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Shockers Add Three to Women’s Basketball Staff
Wichita State's women's basketball head coach Terry Nooner has expanded his coaching staff by adding strength and conditioning coach Jasmine Morris along with graduate assistants Shomari Harris and Mandy Willems. Morris strengthens the program with her experience in designing training programs at Florida Atlantic, while Harris brings professional playing experience and coaching knowledge from Kilgore College. Willems adds to the team's shooting prowess, having set records at the University of Missouri-Kansas City and gaining coaching experience at Johnson County Community College. Nooner expresses enthusiasm about each new member's potential impact on the team’s success.
HaysMed welcomes new hospitalist, Anum Khan, MD
HaysMed is pleased to announce the addition of Dr. Anum Khan to our medical team. Dr. Khan is a board-certified physician with specialized training in internal and hospital medicine. Her dedication to excellence is further demonstrated through her extensive internal medicine residency in Chicago, IL, where she trained at the...
Community clothing give-away at Zion Lutheran Church in Pittsburg
PITTSBURG, Kan. (KOAM) - A Community Clothing Give-Away will take place on Saturday, August 24, from 8:00 a.m. to 11:00 a.m. at Zion Lutheran Church, located at 102 W. Jackson in Pittsburg, across from Taco Bell.
Sunflower Electric Power Corporation unveils new brand identity
From Sunflower Electric Power Corporation... Sunflower Electric Power Corporation, a transmission and generation partner in central and western Kansas, announced a comprehensive rebranding initiative that will shape the company's identity over the next year. This strategic move comes after months of careful planning, research, and consideration, aimed at better aligning our brand with our evolving business direction to best support our member-owners’ needs.
Hot again Monday, isolated storms
WICHITA, Kan. (KWCH) - Meteorologist Peyton Sanders says that isolated storms will be possible on Monday as hot weather continues for the start of the week. Isolated showers and storms will continue this evening over portions of central and western Kansas. The overall threat of severe weather will remain low.
This week in Kansas State tweets | 08.26.24
It's finally game week for the Kansas State football prepares to play Tennessee-Martin on Saturday night, but all fall sports are swinging into action. Sports are here, but let's look back one more time at the summer comes to an end. These are the Kansas State athletics tweets of the...
KHP kept pups cool in Riley County in triple digit heat
RILEY COUNTY —In the 100+ degree heat on Sunday, service, courtesy and protection were front and center, according to a social media report from the Kansas Highway Patrol. Trooper Ryan Davis came across a disabled vehicle on Interstate 70 in Riley County. With the extreme temperatures, he made sure the occupants—and their pups, Milo and Kenai—stayed cool in his patrol car while waiting for a tow.
Data: Manhattan’s property tax rate puts it in the middle of pack with state’s largest cities
In property tax rates, Manhattan is in the middle of the pack. New data from the Kansas League of Municipalities puts Manhattan in 15th place out of 26 of the state’s largest cities. The current tax rate here is 150.404 mills; a mill is $1 in tax for every $1,000 in assessed, taxable property value. That figure includes the taxes levied by the city government, the county and the school district — the three big tax entities here and nearly everywhere else in Kansas.
Ellis County seeks members for new county library board
The Ellis County Board of Commissioners are requesting citizen interest in being apart of the new Ellis County Library Board. To be eligible for the appointment, the person must live within the new taxing district of the Ellis County Library, which is anyone who lives in Ellis County, but not within the city limits of Hays or Ellis.
A Heat Burst Happened Sunday Morning: What Is It??
Sounds like something out of science fiction, right? These are relatively rare, but sometimes, the temperature can jump rapidly in the early morning hours, like it did in Wichita Sunday morning. So how does it happen? What do you need to see the thermometer jump 10 degrees without much warning?...
OIathe Police say woman killed in crash involving minivan and semi-truck
Olathe Police say a 77-year-old woman is dead following a crash between her minivan and a semi-truck on Saturday evening. In a news release, Sergeant John Moncayo said officers were called to Old 56 Highway and Lone Elm Road at approximately 6:50 p.m. “Officers arrived and observed the driver and...
6 DAYS TO 2024 KICKOFF: Sterling Lockett
Goal No. 6: SELF-DISCIPLINE. Do it right; don’t accept less. Redshirt Sophomore | 5-10 | 170 lbs. | Leawood, Kansas. Sterling Lockett (b. Oct. 8, 2003) is a shifty, smooth wide receiver from Blue Valley High School who is majoring in business administration. He redshirted and did not play in 2022.
Senator Moran visits DJ Engineering, Douglass High
On Thursday afternoon Kansas State Senator Jerry Moran visited both Augusta and Douglass. Around 1pm DJ Engineering Owner and CEO Rezul Chowdhury greeted Senator Moran to the plant’s newest building expansion on Sixth Ave. Chowdhury made the decision to dedicate the building to Senator Moran, naming it after him. The building is now the Senator Moran Manufacturing Center. The team added 10,000 square feet to the building in order to accommodate for a newly built and purchased German-based Zimmermann Computer Numerical Control machine.
Derrick Stewart Soars To First Career Lucas Oil MLRA Win At Lakeside Speedway
Kansas City, KS (August 23, 2024) – Making just his third Lucas Oil MLRA start of the season, Ainsworth, Iowa’s Derrick Stewart stayed hot on the MLRA scene, and raced his way to his first career Lucas Oil MLRA victory on Friday night at the Lakeside Speedway in Kansas City, KS.
Daily Delivery: X account poses as Kansas State recruiter, DMs with prospects
A Kansas State football representative posted this week on X (formerly Twitter), that an X account was posing as a Kansas State recruiting representative. However, the worst part is that this person also sent direct messages to high school prospects inviting them to visit K-State. Sign up for GoPowercat VIP...
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