A local weather phenomenon holds that the 6,100-person town of Tonganoxie, Kansas, can weaken and divide thunderstorms and tornadoes. Experts are mixed on its existence — and what causes it — but ...
A mural on the side of a building that houses Tonganoxie's municipal courts and council chambers proclaims "Welcome to Tonganoxie." Rita Bennett remembers the day a twister ripped through Topeka like ...