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Cold temperatures can come on quickly in Kansas, causing trees to begin dropping leaves just as rapidly. While keeping up with leaves every fall is a challenge, Kansas State University horticulture expert Cynthia Domenghini says the amount of leaf cover on the ground has an impact on the underlying plants.

Before the turkey hits the oven, thousands of travelers will hit the road to celebrate Thanksgiving with friends and family. Traffic greatly increases during this time, and the Kansas Department of Transportation (KDOT), Kansas Highway Patrol (KHP) and Kansas Turnpike Authority (KTA) urge drivers and passengers to buckle up and put phones down.

It’s harvest time in Kansas. Across the state, combines have begun shaving down and chopping up over 6 million acres of corn.

Taking the reins of Haysville Rental Company has been a dream come true for the Jones family. “My grandpa owned John's Rental in Ohio for 30 years, then sold it and moved to Kansas, so we knew about the rental yard,” Dan Jones, one of the co-owners of Haysville Rental Company, said.

A potato is a potato is a potato…right? Maybe not, says Kansas State University food scientist Karen Blakeslee. “If you taste a whole vegetable, such as a baked sweet potato, compared to slices of sweet potato that are baked, you’ll have two different foods,” said Blakeslee, who is also coordinator of the university’s Rapid Response Center for food science.

CONWAY SPRINGS – The Conway Springs City Council is getting closer to firming up regulations for storage containers in the city. The council has been talking about storage containers for some time now.

Happy Thanksgiving

CLEARWATER – A 63-year-old Clearwater man died in a three-vehicle accident that happened late Saturday afternoon north of Clearwater. The accident happened at the intersection of 135th Street West and 63rd Street South, which is about four miles north of Clearwater.

Two holiday events are slated for this weekend, and all will help people get into the spirit of the season. Here is a look at what is planned.

After three years of drought, harvest time this year has brought mostly good news to farmers and producers in south-central Kansas. “All the crops are pretty good this year overall, so we can't complain,” said Chris Stevens, general manager of the Farmers Co-op in Conway Springs.