ogallala Aquifer to grow their crops. Governor Sam Brownback is touring the western part of the state to praise and promote those efforts to other irrigators. -
Loneliness and isolation aren't just social problems. They can also cause serious physical and mental health issues. That's why the Neighbor to Neighbor drop-in center is offering a place to meet and connect. -
Farmers in the Great Plains planted less wheat in the fall than they have in the past century. But why? -
Kansas health officials are mounting a campaign to prevent the spread of Zika virus here in Kansas. -
Wheat farmers across the Great Plains are in for a tough year. Reporter Bryan Thompson tells us what that means for rural life. -
Kansas is now the seventh-fattest state in the nation. Obesity leads to all kinds of health problems, including cancer. Reporter Bryan Thompson tells us how the University of Kansas Center Center is working to reduce obesity among rural Kansas residents. -
Kansas State held a forum to discuss the school’s policy to implement a new law allowing concealed carry of handguns on state university campuses starting next July. -
More than 34 percent of adults in Kansas are obese according to a new report by the Trust for America’s Health and the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation. That’s two-and-a-half times the state’s obesity rate just twenty years ago. -
Federal officials are downplaying projected increases in health insurance premiums under Obamacare, the federal health law.
