Sunday, August 25, 2002
St. Francis -- For 20 consecutive nights, people had gathered in the city park here to pray for rain. "This is our act of faith," Bethany Bartlett said as she took a seat on the front row of concrete benches facing the park's band shell, her umbrella in hand. Full Story.
Drought sucks life from lakesDrought has businesses, farmers stuck in economic uncertaintyDry conditions affecting more than farmers Game fowl falling prey to drought
Get the rainfall numbers for every county in Kansas with our interactive map. Go ...
Take a look at the photos taken during Bill Snead's six-day 1,600-mile trip to Kansas' hardest-hit areas, and see the combination of desperation and spirit that epitomized the rural heartland of Western Kansas during the drought of 2002. Go ...
Get an inside look at the people and places encountered Bill Snead's expedition across Kansas' most severely drought sticken areas Go ...
Journal-World senior editor Bill Snead spent six days in the summer of 2002 visiting areas of Kansas hit hardest by lingering drought. Go ...
