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- Snow fell Wednesday in places around Kansas you may never have heard of
Snow is falling again in western Kansas today, and Wichita may see snowflakes late tonight and early Friday.
- MORTON: Education Week a time of reflection
American Education Week always signals a special time of year for me, coming as it does just prior to Thanksgiving.
- Campus Life
Food, fashions and dancing highlighted this year's celebration of India's Diwali, or festival of lights.
- Kansas Journal: Kiowa Co. woman captures Greensburg tales in new book
Between chasing errant calves and raking hay before a storm expected to blow through tonight,Janice Haney spoke about her new passion in life.
- Repairs expected soon for McCracken post office -,
Another air quality test on the local post office has been conducted, and repairs to the building should begin soon.
- Closure Forces McCracken Residents to Hike for Mail
You expect your mail to be in your mailbox every day, but what if you had to drive miles away to get it? It's what people in one Kansas town are forced to do, they have no post office.
- Residents cope with closed Kan. post office ...
Residents of this tiny western Kansas community are being forced to drive nine miles over an unpaved road to get their mail after their post office was closed because of health concerns.
- Gas prices affecting Kansas politics
Facing a potential rematch with Salmans in the Nov. 4 general election, Lee said she expects to hit the road just as often in her district, which at 7,906 square miles covers nearly 10 percent of the state.
- McCracken rodeo sports new attractions -,
Up to 300 contestants and more than 2,000 spectators each night are expected for this weekend's 22nd annual McCracken Rodeo.
- Harvest nearing end in Kansas -,
As the weather warmed, the annual wheat harvest kicked into high gear before a round of wet weather slipped through the area.
- McCracken residents upset about P.O. -,
An air-quality test will be conducted on the local post office today to determine when the office can reopen to residents.
- Despite reports, McCracken post office remains closed -,
A week after McCracken residents were told their post office would reopen, the doors remain shut and residents continue to grow restless.
- 1984 Bike Tour: Day 34 - Eating across Kansas
I'm reprinting the day-to-day journal entries of a cross-country bike tour my friend and I took in 1984.
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City DescriptionMcCracken is a city in Rush County, Kansas, United States. The population was 211 at the 2000 census.
McCracken is located at 38°35′6″N 99°34′19″W / 38.585, -99.57194 (38.585088, -99.571981).
According to the United States Census Bureau, the city has a total area of 1.0 square miles (2.5 km²), all of it land.
As of the census of 2000, there were 211 people, 106 households, and 57 families residing in the city. The population density was 220.8 people per square mile (84.9/km²). There were 139 housing units at an average density of 145.5/sq mi (55.9/km²). The racial makeup of the city was 98.10% White, 0.47% Native American, and 1.42% from two or more races. Hispanic or Latino of any race were 0.47% of the population.
There were 106 households out of which 24.5% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 43.4% were married couples living together, 8.5% had a female householder with no husband present, and 45.3% were non-families. 44.3% of all households were made up of individuals and 28.3% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 1.99 and the average family size was 2.74.
In the city the population was spread out with 23.7% ... Read MoreCity Contained By:Timezones:Size:
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