Kansas news

The Flint Hills Rodeo, the longest consecutively rodeo in Kansas, is pulling out all of the stops as it celebrates its 75th anniversary Thursday through Saturday at the Flint Hills Rodeo Arena in Strong City, according to a news release.

Who: Myrtle Green Thatcher, 102, of Kansas City, Kan.

In the upcoming All-Star summer, Kansas City will be abuzz with visual art, music, theater, festivals and more. Here are some of our best standing attractions.

Lillian, Devin and Regina need a loving and nurturing family. Lillian, 14, is bright, caring and friendly. She participates in band, basketball and soccer. Lillian's hobbies include reading, completing art projects and watching cartoons.

Filmmaker John Waters' crazy cross-country hitchhiking journey continues, with word Monday that he sped through Kansas with a middle-aged married couple from Illinois.

While catching up with Kansas State athletic director John Currie over the weekend, I asked him about a ton of different topics. Much of what we talked about was for upcoming stories that will run in the newspaper throughout May and June, but he also shared his thoughts on several pressing matters, such as the new Big 12/SEC champions bowl game, how future bowl games may or may not exist ...

Filmmaker John Waters' crazy cross-country hitchhiking journey continues, with word Monday that he sped through Kansas with a middle-aged married couple from Illinois.

Sitting in a hotel room in Kansas City, with band mate Angaleena Presley's young son popping in and out looking for his mother, Ashley Monroe remembers the night in 2010 when she and Miranda Lambert hit upon the idea for their new country trio, Pistol Annies.

Topeka-born, Kansas City-based vocalist Ron Gutierrez and a band will perform Saturday night at "Taking You Back Old School Style," the Topeka Alumni Chapter of Kappa Alpha Psi Fraternity Inc.'s dinner and dance fundraiser for youth scholarships.

The Kansas City Central Library, 14 W. 10th St., will be rocking on the roof this season.

Enrique Chi, the lead guitarist and vocalist for the Kansas City-based Making Movies, has long strived to integrate a Latin twist into his band’s music. The inspiration for the group’s name might have come from the English rock band Dire Straits’ album, but there’s no denying the Latin feel. Chi, who was born in Panama, recently sat down to detail his favorite 10 songs of the moment.