Good thing cicadas emerge every 17 years. Otherwise, newscasters like Katya Leick would never be able to file on-location reports. While filing a story for KSNT in Topeka, Kan., from U.S. Army base Fort Riley — standing in what appears to be a military vehicle — cicadas swarm around Leick. She attempts to shoo them away, arms and […]
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