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Here's your first look at the trailer for "Amelia," the movie based on the life of legendary aviatrix Amelia Earhart.The pride and joy of Atchison, Kansas disappeared in 1937 while trying to fly around the world.Hilary Swank stars as Earhart opposite Richard Gere - who plays her husband, George Putnam - and Ewan McGregor, who plays her lover, Gene ...

Incoming University of Kansas students and their parents from Atchison, Brown, Doniphan, Jackson and Nemaha counties will be welcomed into the KU family at the Jayhawk Generations Welcome Picnic at 6:30 p.m. Monday, July 13, in Atchison.

Topeka Crochet Guild, charity crochet meeting, 1:30 to 3:30 p.m. Sunday, Topeka and Shawnee County Public Library, Anton Room 202.

Aviator. Born on July 24, 1897, in Atchison, Kansas. Inspired by her first ride in an airplane in 1920, Amelia Earhart became one of the greatest female pilots of the twentieth century.

Thunderstorms were working their way across the northwest corner of Kansas on Wednesday afternoon.

ATCHISON, Kan. a ' Authorities said storms early Thursday morning caused power outages and damage across Atchison County, Kansas.

A storm that swept through northeast Kansas and northwest Missouri early Thursday left downed trees and power outages in its wake.

Theatre Atchison will present its 25th Anniversary Musical Revue, with a look at songs from the Theatrea s past, songs from its future and popular musical favorites.

Africans - and especially African women - will suffer most from climate change. Nobel laureate Wangari Maathai intends to help them Wangari Maathai has spearheaded the planting of billions of trees across the world and is now leading the fight to save the world's second largest forest, in Congo.

Home << Local << Getaway driver sentenced A getaway driver will receive institutional drug treatment for her role in a near-fatal robbery.

Esther de Waal, a writer on Benedictine and Celtic spirituality, is making a rare American tour.

Motor Vehicle Accident 200 East 14th Street, 1344 hours, Perry Lester 53 year old male from Atchison, Kansas backed into a vehicle driven by Vivian Butler 70 year old female from Ottawa.

On May 20, 1932, Amelia Earhart took off from Newfoundland for Ireland, becoming the first woman to fly solo across the Atlantic Ocean.

Joyloise Rau married a Catholic and went to Mass every week. But she was more concerned with working and raising her family than with stopping to consider spiritual things - until after her children were grown, she'd lost her husband and the family business was struggling.

They're a small band with a big sound. The Atchison High School band is drumming to a new beat these days.

Sitting high on a hill southeast of Peabody is a stately two-story wood-frame house.

A Florida-based maker of promotional products will close its Atchison, Kan., plant, eliminating 88 jobs.

BIC Graphic USA today announced plans to close its facility in Atchison, Kansas.

A few bucks here and there for your used cans cana t be a bad thing in a tough economy.

The runoff from heavy rains overnight has forced officials to close some area highways roads in northeast Kansas.The Kansas Department of Transportation is reporting that Kansas 5 is closed from Seven Mile Creek to Nine Mile Creek in Leavenworth County.Also, Kansas 18 is closed at Zendale to a half mile west of the Riley/Wabaunsee County line in ...