Search Underway to Find Former USS Intrepid Crew Members and their Personal Memorabilia for 80th Commissioning Anniversary Celebration
NEW YORK (March 29, 2023) – August 16, 2023 will mark the 80th anniversary of the commissioning of USS Intrepid (CVS-11), the World War II-era Essex class aircraft carrier that is now the centerpiece of the Intrepid Museum in New York City. To mark the occasion, the Intrepid Museum is putting out a coast-to-coast “all call” for Intrepid former crew members, to be reunited […]
Skucius named K-State watershed specialist for NE Kansas
Work helps to safeguard water quality in the state By Pat Melgares, K-State Research and Extension news service MANHATTAN, Kan. – It’s not likely that Daniel Skucius sees a glass of water as just a glass of water. He’s more inclined to see it as a flowing Kansas creek that has been protected from pollutants from a […]
OSU to begin construction of new horticulture center
(STILLWATER, Oklahoma, March 29) — The media is invited to attend a groundbreaking of the Horticulture Education Center for The Botanic Garden at OSU. The new building is expected to open in fall 2023. Event speakers include Justin Moss, head of the OSU Department of Horticulture and Landscape Architecture; Julie Bisbee, Oklahoma Tobacco Settlement Endowment Trust; Thomas G. Coon, vice […]
Arrests made after search warrant in Baxter Springs
CHEROKEE COUNTY – Two subjects were arrested Tuesday night following an investigation by the Kansas Bureau of Investigation (KBI) and the Baxter Springs Police Department. At approximately 7:30 p.m. on Tuesday, March 28, KBI agents and police officers conducted a traffic stop and a search warrant at the residence of 400 Washington Ave. in Baxter […]
Barton County-Stolen Motorcycle
On March 28, 2023 at about 5:45 PM the Great Bend Police Department attempted to stop a black motorcycle within the city limits. The motorcycle had an operator and a passenger. The driver fled from the police officer, leaving Great Bend on NW. 10th Ave. The police officer lost the vehicle and terminated the pursuit. […]
Kansas Profile – Now That’s Rural: Fleagle Gang, history of fingerprinting
By Ron Wilson, director of the Huck Boyd National Institute for Rural Development at Kansas State University A fingerprint. We leave those everywhere, on anything we touch. One hundred years ago, law enforcement officers learned that fingerprints could be used as a tool in fighting crime. Where was the first case that a single, latent […]
J. David Macey named dean of FHSU College of Arts, Humanities, and Social Sciences
By FHSU University Communications HAYS, Kan. – J. David Macey, an accomplished higher education leader and distinguished scholar of English Literature, will be the next dean of the Fort Hays State University College of Arts, Humanities, and Social Sciences (CAHSS). The college Macey will lead recently began working through a comprehensive reorganization focused on enhancing […]
Sen. Marshall’s Bill Puts COVID Benefits Scammers on Notice: “We Look Forward to Your Day in Court”
(Washington, D.C., March 28, 2023) – Today, U.S. Senator Roger Marshall, M.D. led five of his Senate Republican colleagues on new legislation that would ensure accountability for individuals who defrauded American taxpayers by improperly receiving federal COVID-19 unemployment insurance (UI). The bill, titled the Pandemic Unemployment Fraud Recoupment Act, would give the federal government more time to […]
Manhattan Celebrates Global Meetings Industry Day
Leaders Convene on March 30 to Spotlight the Value of Professional Meetings, Events to People, Communities and Businesses March 28, 2023— Manhattan, KS is championing that “Meetings Matter” on Global Meetings Industry Day, an international day of advocacy held on March 30 to showcase the essential nature and incredible value created by business meetings, trade […]
Prairie Fire: A Great Plains History
Fire – what is it good for? Well, evidently quite a bit. Join historian, author and teacher Julie Courtwright, as she discusses the role of fire—man-made and natural—in shaping the Great Plains and the lives of its residents. Using newspaper accounts, diary entries and pop culture artifacts, Courtwright explores how fire has benefitted and sometimes […]