Kansas News Service

In southeast Kansas, a friendly fried rivalry between chicken restaurants spans decades. (Photo by Rachel Schnelle / Kansas News Service) Chicken Mary’s and Chicken Annie’s sit nearly next to each other, and they share similar origin stories of women turning to cooking for money after the mining industry left their husbands unable to work. By Rachel Schnelle Kansas News Service Summer road trippers visiting southeast Kansas might notice a curious sight: Two billboards for similarly named...

Sharon Collins, gift store manager at The Kansas African American Museum in Wichita, arranges the children's corner in the Wichita museum. (Photo by Roger Nomer / Kansas News Service) The Sunflower Summer program runs through August 2. It provides Kansas students and a guardian free admission to zoos, museums and other attractions. By Roger Nomer Kansas News Service A summer program that provides students free admission to Kansas attractions begins today and will run for a shorter time than...

The Etzanoa Immersion Center in Arkansas City recently opened to tell the story of the ancient Kansas settlement. A model grass house being built a Wichita Tribe member will highlight how Etzanoans lived and worked. (Photos by Roger Nomer / Kansas News Service With up to 20,000 people, it was one of the most important ancient cities in what’s now the United States. A new immersion center in southern Kansas tells the early history of the Wichita Tribe, how they lived and how Etzanoa...