It’s not real. It’s a rubber coyote decoy — one of six deployed across the 18-hole executive course to scare away geese, whose large droppings muck up fairways, greens and golf spikes.

Officials at Parker Dam State Park say they are taking safety measures as they prepare for the warmer weather, so if you come to the beach area over the next several weeks, you may seem some ...

After the first of the year, the Great Bend Brit Spaugh Zoo director was able to buy some enrichment items for the animals ...