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The roadrunner, long a symbol of the American Southwest, is experiencing range expansion. That's bringing the bird to places that didn't use to resemble the desert vistas beloved by its cartoon counterpart.

Beep, beep! Why roadrunners are starting to appear in Kansas. Also, it’s prime time for apple cider at the Louisburg Cider Mill.

The Louisburg Cider Mill has been operating nearly half a century. It’s a family business and has expanded from just the cider mill to include a country store and family farm. And fall is their busiest time. KMUW’s Lu Anne Stephens had a chance to tag along with one of the school tours for this month’s Hidden Kansas.

The Land Institute is celebrating its 50th anniversary with this year’s Prairie Festival, which takes place on September 25 and will have a host of speakers, performers and artists.

Moran calls for return of bipartisan era melding rural, urban interests

House of Songs brings musicians from various locations together to collaborate and learn from one another.

The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints temple, located in northwest Wichita, is the first built in the state. It will give the state’s more than 45,000 church members a closer place to perform sacred worship.

"It’s a crazy, crazy world right now as far as live music goes," Dean says. "But the ones of us that are going to stick around are going to stick around and make it through it."

The board chose Brock Booker to fill the District 3 vacancy on Friday morning.

The Republican senator’s residence has been fodder for campaign attacks as he faces a midterm election against the Rev. Adam Hamilton, a Kansas City-area United Methodist pastor.