People from all across the country are coming to Kansas to see a bird. The lesser prairie chicken used to roam the Great Plains by the millions, but now... the population has dwindled to around 25,000. Commentator Rex Buchanan recently took some out-of-state folks to see the rare bird in its native habitat.

Sam Tsui and Casey Breves join host Dan Skinner to talk about the picture book "Why Do We Sing?"

The landmark 1954 U.S. Supreme Court ruling that outlawed racial segregation in public schools may have played out differently if it hadn’t been for a tenacious group of women in Johnson County, Kansas, who led their own integration lawsuit five years earlier. The case centered around a two-room schoolhouse and included a lengthy boycott, big-shot NAACP lawyers, FBI surveillance — and six very brave children.

Tickets on sale Wednesday, May 15! Kansas Public Radio is thrilled to ring in 30 years of Trail Mix with a special concert featuring singer/songwriter Dar Williams on November 11.

Planned Parenthood Great Plains’ Pittsburg health center will offer abortions, contraception and other care beginning this fall.

Black women hoping to conceive using donor sperm often have to choose a donor from a different race or put their fertility journey on hold because of a shortage of Black sperm donors. Researchers at the University of Kansas Medical Center are trying to find out why.