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Gov. Kelly vetoes school AI gun spotting provision
TOPEKA (KSNT) – On Wednesday, Governor Laura Kelly line-item vetoed a provision that would earmark $5 million in grants to outfit schools with AI surveillance cameras to catch people carrying guns. The provision would’ve required AI software to comply with certain security industry standards, already be in use in at least 30 states and be […]
Library has Hoisington High School yearbooks digitized
Five years ago for $50, the Hoisington Public Library had inmates from an Oklahoma prison scan all of the available Hoisington High School yearbooks to make them viewable online. Library Director Karen La Pierre said some of the yearbooks from the first year, 1917, until 2018 are missing, or were...
⚾🎥 WATCH LIVE Thomas More Prep-Marian 2-1A Regionals
Hays, Kan. - TMP Field. Video: TMP-Marian Sports Network CLICK HERE TO WATCH ($) The TMP-Marian Monarchs hosts the Ellinwood Eagles in the semifinals of the 2-1A Hays Regional Thursday afternoon in Hays. TMP defeated Bennington in the first round last week while Ellinwood got past Trinity Catholic. The winner...
What to watch: Class 5A regional track and field in Great Bend
Great Bend High School will host a Class 5A track and field regional Thursday. Field events begin at 2 p.m. with preliminary races on the track beginning at 5 p.m. The top four finishers from each event will qualify for the Kansas State High School Track and Field Championships held at Wichita State University's Cessna Stadium on May 24-25.
On college campuses and in Kansas Statehouse, a worrying lack of respect from leaders
The problem? Disrespect. From “respectable” people. It’s comfortable but dangerous to ignore public officials engaging in it. Their disrespect runs contrary to U.S. constitutional wisdom and that of most religions and traditions: We are all (created) equal. Several water-related metaphors say it best, especially with water so critical — actually and metaphorically — to our […] The post On college campuses and in Kansas Statehouse, a worrying lack of respect from leaders appeared first on Kansas Reflector.
All Kansas universities request tuition hikes; FHSU to cut budget
TOPEKA — All six of Kansas’ state universities have proposed tuition increases for the 2024-2025 school year, citing inflation, declining enrollment and staff retention costs. Emporia State University, diverging from the other institutions, proposed cutting student fees to fully offset the increase in tuition. University officials on Wednesday...
Which NE Kansas schools are state bound in baseball and softball?
TOPEKA (KSNT) – The 2024 Kansas high school state baseball and softball brackets are nearly set. Here’s which Northeast Kansas schools could be playing for a state championship May 23-24. Baseball 6A – Hoglund Stadium, 1651 Naismith Drive, Lawrence, 66045 5A – Eck Stadium, 21st & Perimeter Road, Wichita, 67208 4A – Dean Evans Stadium, […]
USD 428 board approves new R.I.S.E. program at Park Elementary
A new R.I.S.E. program in USD 428 was presented as a first-read item on Monday's board of education agenda with no vote expected. The board was so impressed with the idea behind the program that a vote was held and the program was approved. Barton County Special Services Director Ashley Riley explained how the Resilience, Inspire, Self-Empowerment program works.
Great Bend High School bids farewell to 209 seniors in Class of '24
Of course, the rain held off from 5-6 p.m. Sunday evening in Great Bend. But a forecast of thunderstorms likely moving into the area around the time of Great Bend High School’s 137th Annual Commencement forced USD 428 officials to move the ceremony indoors for the first time in 26 years. Two hundred and nine seniors crossed the stage in front of a packed GBHS gymnasium, with spillover into the school’s auditorium where the event was live-streamed. Many area schools often hold their graduations on Mother’s Day. Class of 2024 Salutatorian Emilee Hall took note that it was Great Bend’s turn.
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