infestation

The invasive pest has been spreading throughout North America, devastating ash tree populations around the nation.

You may be "hopping" mad at the oak tree itch mites that have invaded Kansas this summer, but 140 years ago, there was another insect that was a far greater nuisance in the Old West: the grasshopper. Commentator John Richard Schrock tells us how trillions of grasshoppers once darkened the skies over Kansas, blocked out the sun and ate nearly everything in their path.

Here's a summary of the day's Kansas news headlines from the Associated Press as compiled by the KPR new staff.