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Storms and increased rainfall hit Lawrence during extreme heat

Storms and increased rainfall hit Lawrence during extreme heat

Share this post or save for later So far this month, Lawrence has received 3 more inches of rain than on average, according to a meteorologist with the National Weather Service. NWS meteorologist Shawn Byrne said Lawrence Municipal Airport...

UG says city's infrastructure worked as designed during last week's flood

UG says city's infrastructure worked as designed during last week's flood

KSHB 41 reporter Rachel Henderson covers neighborhoods in Wyandotte and Leavenworth counties. Share your story idea with Rachel. — Unified Government officials held a press conference Monday to talk about the city's response to Thursday’s heavy...

World News | CM Mohan Yadav Holds Talks with Populous Group in Spain

World News | CM Mohan Yadav Holds Talks with Populous Group in Spain

Madrid [Spain], July 17 (ANI): Madhya Pradesh Chief Minister Mohan Yadav held a meeting with members of the Populous Group in Spain on Wednesday (local time). Populous is a global design firm with its global headquarters in Kansas City and...

Beloit Students Participate in World KidWind Challenge

Beloit Students Participate in World KidWind Challenge

Local Written By: Press Release from the Kansas Corporation Commission Published Date: 07-16-2025 After winning performances at regional and state KidWind Challenge events, 13 Kansas teams packed up their wind turbines and traveled to Phoenix, AZ...

Man Gets 50 Years for Death of 5-Year-Old

Man Gets 50 Years for Death of 5-Year-Old

By Tim Carpenter, Kansas Reflector TOPEKA — A perpetually homeless man abused by his parents and shuffled as a youth among more than 17 foster homes and two psychiatric hospitals received a life sentence in prison Tuesday without possibility of...

Today’s daily horoscope for July 22, 2025: Temptation will surface

Today’s daily horoscope for July 22, 2025: Temptation will surface

A look at today’s free daily horoscope readings for Tuesday, July 22, 2025 Happy Birthday: Truth will be difficult to detect. Listen carefully, ask questions and verify the accuracy of information before sharing or incorporating it into your life....

KU professors awarded Big 12 Faculty Fellowships for 2025-2026 academic year

KU professors awarded Big 12 Faculty Fellowships for 2025-2026 academic year

LAWRENCE — Six University of Kansas faculty members have been selected to participate in the Big 12 Faculty Fellowship program during the summer and upcoming academic year. This program allows tenured and tenure-track faculty on the KU Lawrence...

Lawrence Evergy customers could see higher bills in September

Lawrence Evergy customers could see higher bills in September

KSHB 41 reporter Lily O’Shea Becker covers Franklin and Douglas counties in Kansas. Share your story idea with Lily. — From June 2024 to June 2025, electricity costs in the Midwest increased by 7.5%, according to the region's Consumer Price Index....

City accepts $500K EPA brownfield grant

City accepts $500K EPA brownfield grant

The Goldsboro City Council accepted a $500,000 federal grant to be used to identify city areas that require environmental assessments for future development or redevelopment. In the fall of 2024, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency awarded...

CM Mohan Yadav holds talks with Populous Group in Spain

CM Mohan Yadav holds talks with Populous Group in Spain

Madhya Pradesh Chief Minister Mohan Yadav held a meeting with members of the Populous Group in Spain on Wednesday (local time). Populous is a global design firm with its global headquarters in Kansas City and regional headquarters in London and...

Today’s daily horoscope for July 22, 2025

Today’s daily horoscope for July 22, 2025

CELEBRITIES BORN ON THIS DAY: Selena Gomez, 33; Rufus Wainwright, 52; David Spade, 61; Willem Dafoe, 70. Happy Birthday: Truth will be difficult to detect. Listen carefully, ask questions and verify the accuracy of information before sharing or...

Andover Fire Chief says this $5 tube will save lives

Andover Fire Chief says this $5 tube will save lives

Nikole Babb nbabb@cherryroad.com Firebreaks stop home oxygen-related fires A small plastic tube that retails for just $5 could save thousands of lives annually yet isn’t widely known. Andover Fire Chief Chad Russell says the Firebreak isn’t well...

Knox County solar project moves forward after state approval despite some local opposition

Knox County solar project moves forward after state approval despite some local opposition

In response to the mounting opposition, Knox County commissioners voted to ban any new utility-scale solar developments in 20 of the county’s 22 townships. KNOX COUNTY, Ohio — A proposed 120-megawatt industrial solar project in Knox County is...

Nebraska sues Colorado over South Platte River water

Nebraska sues Colorado over South Platte River water

OMAHA, Neb. (AP) — Nebraska is suing Colorado over the amount of water it draws from the South Platte River, the latest in a long history of water rights disputes between the states that have been left increasingly dry by climate change. In Brief:...

Senate Appropriators Reject Trump’s NSF Cuts

Senate Appropriators Reject Trump’s NSF Cuts

Sen. Jerry Moran, Republican of Kansas, proposed sending $9 billion to the National Science Foundation. Andrew Harnik/Getty Images Signs that Congress intends to push back on the Trump administration’s wholesale slashing of federal budgets emerged...

Linkin Park Refuses To Play One Chester Bennington Song, and the Reason Will Make You Cry

Linkin Park Refuses To Play One Chester Bennington Song, and the Reason Will Make You Cry

Linkin Park has begun to forge a new path, eight years after the death of their beloved frontman Chester Bennington, but there are still some songs of his they won’t play live, and one specifically because it’s just “too sad.” In a new interview...

Linkin Park’s New Vocalist Emily Armstrong Says She Was a ‘Little Bit Naive’ About Backlash to Her Joining the Band

Linkin Park’s New Vocalist Emily Armstrong Says She Was a ‘Little Bit Naive’ About Backlash to Her Joining the Band

In 2024, Linkin Park emerged from a seven-year hiatus, following the death of their longtime vocalist Chester Bennington, with a new direction and a new co-frontwoman, Emily Armstrong. The joy was short-lived, however, as there was soon backlash...

County at High Risk for West Nile Virus

County at High Risk for West Nile Virus

Harper County is currently at a high-risk level for West Nile Virus on the Kansas Department of Health and Environment (KDHE) West Nile Virus Risk Assessment Map. A high-risk level means there is an increased chance of being bitten by mosquitoes...

FLUQs: Answer the hidden questions or vanish in AI search by Citation Labs

FLUQs: Answer the hidden questions or vanish in AI search by Citation Labs

ChatGPT, Gemini, Perplexity: these are the new operating environments. Your content must be invokable inside them, or no one will see it. At SMX Advanced, I broke down how to build an AI visibility engine: a system for making your net-new facts...

Lawmakers Outline Ideas to Solve Water Crisis

Lawmakers Outline Ideas to Solve Water Crisis

By Sherman Smith and Morgan Chilson, Kansas Reflector HAYS — The leaders of the state’s new Water Program Task Force say they are committed to finding elusive solutions to the state’s long-simmering water crisis. Sen. Kenny Titus, a Republican...

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