Piedmont News

At this weekend's Midian Shrine Circus, clowns will keep the crowd entertained while tigers and elephants perform jaw-dropping tricks and acrobats swing through the air. via Kansas.com

The annual prairie chicken mating dance, called booming, will continue through April around Kansas. via The Wichita Eagle

Beef cattle, forage crops field day scheduled for May 1 near Mound Valley Kansas Kansas State University's Southeast Agricultural Research Center has scheduled a Beef Cattle and Forage Crops Field Day for May ... via High Plains Journal

The search continues for a Wichita woman who has been missing since Tuesday. Police are looking for Reena Mullick, 49, who was reported missing from the area of Champion and Rock Road at 5 p.m. Tuesday. via The Wichita Eagle

“The medallion was designed to reflect the Kansas City skyline, reflected side to side and top to bottom, to create the form. There will be a silver metallic vinyl map of Kansas City adhered to the front surface.”

Sarah Kephart, a master's student in sculpture at the University of Kansas, was recently selected as one of six winners in the Kansas City, Mo., Municipal Art Commission's Avenue of the Arts project. via The University of Kansas

A freeze watch remains in effect late tonight through Sunday morning for southeastern Kansas, including the Wichita metro area, the National Weather Service says. via Kansas.com

Cyclones, earthquakes and unrest reeks havoc on this world. The world produces enough food for everyone, yet millions go hungry everyday, according to Mennonite Central Committee. via Newton Kansan

The deadline to enter cattle in the 2008 Flint Hills Beef Fest Cattle Contest is rapidly approaching. via Emporia Gazette

“Good God, every opportunity she gets to leave Kansas, she takes. This is starting to get ridiculous”

Gov. Kathleen Sebelius will miss the 22nd annual Governor's One-Shot Turkey Hunt next weekend in El Dorado, sending Attorney General Stephen Six in her place. via The Wichita Eagle

Ensemble Galilei, which performs Irish, Scottish, early and original music, will perform at 7:30 p.m. April 4, at Cowley College's Robert Brown Theatre. via Arkansas City Traveler

Kansas Securities Commissioner Chris Biggs announced today that Topeka resident Rodney Flott was arrested April 9 on felony securities fraud charges. via Office of the Kansas Securities Commi...

Wichita police said they had to take three boys -- ages 2, 4 and 5 -- into protective custody over the weekend because of filthy living conditions at their home. via Kansas.com

“Turkey hunters know they will find turkeys foraging in burns, and many gobblers have been harvested with soot on their feet.”

Thursday, March 27, 2008 :: infoZine Staff Selective burning during nesting season can be more effective than earlier burns Allen, KS - infoZine - Wildlife managers know the use of prescribed fire as a land ... via Kansas City InfoZine

A Kansas ranch has turned its springtime tradition of range-burning into a tourism event by allowing people to help spread prairie grass fires. via KSNW-TV

“There hasn't been any discussion on Park City. That's not to say somewhere down the line we may consider it.”

The federal Bureau of Indian Affairs is considering acquiring 11 acres in Park City for gambling purposes, it said in a letter to Sedgwick County commissioners.

The land, south of the closed Wichita Greyhound Park, has been owned by the Wyandotte Nation of Oklahoma since 1992. If it is to be used for gambling, it must be placed in a trust, with ownership transferred to the bureau.

Billy Friend, second chief of the Wyandotte Nation of Oklahoma, said the tribe has no immediate plans to develop gambling in Park City. In the past, it has discussed developing the site into a truck stop. Read more

A Pretty Prairie man is fighting cancer and the community is coming together to help him. via Kansas' CW

Voices of the Prairie Winter Lecture Series: Sod Houses in Kansas Last Updated: March 19, 2008 03:20:59 PM Jacki Blaesi-Freed will give a presentation on sod houses in Kansas at the Visitor Center of the Dyck ... via Hesston Record

A talk about the sod houses of Kansas will be given March 25 at Dyck Arboretum of the Plains in Hesston.

Jacki Blaesi-Freed of Topeka will give the talk on the houses, built of thickly rooted prairie grass and used by Europeans who settled the Plains in the 1800s. Freed will give a history of sod houses in Kansas and identify where the structures remain.

The lecture will be at 6:30 p.m. at the Dyck Arboretum Visitor Center. The cost is $2 for the talk, and $5 more for a soup supper served at 6 p.m. Call 620-327-8127 by March 24 to make a reservation for the supper. Books about sod houses will be for sale in the gift shop. Read more

“We plan on selling about another 10,000 boxes before the end of March for this area”

Ashley Wheeler and Emma Summey, of Emporia Girl Scout Troop 22, sell cookies in front of Wal-Mart. It's been a good year for area Girl Scouts, with more than 90 percent of the cookie selling goal met - ' and ... via Emporia Gazette

“It is important for the citizens of Kansas that the state's universities, community colleges and technical colleges work together to meet the educational needs of all Kansans”

Pittsburg State University and Cowley College are making it easier for community college graduates to earn four-year degrees. via Arkansas City Traveler