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Population 9: These are the least populated towns in Kansas
KANSAS (KSNT/KSNW) – Dotted among Kansas prairies and farm fields are over 700 cities and towns. While several large cities exist across the state, most Kansas communities have less than 1,000 residents. The U.S. Census Bureau tracks the populations of cities and incorporated places across the state. The smallest city in Kansas is Waldron City, located […]
KDOT employees celebrate service anniversaries in September
(TOPEKA, Kan.) The Kansas Department of Transportation (KDOT) is celebrating several employees' service anniversaries this coming September. According to KDOT, they are "proud to acknowledge them (the employees) for the long-term dedication they have provided to the state of Kan." KDOT highlight several employees celebrating anniversaries from 40 years to...
Biologists track invasive species reaching ‘impressive sizes’ in Neosho River
TOPEKA (KSNT) – Kansas wildlife officials are switching up their tactics to manage a large invasive fish species creeping into one of the state’s rivers. Biologists with the Kansas Department of Wildlife and Parks (KDWP) are turning their efforts to the Neosho River in southeastern Kansas this year in a combined effort with the Oklahoma […]
Longtime Fifth District, Kansas Court of Appeals judge Gary Rulon passes away
Funeral services are coming at the end of next week for Gary Rulon, a longtime judge at the local and state levels. Rulon passed away Wednesday at the age of 83 following a lengthy illness. Services will be at 10 am Aug. 31 at the Grace United Methodist Church of Olathe. Visitation will precede the funeral at 9 am, with a graveside service following at Shawnee Mission Memory Garden.
Kansas teen handed over to state to get him sober. Now he’s in foster care
A high school junior based in Salina regularly came home at night drunk. Sometimes he passed out in the front yard of his mother’s home. Other times, he’d sleep off a night of heavy drinking in the passenger’s seat of a car. The teen’s mother didn’t know...
Paper Plains Zine Fest to return to Lawrence with 2-day lineup
Community members will come together to celebrate and explore zine culture at the Paper Plains Zine Fest, with events planned throughout Lawrence. This year’s third annual event will be broken up into two days — Saturday, Aug. 31 and Sunday, Sept. 1 — with the first day focusing on programming, and a vendor fair on the second day.
Kansas football preparing to tackle high expectations with a “championship mindset”
Kansas football enters its 2024 campaign with some of the highest expectations in the program’s history. It's no secret that the Jayhawks are predicted to be much better than seasons past. Kansas was ranked No. 22 in the Associated Press Preseason Poll, Kansas' first preseason appearance in the poll...
How will Kansas football fare in 2024? Here are our game-by-game predictions
LAWRENCE — Coming off of back-to-back bowl game appearances, and a bowl victory, there’s a lot of momentum around the Kansas football program. Through the initial three years of head coach Lance Leipold’s tenure, the Jayhawks have accomplished things the team hasn’t achieved in more than a decade. That includes the Guaranteed Rate...
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