Beccy Tanner

If you can't get to the City of Brotherly Love this summer, Kansas has its own rendition of the Liberty Bell. For this month’s Hidden Kansas, Beccy Tanner takes us to Goessel.

In some places, ringing church bells offer a sense of community. But in many Kansas towns, the occasional blast of the daily whistle or siren signals it’s time to get up, have lunch, go back to work or eat supper. For this month’s Hidden Kansas, Beccy Tanner offers a look at some of the unique sounds of rural Kansas.

In some communities in western Kansas, you can still spot the influence of German immigrants who settled there. Their descendants will mark a notable anniversary this year, as Beccy Tanner explains in this month’s Hidden Kansas.

Flint Hills Trail was recently inducted into the National Rails to Trails Conservancy’s Hall of Fame.

Carry Nation launched her attack against alcohol in the early 19 hundreds from her home in Medicine Lodge. But with all the changes to state law surrounding liquor, what would the hatchet-toting temperance crusader think now? In this month’s Hidden Kansas, Beccy Tanner has more from Medicine Lodge.

Go anywhere in Kansas and you’re bound to see barbed wire … the prickly fencing that rips clothing, keeps livestock from wandering off and may even make for good neighbors. For this month’s Hidden Kansas, Beccy Tanner takes us to LaCrosse, the Barbed Wire Capital of the World.

For many people, the American Dream has included owning a house. This month on Hidden Kansas, Beccy Tanner takes us to Great Bend, a place where futuristic, all-metal houses were part of that dream.

Sometimes the little places you pass every day hold much more significance than you realize. In this month’s "Hidden Kansas," Beccy Tanner takes us to one such spot.

On this month's "Hidden Kansas," Beccy Tanner explores the time a U.S. president pitched in to help with the Kansas wheat harvest.

For most Americans, November is traditionally the month to celebrate Thanksgiving. But November is also Native American Heritage Month. For this month’s Hidden Kansas, we look at one of those important traditions: fry bread.