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How to watch, listen to UND football’s season opener against Kansas State
MANHATTAN, Kan. — The UND football team is opening the 2025 season against a stout Power Four opponent. The Fighting Hawks are traveling to Manhattan, Kansas, to take on Kansas State for the first time in program history this Saturday. Kickoff is...

Boswell Native Kamden Edge Signs with Kansas City Royals
Boswell native and Choctaw tribal member Kamden Edge is officially taking the next step in his baseball journey. After years of hard work, setbacks and sacrifice, Edge signed with the Kansas City Royals and is preparing to begin his first...

Parents of Nebraska punter Archie Wilson flew to Kansas City from Australia to see him in his Husker debut
Parents of Nebraska punter Archie Wilson flew in from Australia to see him in his Husker debut NEWSWATCH SEVEN AT FOUR. WELL, WE ARE COUNTING DOWN THE HOURS UNTIL KICKOFF IN KANSAS CITY. THANKS FOR JOINING US. I’M ROB MCCARTNEY. I’M QUANECIA...

Travel time takes major preparation
This next week Jennifer and I are traveling, and the trip is one we have been looking forward to for quite a while. I find that the week and days before a trip are both exciting and terrifying, and this week of preparation was no different. Anyone...

Kansas City WR Rashee Rice suspended 6 games by NFL, reports say
Rice was sentenced to 30 days of jail time and five years of probation after leaving the scene of an accident in Dallas, Texas, in 2024. DALLAS — The NFL is finalizing an agreement for Kansas City Chiefs wide receiver Rashee Rice to be suspended...

Nebraska vs. Cincinnati: Game Day weather for season opener in Kansas City
Nebraska vs. Cincinnati: Expect partly cloudy skies for Huskers' season opener in Kansas City BOOK OR SOMETHING TO LISTEN TO, NOT TOO BAD OF A COMMUTE. AND IT’S EXCITING COMMUTE AS WELL WITH THIS FIRST GAME. YOU’RE SO RIGHT ABOUT THAT. GLAD IT’S...

Cardinals announce inaugural fan travel experience hosted by retired stars
Tyrann Mathieu, Patrick Peterson, and Markus Golden will host the first Cardinals Premier Travel trip for fans attending the Nov. 3 "Monday Night Football" game in Dallas against the Cowboys. The three former Arizona Cardinals players, now...

Kansas college receives federal funding to improve health care access in rural areas
WICHITA, Kan. (KWCH) - For patients in rural Kansas, accessing medical treatment often means driving for hours. The Kansas College of Osteopathic Medicine hopes to change that after receiving a $750 federal grant to bring doctors to rural...

Professional pickleball tour coming to the Kansas City metro
OVERLAND PARK, Kan. (WDAF) — On Tuesday, the Association of Pickleball Players (APP) announced a 5-year APP tour stop in Overland Park. You’ll be able to watch professional pickleball players compete at the AdventHealth Sports Park at Bluhawk next...

Disney Celebrating 35 Years of ‘Home Alone’ With EPIC Road Trip!
It hurts my millennial brain to think about it, but this year, the 1990 film Home Alone turns 35! The iconic Christmas movie starred Macaulay Culkin as Kevin McCallister, an eight-year-old boy whose family accidentally leaves him home alone when...

How to watch Kansas City Chiefs: TV, streaming info for Patrick Mahomes, Travis Kelce and crew
The NFL’s incumbent dynasty has rested up for another go-around. Since 2018, the Kansas City Chiefs have won three Super Bowls and five conference championships. They pursue a 10th consecutive division title (!) this fall, and are averaging an...

Destination Heartland: Tallgrass and Chase County, Kansas
CHASE COUNTY, Kan. (KCTV) - It is a true slice of the Midwest. From the Tallgrass Prairie National Preserve to the small towns along the way, a visit to the Flint Hills of Kansas is a unique destination for nature loves as well as history buffs....

Pinckney bakery launches in-house production for Lawrence school district
Share this post or save for later A sweet smell from the Pinckney bakery circulates through the building and travels out the door into Lawrence schools each day. “It’s dangerous to walk in here,” Julie Henry said, referencing the allure of fresh...

Miss Manners: We joined a travel timeshare, but the hard upsell routine is a huge turnoff
DEAR MISS MANNERS: My wife and I joined a travel timeshare that we both love. The only thing we hate is how they try to upsell you. After check-in, you are required to go to the concierge desk to get your arm band or parking pass. Once there, the...

Dylan Edwards injury: Kansas State's explosive RB to miss at least one game after tweaking ankle, per report
Kansas State running back Dylan Edwards injured his ankle on a muffed punt in the first quarter of the Wildcats' 24-21 season-opening loss to Iowa State in Dublin, Ireland. That injury apparently will sideline him for a little while longer....

Miss Manners: Upsell calls are ruining our timeshare vacation
MISS MANNERS by Judith Martin, Nicholas Ivor Martin and Jacobina Martin DEAR MISS MANNERS: My wife and I joined a travel timeshare that we both love. The only thing we hate is how they try to upsell you. After check-in, you are required to go to...

Kansas remains undefeated despite 0-0 road draw with Utah State
The Kansas soccer team headed west and 4,000 feet up for its first road game of the season in Logan, Utah, to take on the Utah State Aggies. The No. 23 Jayhawks, 3-0 entering this game, were looking to stay undefeated and accomplished that, but in...

OUT and ABOUT with STEVE CAMERON: On cuts, travel and the stats being baseball
Let’s get out prowling, and see what we find. FYI, the word “prowling” came to me after seeing a very clever cartoon. It pictured two silly and out-of-place tourists, surrounded by fancy and useless gear as they settled in for lunch on a blanket —...

Flood threat sprawls across South, Plains while rain soaks Florida for Labor Day Weekend
Parts of Texas, New Mexico, Kansas and Nebraska are all under heightened risks for flash flooding this weekend. While in the general sense the forecast for much of the nation for Labor Day weekend is tranquil -- on Saturday morning, NOAA's Storm...

Huskers wrap up final practice before opener in Kansas City
Lincoln, NEB — Nebraska wrapped up its final preseason football practice in Lincoln on Tuesday before turning its focus to Thursday night’s opener against Cincinnati in Kansas City. Head coach Matt Rhule said he is eager to man the sidelines under...