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Salina Public Transportation Earns Award

KSAL - Kansas · August 28, 2025

The Salina area public transportation provider has been honored with an award. OCCK Transportation was awarded an Innovation Award from the Kansas Public Transit Association at the 2025 Annual Meeting held August 12-13, 2025. The award recognized...

Warren Corman, an architect in the construction of Allen Fieldhouse, dies at 99 years old

The Topeka Capital-Journal - Kansas ·

LAWERENCE — Warren Corman, one of the architects involved in the construction of Allen Fieldhouse, has died at 99 years old. KU Athletics announced the news Thursday, Aug. 28, detailing Corman was one of seven architects to play a role in the...

Kemin Industries acquires Hennessy Research Associates

Feed Strategy · August 28, 2025

Kemin Industries announced that it has acquired Hennessy Research Associates, LLC. Based in Lenexa, Kansas, Hennessy Research Associates specializes in the research and development of vaccines for infectious diseases of animals. As a part of its...

Kansas City athletes medal at 2025 JCC Maccabi Games

Kansas City Jewish Chronicle - Missouri · August 28, 2025

A delegation of 35 local Jewish teen athletes recently returned from Tucson, Arizona, and Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, after competing at the 2025 JCC Maccabi Games. Fourteen of those athletes earned medals in multiple sports, medaling in basketball,...

Trump fires Democratic Surface Transportation Board member before huge rail merger decision

PBS Frontline · August 28, 2025

President Donald Trump has fired one of two Democratic members of the U.S. Surface Transportation Board to break a 2-2 tie before the body considers the largest railroad merger ever proposed. Board member Robert E. Primus said on LinkedIn that he...

Trump fires Democratic member of Surface Transportation Board ahead of huge rail merger...

Journal News - Ohio ·

Primus was the only board member to oppose Canadian Pacific’s acquisition of Kansas City Southern railroad when it was approved two years ago because he was concerned it would hurt competition. He was named Board chairman last year by former...

Kansas City-area teacher charged with child porn worked at more than 2 dozen schools

KCTV 5 - Missouri · August 28, 2025

KANSAS CITY, Mo. (KCTV) - A metro teacher accused of being in possession of child pornography taught at more than two dozen schools. Dennis Hernandez is charged with transportation of child pornography, production of child pornography, and...

Parents of Nebraska punter Archie Wilson flew to Kansas City from Australia to see him in his Husker debut

KETV 7 - Nebraska · August 28, 2025

Parents of Nebraska punter Archie Wilson flew in from Australia to see him in his Husker debut NEWSWATCH SEVEN AT FOUR. WELL, WE ARE COUNTING DOWN THE HOURS UNTIL KICKOFF IN KANSAS CITY. THANKS FOR JOINING US. I’M ROB MCCARTNEY. I’M QUANECIA...

Kansas State Fair getting ready for opening next week

Great Bend Post - Kansas ·

Photo by Pat JamesMARC JACOBS Hutch Post The countdown is on, with just eight days to go until the 2025 Kansas State Fair kicks off in Hutchinson. Fair General Manager Brian Schulz says preparations are well underway as vendors, exhibits, and...

Organization formed to help landowners with renewable energy projects

Agrinews - Ilinois ·

CHICAGO — Farmland owners looking for guidance on renewable energy projects can get assistance from the newly formed national association, Renewable Energy Farmers of America. “More than 90% of the development for renewable energy happens on...

Trump fires surface transportation board member before merger

New Orleans City Business - Louisiana · August 28, 2025

President Donald Trump has fired one of two Democratic members of the U.S. Surface Transportation Board to break a 2-2 tie before the body considers the largest railroad merger ever proposed. Board member Robert Primus said on LinkedIn that he...

Trump fires Democratic member of U.S. Surface Transportation Board ahead of rail merger decision

The Globe and Mail · August 28, 2025

President Donald Trump has fired one of two Democratic members of the U.S. Surface Transportation Board to break a 2-2 tie before the body considers the largest railroad merger ever proposed. Board member Robert Primus said on LinkedIn that he...

Trump fires Surface Transportation Board member Primus

Progressive Railroading · August 28, 2025

STB Member Robert Primus says he will fight his termination by President Trump. Photo – Surface Transportation Board Editor's note: This story has been updated with comments from the AFL-CIO Transportation Trades Department. President Donald Trump...

OCCK Transportation Wins Kansas Public Transit Association’s Innovation Award

KNCK - Kansas ·

Local Written By: Press Release from OCCK Inc Transportation Published Date: 08-28-2025 OCCK Transportation was awarded an Innovation Award from the Kansas Public Transit Association at the 2025 Annual Meeting held August 12-13, 2025, at the...

ROMANCE ERA | Travis Kelce and Taylor Swift Are Engaged. Kansas City Is Enchanted.

The Manhattan Mercury - Kansas ·

It was a school drop-off made for their wildest dreams. Taylor Swift’s “Blank Space” pulsed on a stereo. Students piled out of S.U.V.s wearing Travis Kelce jerseys. Teachers donned Swiftie friendship bracelets and T-shirts with Mr. Kelce’s...

Kansas journalists discuss need for engagement, transparency at Dole event

The University Daily Kansan ·

Eric Meyer, editor and publisher of the Marion County Record, said he is internally optimistic about almost anything. However, he said he has noticed people, especially in the post-COVID-19 era, becoming more disengaged with what is happening in...

Former Ag Secretary Glickman Worries About ‘Sledgehammer’ Trade Policies Affecting Kansas Farmers

Successful Farming ·

OVERLAND PARK — Former U.S. Secretary of Agriculture Dan Glickman pushed for deepening relationships and maintaining international growth opportunities for Kansas farmers at a meeting of state political and agricultural leaders Wednesday. Glickman...

Kansas judicial summit in Hays focuses on treatment over incarceration

Hays Post - Kansas ·

By CRISTINA JANNEY Hays Post Representatives of judicial districts from across the state gathered in Hays on Tuesday and Wednesday for a mental health summit. Seventy percent of people who are incarcerated in the United States have a mental...

A tax company in Kansas City gave thousands of workers the afternoon off to celebrate Taylor Swift and Travis Kelce’s engagement

Fortune ·

H&R Block gave its Kansas City employees the afternoon off after billionaire pop icon Taylor Swift announced her engagement to Super Bowl star Travis Kelce this Tuesday. The $6.6 billion company shared a viral email that read, “Celebrate love....

Kansas City police officer killed by fleeing suspect while deploying stop sticks to end pursuit

Fox News ·

Wyandotte County Sheriff's Office Deputy Elijah Ming was killed in a shooting on Saturday, July 26, 2025. NEWYou can now listen to Fox News articles! Kansas City is mourning the loss of a police officer after he was fatally struck by a driver...