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How a dropped phone became a Garden City power outage
The people in southeast Garden City may be wondering why they lost their electricity for a couple of hours Sunday afternoon. Police say it is because someone in a pickup crashed into a power pole in the 1500 block of…
Fort Scott National Historic Site draws visitors for Civil War Encampment weekend
Fort Scott gets transformed back to the 1860's. This weekend was the "39th Annual Civil War Encampment Weekend" at the Fort Scott National Historic Site. A surgery demonstration was held at the historic hospital on the grounds. Small arms demonstrations…
Leavenworth welcomes Bird e-scooters this week
Electric scooters are gliding into Leavenworth this week. The city will eventually have between 50 and 75 of the electric scooters available for anyone over the age of 18 to use. But Kansas law prohibits electric scooter use on all…
Barton County Commission seeks ideas from taxing entities
In what officials have called a challenging budgeting year requiring creativity to balance spending with taxes, Barton County commissioners Monday night brought representatives from the myriad taxing entities in the county together for a brainstorming session as they launch the…
$50 million allocated for businesses hurt by pandemic shutdowns
After a year of battling overcompensation for businesses forced to close during the pandemic, there’s a been a breakthrough in the new state budget. Tucked into the new state budget without much attention was $50 million for rebates to business…
Mobile homes are a unique piece to Salina’s housing crisis puzzle
As Salina continues to face housing issues, one type of unit, mobile and manufactured homes, is available now and more of these units are coming by the end of this year. Danny Huehl, an installer of manufactured homes in Kansas,…
Wichita Public Library encourages residents to share their COVID stories
The Wichita Public Library wants you to help write history. No matter what your world looked like during the pandemic or maybe still looks like, they want to hear about it. The library hopes that by distributing coffee sleeves, you…
Aftermath in Leoti, Kansas
Saturday’s storm causing a lot of damage for some residents in Leoti, Kansas. KSN News talked with a farm bureau agent who says the storm kept her busy. Berta Binns says as of yesterday morning she had more than 12…
Strong winds cause damage in western Kansas, six possible tornadoes
WESTERN KANSAS (KSNW) — Wind, hail, severe weather, and multiple possible tornadoes went through the western part of Kansas overnight, causing damage across the Sunflower State. The severe weather started Friday evening, with hail ranging from ping pong ball to…
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