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Cyclospora cases rise in Kansas

TOPEKA — Kansas cases of a gastrointestinal illness typically caused by an organism on produce rose to 615 as of Wednesday, up about 150 cases from the week before, according to a state infectious disease dashboard. Cyclosporiasis cases nationally rose to more than 6,300 and two deaths ...

It’s no ‘hey-day’, but drive-in theaters are still chugging

It’s a warm summer evening in Wichita, and cars packed with families line up for tickets to the Starlite Drive-In Theater. “Moana,” “Supergirl” and “Toy Story 5” are showing on the theater’s twin screens. Anna McLaughlin drove the hour from Burns to visit the Starlite with her ...

Kansas cows need to beat the heat to stay productive

For a dairy cow, the perfect day would consist of lying down for 16 hours chewing cud. At least that’s what dairy farmer Kyler Ohlde near Linn prefers to see when scanning his herd. But the summer heat has been intense recently, driving temperatures up to 110 degrees in parts of Kansas. ...