FHSU Center for Applied Technology Ribbon-Cutting Thursday, April 6

By: FHSU FoundationHAYS, Kan. – After years of planning and construction, Fort Hays State University will unveil its innovative student-created charging station during a ribbon-cutting ceremony on April 6 at 3:30 p.m. in front of the Center for Applied Technology on the FHSU campus.   The public is welcome to attend the ribbon-cutting and hear […]

FHSU senior wins Faulkner Challenge

By: FHSU FoundationHAYS, Kan. – “TransFortified,” an entrepreneurial business plan created by PJ Stauffer, won first place at the 2023 Faulkner Challenge for a Better Future at Fort Hays State University.   Stauffer, a senior drawing major and graduate of Beloit High School, received a $6,000 first-place cash award for his presentation. Stauffer’s business is a […]

Fort Riley provides an update on March 20 gate incident

Following the March 20 incident at Trooper gate, Fort Riley, the civilian Department of the Army Security Guard, a 62-year-old male, remains assigned to administrative duties. The 22-year-old male civilian suspect who was driving the vehicle that struck the active vehicle barrier was medically released from Irwin Army Community Hospital March 21. The Department of […]

Topeka Angler Sets New Kansas Record for Crappie

SHAWNEE – Topeka resident, Bobby Parkhurst, was fishing at Pottawatomie State Fishing Lake No. 2 when the catch-of-a-lifetime came into contact with his lure. Little did Parkhurst know that what loomed beneath the surface, ready to strike, would break a Kansas state record set the very same month, nearly 60 years prior. The enormous white crappie […]

People in Kansas City, Lawrence and Topeka: You Can Get a Good Tree for Killing a Bad One

KCUR | By Celia Llopis-Jepsen Published April 4, 2023 at 11:19 AM CDT Facebook Twitter LinkedIn Email Celia Llopis-Jepsen/Kansas News Service They’re called Bradford pears, Callery pears and about two dozen other names. Scientists say it’s time to remove these trees, because they’re wreaking havoc. Here’s one way to help in Kansas and Missouri. It’s the perfect […]

Attempted Murder (LEO) Agg. Assault of LEO

On April 1, 2023 at about 2:20 AM a Hoisington police officer was investigating a suspicious vehicle near a business in the City of Hoisington. The officer attempted to stop the vehicle at which point it fled eastbound on K4 highway at a high rate of speed. During the pursuit, the Hoisington officer reported on […]

Media invited Wednesday to observe best leaders competing at Fort Riley

What: Regional competition within the Medical Command for Best Leader/Best Squad When: Wednesday, April 5, 1:30 p.m. Where: Seitz Regional Training Campus, Fort Riley Who: 13 teams of competitors from Defense Health Agency professionals throughout the Medical Readiness Command-West 78 Soldiers assigned to Medical Readiness Command-West are competing during the week of April 3-6 for […]

KDOT announces approved March bids

The Kansas Department of Transportation announces approved bids for state highway construction and maintenance projects. The letting took place March 22, 2023, in Topeka. Some of the bids may include multiple projects that have been bundled based on proximity and type of work. District One — Northeast  Johnson ‑ 10‑46 KA‑6651‑02 ‑ K‑10, bridge #179 over […]

K-State chemical engineer Won Min Park receives NSF CAREER award

MANHATTAN — Won Min Park, assistant professor in the Tim Taylor Department of Chemical Engineering at Kansas State University, has received a $550,000 National Science Foundation Faculty Early Career Development Program award, known as a CAREER award, to develop a simple, modular and versatile technology to direct the folding and assembly of protein biomaterials using a molecular […]