
Matthew Algeo
Morning Edition Host-
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.
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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.
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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.
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The University of Kansas and the city of Lawrence are pitching the Rock Chalk Park sports complex as the perfect training ground for teams in next year's World Cup.
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The bells will be ringing in Lawrence this week. The country’s top carillon players - known as carillonneurs (carol-uh-nors) - are coming to Lawrence this week to play the carillon at the University of Kansas. The massive instrument is housed inside the KU Campanile. KPR's Matthew Algeo has this preview.