WICHITA, Kan. — The deteriorating log cabin at the “Little House on the Prairie” site in Kansas is expected to soon get a makeover. The current cabin was re-created and built near Independence in 1977 ...

People using state park cabins on weekends in Kansas may pay a little more from now on. People using them during the middle of the week, though, may pay less. The Kansas Department of Wildlife, Parks ...

Smith County? As the sun dips below the skyline and the bone-chilling cold of a long winter’s night settles over Brewster Higley’s cabin, all signs of the 21st century disappear. No neon lights. No ...

On the side of a dirt road in western Kansas stands a locked metal gate flanked by a mailbox and two no-trespassing signs. A quarter-mile past the gate, obscured from the road by trees and terrain, ...

As Kansas celebrates its 153rd birthday Wednesday, plans are underway to honor one of the state’s most iconic buildings. The “Home on the Range” cabin will be rededicated to Kansans on Oct. 3-5. The ...

An innkeeper, a Swiss banker and a journalist walk into a restaurant in Coolidge, Kansas. That’s not the lead-up to some oddball joke — it’s what happened this month in this town near the Colorado ...

The cabin in north-central Kansas where “Home on the Range” was written is badly in need of repairs, and Kansans are stepping up to try to save it. Brewster Higley wrote the six-verse poem “My Western ...

The deteriorating log cabin at the "Little House on the Prairie" site in Kansas is expected to soon get a makeover. The current cabin was re-created and built near Independence in 1977, during the ...

Brewster Higley's cabin against the night sky. The Wichita Eagle SMITH COUNTY — As the sun dips below the skyline and the bone-chilling cold of a long winter's night settles over Brewster Higley's ...