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Kansas State's 2024 breakout candidates: Freshmen
The GoPowercat staff drafts the true freshmen they believe to have breakout potential this season. The start of fall camp arrives today with players reporting for duty in Manhattan. In the spirit of final preseason predictions the full GoPowercat staff has assembled for a unique approach to this year's potential breakout performers.
History To Be Made At Big 12 Basketball Tournament
The 2025 Big 12 basketball tournament will have some new history, as the league is up to 16 teams, and all will play in the conference tournament. With the addition of Arizona, Arizona State, Colorado, and Utah and the subtraction of Colorado and Utah, it will be the first time the tournament will have 16 teams. Let’s take a look at some past results as new history is set to be made when the Big 12 tournament comes to Kansas City in March!
Emancipation Day Celebration this weekend in Hutchinson
HUTCHINSON, Kan. — The 135th Emancipation Day Celebration in Hutchinson will take place this weekend, Aug. 1-4. The celebration begins on Thursday with a lecture about understanding the difference between Emancipation Day and Juneteenth. This will begin at 6 p.m. at the Reno County Museum. There will be a...
Hospitals give medical students a taste of rural Kansas hoping they'll eventually work there
DODGE CITY, Kansas— Footsteps and excited chatter of medical students from the Kansas College of Osteopathic Medicine fill the CommonSpirit hospital in Dodge City. Fitted with white lab coats and scrubs bearing the Wichita medical school’s logo, they make their rounds touring the facility. “I really like the...
Lindsborg hosting Saturday car show
LINDSBORG, Kan. — Family friendly, free admission, and loads of really cool automobiles with some great stories, the Smoky Valley Classic Car Show in Lindsborg is the perfect Saturday event!. Swensson Park will host over 100 classic automobiles on August 3 with day of registration beginning at 8:00 a.m....
Jury finds Olathe man guilty of causing fatal wreck after workplace dispute
A Johnson County jury has found an Olathe man guilty of second-degree murder for causing a fatal wreck that killed a coworker following a workplace argument in 2021. On Thursday, July 25, a jury found Ruben Rodriguez guilty of reckless second-degree murder in a fatal crash involving a motorcycle and SUV that killed Dade Smith, 23, of Overland Park.
How a popular Kansas crop can affect local weather
WICHITA, Kan. (KWCH) - Corn is a popular and important crop across the Midwest and Central Plains, but did you know that it can affect the weather locally?. Corn and other crops throughout the growing season draw up water from the soil and give off moisture through their leaves in a process called evapotranspiration.
Southern corn rust cropping up in central and eastern Kansas
Hot and humid days this summer have laid out the welcome mat for a visitor to blow in from the south, say Kansas State University plant pathologists — southern corn rust. Rodrigo Borba Onofre, from the K-State Plant Pathology department; and Chandler Day, K-State crop diagnostician, report in the July 11 Agronomy eUpdate that southern corn rust has been found in four counties in Kansas.
Kan. rep. not running for 3rd term won't endorse anyone as successor
Eastern Kansas Congressman Jake LaTurner says several factors weighed in his decision not to run for re-election. Though LaTurner, a Republican, says one factor weighed more in the decision than others. “I have four young kids at home. They are 13, 12, nine, and seven. This is a job that...
K-State Agriculture Today: 1735 – Oxygen Needs in Ponds…Alpha-gal Syndrome
Fins, Fur and Feathers: Oxygen in Ponds in the Summer. 00:01:05 – Fins, Fur and Feathers: Oxygen in Ponds in the Summer: Getting today’s show started is K-State’s Drew Ricketts and Joe Gerken with another episode of Fins, Fur and Feathers. This episode they talk about how the warm weather can impact oxygen level in ponds and what people can do about it.
Three concerts set for August and September at Topeka and Shawnee County Public Library
TOPEKA, Kan. (WIBW) - Area residents will be treated to three live concerts in the coming weeks as part of the “Music for a Sunday Afternoon” series at the Topeka and Shawnee County Public Library, 1515 S.W. 10th Ave. • The 18-piece Topeka Jazz Workshop big band will...
Melissa Etheridge shares inspiration for, lessons learned from Topeka Correctional Facility project
TOPEKA, Kan. (WIBW) - Kansas native and rock musician Melissa Etheridge recently released a documentary filmed at Topeka Correctional Facility - and new music to go along with it. Eye on NE Kansas recently caught up with the Leavenworth native. She explained how she had a lifetime of inspiration for...