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Wildfires are still raging in southern and southwest Kansas ... and a mass shooting in Kansas City leaves one teen dead and five others wounded. Those stories are more can be found inside this commercial-free summary of KPR news headlines. This news summary, free from pop-up ads and embedded videos, is made possible by KPR listener-members. Thanks for supporting our efforts to bring news to the people of Kansas and beyond.
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To ward off the chill of winter, this week's Retro Cocktail Hour is an all-Exotica show, that ersatz music made up of jazz, Afro-Cuban rhythms and Polynesian pop. We'll hear tunes by the New Les Baxter Orchestra, Martin Denny, The Waitiki 7, The Tikiyaki Orchestra, The Out-Islanders and more. -
Photo by Nick CarswellWe continue our LG Desk Concert Series with the Nashville-based Pittsburg, KS native Jenn Schott. With performances and stories from her songwriting career, recorded live from the Topeka Statehouse, Jenn Schott is the special live guest on 105 Live. Plus, news about the new 780 Songwriter Circle series at Lawrence Public Library
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McCray-Miller was elected to the Wichita school board in 2023. She previously served on the Sedgwick County Commission and in the Kansas Legislature. She was 69. -
Ken Lovern's OJT brings the funk in this week's Live at Green Lady Lounge. This Kansas City organ jazz combo appears every week at the Green Lady and, on this show they'll play some originals, including "Nice and Easy", "Dreamanova" and more. -
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Film Music Friday returns to the world of swashbuckling movies this week, with music from The Buccaneer, The Mask of Zorro, The Black Swan, Hook and more. -
Western Kansas was scorched by wildfires spread out over several counties. While local and state fire agencies contain them, ranchers and small towns move to recovering.
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The Food and Drug Administration aims to evaluate treatments for rare diseases based on plausible evidence that they would work — without requiring a clinical trial first. -
A man with Tourette syndrome shouted a racial slur and other offensive remarks during the BAFTA awards ceremony Sunday. The BBC did not edit out his outbursts in its delayed broadcast. -
In a recent video, the Olympic skier credits her surgeon with saving her leg from potential amputation. -
Observers watching federal immigration enforcement in Maine who were told by agents they were "domestic terrorists" and would be added to a "database" or "watchlist" are now part of a new federal class action lawsuit. -
Hudson always wanted to sing, but feared it would derail her acting career. Now she's up for an Oscar for her portrayal of a hairdresser who performs in a Neil Diamond tribute band in Song Sung Blue.
On this edition of Conversations, Mark Greaney talks about "The Hard Line," his 15th novel to feature the Gray Man, Court Gentry,
