Alysia Starkey inducted into Kansas Aviation Museum Hall of Fame

SALINA — As Kansas State University Salina has experienced historic growth, its leader is being recognized for her innovative influence in successfully transforming the campus into a national leader of aerospace and technology education. Alysia...

Raiders-Chiefs preview: Kansas City gets key WR back for AFC West clash

The Raiders (2-4) snapped a brutal four-game losing streak with a home win over the lowly Titans last week. Now their task gets a little more difficult. The Raiders hit the road to take on the Chiefs (3-3), who have won the last nine AFC West...

Firm wants to build 1-mile deep nuclear reactor in Kansas

A company with plans to construct small, nuclear reactors 1 mile underground for data centers and other electricity-hungry industries plans to put its first reactors in Kansas, Texas and Utah. Deep Fission, a Berkeley, California company,...

Manhunt continues: Driver vanishes after crashing into pond during Kansas chase

OSAWATOMIE, Kan. (KCTV) - An intensive search is underway for a man who led investigators on a chase, crashed a Jeep into a pond and disappeared before he could be tracked down. The Miami County, Kansas, Sheriff’s Office says that just after 9:20...

Ties between human, animal, environmental health highlighted

Pat Melgares Kansas State University Growing up on a remote ranch in New Mexico, Megin Nichols learned early that the health of animals, humans and the environment are deeply connected. kAm%@52J[ E92E 36=:67 — C@@E65 :? 96C 49:=59@@5 6IA6C:6?46D...

Kansas could get nuclear reactor built 1 mile underground

A company with a vision of installing “discreet, bespoke,” small, nuclear reactors 1 mile underground for data centers and other electricity-hungry industries plans to put its first reactors in Kansas, Texas and Utah. Deep Fission, which says its...

Woods, Waters, and Wildlife: Good Day for Ducks Nears

by John Jefferson Along the coast, you knew when waterfowl seasons were approaching. The honking of thousands of geese descending toward their traditional winter homes along the coast — like planes’ final approach to airports – lets you know. A...

Kansas raising awareness of vehicle-deer crashes

Vehicle-deer crashes can happen any day of the year on Kansas roadways. According to a community announcement, 39% of all single-vehicle crashes in Kansas in 2024 involved deer. Five people were killed and 674 people were injured in collisions...

KU Law to host lecture on public trust doctrine and environmental rights

LAWRENCE — The University of Kansas School of Law will host environmental law scholar Erin Ryan for a public lecture Oct. 30 as part of the Big 12 Law Schools Signature Lecture Series. Ryan, associate dean for environmental law programs and the...

Youth Campus Coming to Central Kansas Mental Health Center

Central Kansas Mental Health Center (CKMHC) is planning a major expansion. According the organization a newly acquired facility at 124 Iowa Avenue in Salina, formerly home to the Columbia Insurance Group, will be renovated and transformed into a...

Half-Billion-Dollar Solar Investment Could Boost Southeast Kansas Economy

COPYRIGHT 2025 BY KOAM NEWS NOW. ALL RIGHTS RESERVED. THIS MATERIAL MAY NOT BE PUBLISHED, BROADCAST, REWRITTEN OR REDISTRIBUTED. MULBERRY, Kan. (KOAM) — Crawford County commissioners will soon consider the annexation of more than 1,600 acres near...

Kansas town destroyed by tornado reinvents itself with clean energy

Two decades on, the memories of Greensburg's darkest moments are still painfully fresh. On May 4, 2007, an EF-5 tornado destroyed 95% of the small town in Kiowa County, Kansas, killing 10 people and injuring over 60 others. Dea and Tom Corns lost...

Kansas dairy operation recognized at World Dairy Expo

McCarty Family Farms, Rexford, Kansas, has been honored as the 2025 Dairy Producers of the Year at World Dairy Expo in Madison, Wisconsin. The award, presented on Oct. 1, recognizes the McCarty family’s long-standing commitment to producing...

Kansas town devastated by tornado rebuilds with focus on sustainability

Kansas vaccine exemptions on the rise

TOPEKA — More Kansas families with kindergarteners attending school last year claimed state vaccine exemptions than in previous years, and the “unfortunate melding” of science and politics may cause that number to keep rising, an infectious...

Fantasy football Week 7 winners, losers: Misery in Miami

Let's be truthful. There sure was a lot of ugly football played out there on Sunday. From London to Cleveland to Kansas City, fantasy football managers had to slog through several blowouts — desperately hoping for some garbage-time points for...

The US’s ‘contradictory’ climate stance, explained

In 2024, coal generated approximately 15 per cent of energy in the US. Image: Shutterstock By Victoria Heath Every action has an equal and opposite reaction. Newton’s phrase could not be more fitting to describe America’s oscillating stance on...

2025 NFL Power Rankings – Week 7

The NFL’s chaotic nature showed up in a huge way last week. Two massive Monday Night Football games, we can stop with the double headers, a Kansas City resurgence on Sunday Night Football, and a couple of statements being made both for and against...

Kansas health, agriculture officials warn about presence of invasive Asian longhorned tick

Share this post or save for later Primary concern for welfare of livestock as tick moves westward across U.S. TOPEKA — Kansas officials issued a public notice after testing confirmed the invasive Asian longhorned tick was identified in Franklin...

Sensory rooms at GEHA Field at Arrowhead Stadium serve beyond Chiefs games

KSHB 41 reporter Lily O’Shea Becker covers Franklin and Douglas counties in Kansas. Share your story idea with Lily. — Two sensory rooms located at GEHA Field at Arrowhead Stadium are a resource for visitors who feel overwhelmed or overstimulated....