Burns, KS

The Emporia City Commission reviewed a solid waste utility assessment and revenue recovery strategy presentation from Burns and McDonnell during their...

Former Peabody-Burns teacher Brett McGee was sentenced Monday to five years, eight months in prison after a judge rejected a shorter recommended term, telling him he had exploited a student and betrayed trust placed in him. “You did this because you thought you could,” District Judge Keith Collett told McGee. “There’s no excuse.” Collett imposed a term of 68 months, 15 months more than Marion County Attorney Michelle Brown and defense attorney William Dunn had recommended, and rejec

Every spring, ranchers and land managers across the Great Plains set prescribed fires to keep grasslands healthy. Most of the time, the burns go as planned. But when they don’t, the results can be catastrophic and even deadly in the communities that call the Great Plains home. Mayowa George, a doctoral student and researcher in […]

TOPEKA, Kan. –  On Halloween, ghosts and ghouls may give you a fright but real dangers, like pedestrian accidents, falls, burns and poisonings are a scary reality. Safe Kids Kansas, the Kansas Poison Center and the Kansas State Fire Marshal remind families to make safety […]

The Daniel Boone National Forest plans to conduct prescribed burns on roughly 2,600 acres in McCreary County, October 23. Operations are planned in the Goodin Ridge burn unit in the northern portion of Beaver Creek [...]

The Winfield Public Library says Trivia, treats, and history! Join us Under the Stars on WPL's back patio this Sunday, October 25 at 6:30pm for a special screening of excerpts from the recent THE AMERICAN REVOLUTION documentary by Ken Burns, Sarah Botstein and David Schmidt. [...]

(WKYT) – Kentucky’s forest fire season started Oct. 1, but not all burns seen in the region are forest fires. Eastern Kentucky University has begun planning for its annual prescribed burns, which help local ecology. [...]

Fame Ijeboi ran for 195 yards and three touchdowns Saturday night against his former team as Purdue routed Minnesota 41-13 in West Lafayette, Ind., in...