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THESE THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE CAPABLE OF PRODUCING RAINFALL RATES OF 1 INCH PER HOUR OVER REPUBLIC COUNTY OVER THE NEXT COUPLE OF HOURS.

Fifteen University of Kansas students have spent the first two weeks of June at a Pawnee Indian village site in north-central Kansas searching for new clues to daily life in the Great Plains in the 1700s and ...

Pop-rock star John Mayer has a 7:30 p.m. Aug. 22 show at Darien Lake Performing Arts Center.

Emergency officials from the damaged counties -- Jewell, Republic and Smith -- also participated.

Kansas officials say the State Highway Patrol is conducting flyovers in three north-central counties to better assess damage from a tornado and powerful winds.

If you are looking for a way to spend your Memorial Day holiday, check out these local activities: * At 10 a.m. today, the Topeka Chapter 604 of the Vietnam Veterans of America will have guest speaker Jessie ...

“Almost all of the sites have been refurbished and are in good shape”

An ever-tightening state budget picture has some legislators rooting around in the seat cushions, where one of them last month found what he thought was an interesting idea. via Topeka Capital-Journal

Winter weather has held a firm grip on this area since the last issue of The Express was published. A series of storms have crossed the area with freezing rain, ice accumulation and snow.

Travel has been difficult since Friday and a number of activities have been canceled or delayed. Several churches did not hold services Sunday.

And the possibility of more snow is in the forecast for Friday and Friday night.

At Superior precipitation from the storm series is approximatley an inch. Most of that has come as freezing rain. The first storm brought the most snow but the least moisture. City of Superior workers bladed and hauled snow from the down area Friday following the first storm. Subsequent snowfall amounts have not required such work. Read more

Here are the total ice accumulations. Republic Co................0.50 inches Nemaha Co.................0.25 inches Brown Co...................0.25 inches N. Riley Co..................0.25 inches N. Pottawatomie ... via WIBW-TV Topeka

At least one person was injured Wednesday afternoon when an eastbound sport utility vehicle on Republic Avenue and a northbound SUV on Broadway Boulevard collided. via Salina Journal

A tip that sprung from a domestic dispute led to the Friday discovery of an indoor marijuana-growing operation at a home in this Republic County town of less than 100 people, authorities said. via Salina Journal

Grain growers in central Kansas who plan to campaign for a seat on one of the state's five grain commodity commissions--corn, grain sorghum, soybeans, wheat and sunflowers - should be gathering petition ... via High Plains Journal

Piper High School

National recognition: Madeline G. Schuman has been named a semifinalist in the 44th annual Achievement Scholarship competition.

Semifinalists are some 1,600 high school seniors nationwide who scored the highest on national qualifying tests taken during their junior year. They are now eligible to continue in the competition to advance to the finalist level and be awarded scholarships.

The National Achievement Program, conducted by the National Merit Scholarship Corporation, recognizes promising black students throughout the country. Read more

“They grow cotton and tobacco as cash crops. There's a dry season and a wet season. So everything revolves around (farming).”

A couple of months ago, Keyna Bugner was kneeling on the floor of her Zambia home, using a long-handled ladle to stir nsima in a metal pot heated with charcoal. via Topeka Capital-Journal