From a curious Midwestern girl to a legendary aviator, Amelia Earhart's life was a daring pursuit of freedom, flight, and self-definition.

On May 21, 1932, the record-breaking pilot Amelia Earhart landed on the island of Ireland and stole one Derry family's heart.

The event took place during the annual Amelia Earhart Festival in her hometown of Atchison, a city of more than 10,000 overlooking the Missouri River in northeast Kansas. In addition to the Romeo ...

Artists will cast molten bronze into a steely-eyed statue of Father Emil Kapaun, the Kansas farm boy, Catholic priest, Korean War martyr and Medal of Honor hero. A fundraising effort to achieve that ...

TOPEKA — The Chaplain Kapaun Memorial Committee is proud to announce the launch of a nationwide fundraising campaign to ...

Kansas hides its treasures in plain sight, scattered across prairies and nestled along riverbanks where most travelers never ...

Exploration Place is set to host a new interactive exhibit this summer that brings the world of Barbie to life.

Barbie has had more than 200 jobs over the past 60 years, and this week she’ll add another job to her resume: being the focus of this summer’s Exploration Place exhibition. “Barbie: You Can Be ...

Beyond Earhart’s legacy, Atchison has developed another distinctive reputation – as one of Kansas’s most haunted towns.

LONDON, May 21, 1932 (UP) - Amelia Earhart Putnam today became the first ... in connection to the death of a television reporter from Kansas City in New Orleans to cover the Super Bowl in February.