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Students use green bandanas to destigmatize mental health at Norton High School
NORTON - May is Mental Health Awareness Month, and green is the color that symbolizes mental health awareness. WBZ traveled to Norton to see how high schoolers are breaking down stigmas and supporting each other through an initiative called the Green Bandana Project.Green Bandana Project"It's like to rub for stress relief. And find it very helpful because whenever I'm on like a test or something, I'm like, I usually keep mine [green bandana] on my backpack," describes Vanessa Lee, a freshman at Norton High School, who is a peer advocate."The pressures facing students today are enormous, and they're much greater...
Norton Community High School’s Advanced Art Students Present End-of-Year Exhibition at the Gloria A. Nelson Cultural Arts Center
Norton, Kansas, May 2024 – Norton County Community Foundation is excited to announce a new art exhibition at the Gloria A. Nelson Cultural Arts Center in the Heaton Building. For the second year, the Norton Community High School’s Advanced Art Students were invited to present their work in the...
Semi-trailer hauling pigs overturns north of Oxford, agencies work eight hours to clear sows
OXFORD — A semi-trailer hauling pigs overturned in a ditch north of Oxford on Tuesday, May 21. According to the Furnas County Sheriff’s Office, dispatch received a 911 call over a semi carrying pigs that had overturned near 72581 Road 438 north of Oxford. The Furnas County Sheriff’s...
Washington man sentenced for fatal Nebraska crash that killed two
FURNAS COUNTY, Neb — A Washington man has been sentenced in connection to a crash that killed two people in Furnas County last year. Kyiaz Ulanov, 29, of Lynnwood, Washington, was sentenced Thursday to two years and six months on two counts of motor vehicle homicide. He was given credit for 393 days served.
US-83 Communities Roadway Safety Plan Announces Website Launch
Garden City, Kan.–The US-83 Communities Roadway Safety Plan project team is releasing the project website, us83-communities-safety-plan.com, on May 8. This website will serve as a landing page for all project information, updates on the project status, and serve as one method for the public to voice their input. Website...
Norton County approves sales tax to support health care
In a special election on Tuesday, voters in Norton County approved a 1% sales tax to benefit health care. The ballot question passed with 547 votes for and 215 votes against the sales tax question. Norton County Hospital and Clinics will receive 75% of the sales tax revenue, and Norton...
⛳ Norton wins Mel Schremmer Invite; TMP's Brungardt third
PHILLIPSBURG – Norton shot a 331 and won the Mel Schremmer Invitational hosted by Philipsburg High School Tuesday at the Phillipsburg Golf Club. The host Panthers were eight shots back and finished second with Plainville claiming third with a 341. Ellis placed fourth (347) and TMP-Marian fifth (351). Norton...
3243: Public Affairs: Maybelle Circle – Retired USD 364 Teacher – 5/4/2024
Public Affairs: Maybelle Circle – Retired USD 364 Teacher – 5/4/2024. Sunflower State Radio is the digital platform for Dierking Communications, Inc. serving Kansas from our broadcast studios in Marysville, Glen Elder, and Norton, Kansas. KNDY AM & FM Marysville; KDNS-FM & KZDY-FM Glen Elder; KQNK AM & FM Norton.
Norton, Kan., male arrested after communicating with GIPD officer posing as underage girl
GRAND ISLAND — On May, 1, 2024, Investigators with the Grand Island Police Department with the assistance of the Norton County Kansas Sheriff’s Office, served an arrest warrant on Logan Runnion, 34, at his residence in Norton, Kan. Along with the arrest warrant, a search warrant was also...
Firebolt Ag Helps Kansas Farmers Score with Crops and Carbon
NORTON, Kan. (AgPR) April 25, 2024 - Big companies paying farmers for their carbon credits to make themselves look green and good? With commodity prices headed south, Josh McClain says he's motivated to tap into that new income source - for his family as well as the farmers he serves.
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