Matthew Algeo

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.

Farmers and ranchers eradicated mountain lions from Kansas in the early 20th century, but now the big cats are coming back.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.