KCLY Radio 100.9 FM

10 hours ago

UPDATE TO THE RED FLAG WARNING March 17, 2025.
Red Flag WARNING will continue until this evening.
A NEW RED FLAG WARNING has been issued for Tuesday, March 18, 2025 from 11 AM until 10 PM Tuesday.
The full text of the Red Flag WARNING document follows:

URGENT - FIRE WEATHER MESSAGE
National Weather Service Topeka KS
224 PM CDT Mon Mar 17 2025

KSZ008>012-020>024-026-034>040-054>056-058-059-180330-
/O.UPG.KTOP.FW.A.0004.250318T1600Z-250319T0300Z/
/O.NEW.KTOP.FW.W.0006.250318T1600Z-250319T0300Z/
/O.CON.KTOP.FW.W.0005.000000T0000Z-250318T0100Z/
Republic-Washington-Marshall-Nemaha-Brown-Cloud-Clay-Riley-
Pottawatomie-Jackson-Jefferson-Ottawa-Dickinson-Geary-Morris-
Wabaunsee-Shawnee-Douglas-Lyon-Osage-Franklin-Coffey-Anderson-
224 PM CDT Mon Mar 17 2025

...RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 PM CDT THIS EVENING
FOR GUSTY SOUTHWEST WINDS AND LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY FOR NORTH
CENTRAL, NORTHEAST AND EAST CENTRAL KANSAS... ...RED FLAG WARNING
IN EFFECT FROM 11 AM TO 10 PM CDT TUESDAY FOR GUSTY SOUTHWEST
WINDS AND LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY FOR NORTH CENTRAL, NORTHEAST AND
EAST CENTRAL KANSAS...

The National Weather Service in Topeka has issued a Red Flag
Warning for gusty southwest winds and low relative humidity,
which is in effect from 11 AM to 10 PM CDT Tuesday. The Fire
Weather Watch is no longer in effect.

* AFFECTED AREA...Fire Weather Zone 008 Republic, Fire Weather
Zone 009 Washington, Fire Weather Zone 010 Marshall, Fire
Weather Zone 011 Nemaha, Fire Weather Zone 012 Brown, Fire
Weather Zone 020 Cloud, Fire Weather Zone 021 Clay, Fire
Weather Zone 022 Riley, Fire Weather Zone 023 Pottawatomie,
Fire Weather Zone 024 Jackson, Fire Weather Zone 026
Jefferson, Fire Weather Zone 034 Ottawa, Fire Weather Zone 035
Dickinson, Fire Weather Zone 036 Geary, Fire Weather Zone 037
Morris, Fire Weather Zone 038 Wabaunsee, Fire Weather Zone 039
Shawnee, Fire Weather Zone 040 Douglas, Fire Weather Zone 054
Lyon, Fire Weather Zone 055 Osage, Fire Weather Zone 056
Franklin, Fire Weather Zone 058 Coffey and Fire Weather Zone
059 Anderson.

* TIMING...For the first Red Flag Warning, until 8 PM CDT this
evening. For the second Red Flag Warning, from 11 AM to 10 PM
CDT Tuesday.

* WINDS...Today, southwest 15 to 20 mph with gusts up to 30 mph.
Today, southwest 20 to 30 mph with gusts up to 40 mph.

* RELATIVE HUMIDITY...As low as 13 percent both today and tomorrow.

* TEMPERATURES...Upper 70s and low 80s today, low to mid 80s
tomorrow.

* IMPACTS...Any fire that develops will catch and spread
quickly. Outdoor burning is not recommended.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

A Red Flag Warning means that critical fire weather conditions
are either occurring now, or will shortly. A combination of
strong winds, low relative humidity, and warm temperatures can
contribute to extreme fire behavior.

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KCLY Radio 100.9 FM

11 hours ago

Here's a first look at the Governor's award for Rural Art Community!

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13 hours ago

An upcoming CCCHS Hall of Fame Nominee has a collection of more than 1,500 artifacts displayed in the Clay County Courthouse.

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13 hours ago

Happy St. Patrick's Day!!🍀🪙🌈 Wear green and avoid those pinches!

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KCLY Radio 100.9 FM

14 hours ago

Governor Laura Kelly names Clay Center Rural Arts Community of the Year
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KCLY Radio 100.9 FM

16 hours ago

The Clay Center Presbyterian Manor is HIRING for full-time and part-time positions. Apply online at claycenterpresbyterianmanor.org to join the team!

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KCLY Radio 100.9 FM

16 hours ago

Carlson Heating and Air is looking to hire an office manager. Job duties will include billing/ invoicing, payroll, ordering parts & equipment, and other general office responsibilities. Benefits available. Apply in person at 617 Bridge Street in Clay Center, or send resume to: carlsonhtg@twinvalley.net.

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16 hours ago

Little Learners is HIRING for a Part-Time Bus Driver. The position calls for 16 hours per week and a CDL is preferred, but will train to obtain the CDL. To apply, email your resume to amy.lee@cckids.org or visit littlelearnersks.org to complete the application.

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KCLY Radio 100.9 FM

17 hours ago

In the face of food insecurity, this K-State project tells stories of Kansans' resilience
Hungry Heartland documents the challenges — and triumphs — of Kansans when affordable food isn't easily accessible.

MANHATTAN — The story of food insecurity in rural Dighton, Kansas, isn't about when the town's only grocery store burned down in January 2024, but what happened next.
Neighbors immediately worked together to coordinate grocery runs to other towns, and those other grocery stores soon began offering food delivery service. A Dighton community member later opened a space on Main Street to provide access to fresh fruit and vegetables a few times a week.
It was an incredible story of a Kansas community's resilience in the face of potentially becoming a food desert, and one that Io Schmalzried, a recent graduate in social transformation studies and mass communications, got to tell about her hometown through a photo essay as part of the Hungry Heartland storytelling project at Kansas State University.
The project, led by an interdisciplinary team of faculty members and students in the College of Arts and Sciences, is asking—and showing—why healthy and affordable food is out of reach for many people in the nation’s breadbasket. The project aims to both educate about food insecurity and give students real-world experience producing impactful multimedia stories.
“The Hungry Heartland project not only tells moving stories of solutions to food access issues but also helps students learn more deeply how these issues affect their neighbors, classmates and families in every corner of Kansas,” said Tom Hallaq, associate professor in the A.Q. Miller School of Media and Communication. “Students gain valuable, faculty-mentored experience as the stories and artwork they produce become catalysts to spark conversation and change in those communities.”
The six-year project has produced art exhibits, academic articles and a Silver Telly Award-winning documentary called, “The Empty Breadbasket: When the Land that Feeds the World Cannot Feed Itself,” directed by Hallaq and the late Ian Punnett, professor in the Miller School. It aired on Topeka public television’s KTWU in 2022.
A more recent partnership with the social transformation studies department’s Engaged Stories Lab has strengthened the project’s power of storytelling.
“The Hungry Heartland documentary is one of the star storytelling projects of the lab,” said Valerie Padilla Carroll, interim head of the social transformation studies department. “Through the work of engaged students and faculty, this documentary is collecting and archiving important Kansas stories of resilience and empowering Kansas community members to share their food access challenges and triumphs.”
The Hungry Heartland project recently received its second Interdisciplinary Research Grant from the university’s Chapman Center for Rural Studies. The grant encourages scholars to collaborate across different fields, showcase rural Kansas communities and bring awareness to obstacles faced by them.
Other project directors are Shreepad Joglekar, Lindy E. Bell Head of the department of art, and Han Yu, professor of English.
“Projects like Hungry Heartland exemplify the College of Arts and Sciences’ mission to prepare students for responsible citizenry and career success and contribute to the betterment of society,’” said Chris Culbertson, dean of the college. “Our students and faculty examine some of society’s most pressing challenges—like food insecurity—to make a difference for Kansans, the nation and the world.” ... See MoreSee Less

KCLY Radio 100.9 FM

20 hours ago

Since Friday, March 14th, our agency has responded to multiple suspicious wildfires within the southern half of Clay County. The fires occurred near 10th Rd and Navajo Rd (K-15) around 1:15 am on March 15th and today (March 16th) near 14th Rd and Frontier Rd. this afternoon. If you witness any new suspicious activity, please contact 911 and provide as much detail as possible, including vehicle descriptions, tag numbers, direction of travel, person descriptions, and any additional relevant information. We are actively seeking information regarding suspicious activities in those areas around those times. If you possess any information about the past fires, please reach out to Detective Sergeant Primeaux or Undersheriff Werbin at (785)632-5601 ext 5 or via email at jprimeaux@cysheriff.org or mwerbin@cysheriff.org. ... See MoreSee Less