Tag: flooding
FREEPORT, Bahamas (AP) Practically parking itself over the Bahamas for a day and a half, Hurricane Dorian pounded away at the islands today in a catastrophic onslaught that sent floodwaters up to the second…
LAWRENCE, Kan. (AP) Thunderstorms and heavy rain in parts of eastern Kansas have forced multiple water rescues. The Lawrence Journal-World reports that authorities in Douglas County were called to rescue nine people Thursday morning…
For 45 years Craig Mentzer has been farming his land in Geneva, an unincorporated town in northwestern Allen County. Hes endured floods, hes weathered several droughts, but with 2019 just past the halfway mark he…
Gene Meiwes can?t help but keep a sunny disposition, regardless of the weather. When one of the wettest springs in recent memory threatened to derail much of the farm work for scores of area producers,…
NEW ORLEANS (AP) Building toward hurricane strength, Tropical Storm Barry began hitting Louisiana with wind and rain Friday as it closed in for what could be a long, slow and epic drenching…
PLEVNA, Kan. (AP) P.J. Sneed walked through his small greenhouse in central Kansas checking on rows and rows of small hemp plants just waiting to be put into the ground. The plants inside the…
The decision to move Country Stampede to Topeka is disappointing on several levels. There are a couple of lessons to draw from it, too. The disappointment stems largely from the fact that the Stampede was…
WICHITA, Kan. (AP) A new government report shows just how far behind the Kansas winter wheat harvest is from normal. The National Agricultural Statistics Service reported Monday that just 5% of the wheat in…
HUTCHINSON, Kan. (AP) This springs heavy rain and flooding will cause significant economic losses at many of the states 28 parks, both from damage and from closures and refunds to disappointed campers, state parks…
Iola City Council members will take another look at a number of long-standing issues when they gather for their regular meeting Monday. Mosquito spraying, which was disbanded this year following several debates about the practices…
