Rural development

Humboldt, Kansas, was an example of a Midwestern town that had overcome the Great Recession and a loss of population by improving the quality of life in town with community pitch-in projects.

Reopening brings a different set of challenges for smaller communities outside the Kansas City area, but Hillsboro, Kansas, is moving forward.

Spike Lee and Kevin Wilmott's latest film shows the struggles of Black men who fought in the Vietnam War, a central Kansas town weathers the pandemic while facing challenges to reopening, and the health benefits of spending time in nature is exemplified by forest bathing.

Segment 1: He came to Kansas City as the youngest concertmaster in the country in the 1950s; he died this year, leaving a poweful legacy behind.Before…

NEODESHA, Kansas — Three hundred middle and high schoolers filed into their school auditorium last week in the small, southeast Kansas town of Neodesha,…

Go here to subscribe to the My Fellow Kansans podcast. This season, we look at the prospects of rural places.DODGE CITY, Kansas — The history of this…

Go here to subscribe to the My Fellow Kansans podcast. This season, we look at the prospects of rural places.GREENSBURG, Kansas — The massive tornado that…

Go here to subscribe to My Fellow Kansans. This season, we look at the prospects of rural places.COURTLAND, Kansas — Rural Kansas has a storied past, but…

Go here to subscribe to the My Fellow Kansans. This season, we look at the prospects of rural places.PHILLIPSBURG, Kansas — The opening of a child care…

Segment 1: Johnson County activists say there are signs to look for when detecting illicit sex trafficking businesses.The business of sex trafficking…

Dena Duffin, 53, pulls her teenage son close as she looks into the trailer stuffed with tables, tubs of housewares and whatever else they were able to…

It’s what you’d expect in a small gym. Treadmills. Squat rack. Elliptical machine. But 54 Fitness, located in the 500-person town of Moran, still holds...