Latest photos by Richard Gwin

Onlookers watch as tractor pullers compete at the Ag Hall of Fame in Bonner Springs ... July 17, 2012	Kevin Kesinger, 40, of Tonganoxie, stirs up the dirt as he makes a pull on ... July 17, 2012	David Vertacnik is one of several northeast Kansas fruit growers with a bumper crop of ... July 9, 2012
David Vertacnik is one of several northeast Kansas fruit growers with a bumper crop of ... July 9, 2012	David Vertacnik is one of several northeast Kansas fruit growers with a bumper crop of ... July 9, 2012	Stony Ridge Farms, located in McClouth, produced its first crop of apricots in several years, ... June 4, 2012
Bernie Antes sorts apricots at the Stony Ridge Farms booth at Cottin’s Hardware Farmers’ Market ... June 4, 2012	Ivy Travis' recipe for spinach salad, which she got from her late mother-in-law, is a ... May 22, 2012	Ivy Travis chops vegetables for her spinach salad, a recipe she got from her late ... May 22, 2012
Goods from Washington, Kan.-based MarCon Pies, like these caramel apple and strawberry delicacies, are a ... March 9, 2012	Natalya Lowther, Lawrence stirs some soup on a hot plate as she thinks in bulk ... February 2, 2012	Natalya Lowther cuts up a butternut squash for making soup. Using cheap, seasonal ingredients, Lowther ... February 2, 2012
Natalya Lowther, Lawrence thinks in bulk and uses little l tricks to make money last ... February 2, 2012	Helga Barton of Lawrence uses her crock pot to make easy, inexpensive meals. February 1, 2012	AARP, the nation’s largest nonprofit advocacy group for senior citizens, offers advice for preventing winter ... November 30, 2011
Dennis Patton, horticulture agent with the K-State Johnson County Extension Service said pruning is part ... September 28, 2011	Tom Owens, Tonganoxie, left, pauses after driving his 1955 Ford Panel truck serving as the ... August 18, 2011	Kansas Gov. Sam Brownback shakes hands with onlookers as he leaves the House chambers after ... January 14, 2011
Annual service to your home’s heating system is among the recommended steps for winterizing your ... January 5, 2011	Alex Smith, a Basehor-Linwood High School graduate and current senior on the Kansas University football ... November 23, 2010