Sunday, January 11, 2026

Outdoors

Shorter days fishing tip: Use bigger baits to target larger bluegills in the school

Summer is winding down, but there’s lots of great open-water fishing still available. Baitfish have had months to grow and are more of a...

What If We Belched Less CO2 Into The Atmosphere By Stashing It Under Kansas?

  By:  BRIAN GRIMMETT       WICHITA, Kansas — Large industrial operations — think electrical power plants, oil refineries, ethanol facilities —cough carbon dioxide into the atmosphere by the...

(OKLAHOMA) Dove Opener Sept. 1 Looks Challenging; Free Hunting Days Coming Soon

Dove Opener Sept. 1 Looks Challenging; Free Hunting Days Coming Soon Dove hunting season will open Sunday, Sept. 1, across Oklahoma. The dove opener is...

KCUR Will Lead $1.9 Million National Elections 2020 Initiative

By: DONNA VESTAL     We’re heading into a national election season. In these divisive times, public media understands it has a tremendous responsibility to fully share the...

Kansas State Parks Open for Labor Day Holiday

PRATT – As the Labor Day holiday nears, boaters, anglers, campers and the like can count on Kansas state parks to be open. Earlier...

Kansas City Zoo Visitors Will Get A Better View Of Elephants But Have To Wait For An Aquarium

By SAM ZEFF     The Kansas City Zoo billed it as a big announcement—a remodeled home for its seven elephants—but it wasn't the huge announcement the zoo...

Gear Up For Fantastic Fall Fishing

TOPEKA – Kansas anglers are likely to experience fantastic fishing this fall and winter after what could only be described as a rough spring...

An End-Of-Summer Appreciation Of Sweet Corn, In All Of Its Multi-Colored Glory

By: AMY MAYER     Even though the Midwest is tops in field corn production and grows row after row of it, these states don’t stand out when...