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Frank Waugh, a meteorologist at KAKE-TV, and filmmaker Lester Rowe recently produced a short film called “Echoes of the Storm,” recounting the 1955 Udall tornado in which 80 people died.

The Farha Backyarder Series transforms one Eastborough couple’s home into an intimate concert venue.

This week on "The Range" ... the coziest concert venue in town. Also, a new documentary that uncovers the past of the Udall tornado.

Homeowners would see $5.75 in savings for every $100,000 their property is worth, but that would likely be offset by increases to appraised values.

Pay raises approved unanimously by the Kansas Board of Regents range from 4% to 12% and come as most Kansas colleges have cut budgets and raised tuition to address projected enrollment declines.

In a meeting with Wichita Superintendent Kelly Bielefeld last fall, members of the Greater Wichita Ministerial League and the NAACP questioned how the district’s graduation rate is increasing while scores on state assessment tests remain low.

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.

This week on "The Range" ... leading Friends University on a new path. Also, why one Kansas town is stuck on barbed wire.

The Range's Tom Shine talks with the president of Friends University about the college’s turnaround.

Texas singer-songwriter James McMurtry is on tour supporting his latest album, "The Black Dog and The Wandering Boy." McMurtry says that working with producer Don Dixon was central to the album's artistic success.