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HCA Midwest Health Selects Janie Thompson as Menorah Medical Center COO
Overland Park-based Menorah Medical Center announced Janie Thompson will be joining the hospital as chief operating officer. Thompson, a Leawood native, will be returning to Johnson County after most recently serving as COO for HCA Healthcare’s St. David’s Georgetown Hospital in Texas. She served as COO there for over a year, according to her LinkedIn profile.
Several seminarians spent summer in faithful service
The following is an adapted story from three articles published in The Catholic Advance on July 17 and Aug. 14, 2024. From prison ministry and Spanish immersion to a camp for individuals with special needs, several Newman University seminarians, students and alumni spent their 2024 summer serving the Lord. Jump...
Weekly Derby Update From Derby City Hall
Here is your weekly update for 08-20-2024. 1. The State of Connecticut is undertaking the initial damage assessment survey from the heavy rainfall and subsequent flooding that occurred between August 18th and August 19th. If your property was damaged due to this storm, please go to the City of Derby website to report them.
2025 Five-Star Darryn Peterson Sets Visit Date to One Big 12 School
A massive name in the Class of 2025, five-star combo guard Darryn Peterson will be taking an official visit to one school from the Big 12 Conference. According to the Field of 68’s Jeff Goodman, Peterson will make an official visit to Manhattan, Kansas, on September 27th through the 29th to meet with Jerome Tang and the Kansas State Wildcats.
Gas prices trending down across Kansas and rest of nation
TOPEKA, Kan. (WIBW) - Gas prices are trending down across Kansas and the rest of the nation. AAA says Thursday morning’s national average for a gallon of unleaded fuel was $3.38. That’s down 6 cents from $3.44 a week ago, down 12 cents from $3.50 a week ago and down 47 cents from $3.85 a year ago.
Cryptocurrency 'pig butchering' scam wrecks Kansas bank, sends ex-CEO to prison for 24 years
The former CEO of a small Kansas bank was sentenced to more than 24 years in prison for looting the bank of $47 million. Shan Hanes, pronounced Shane, sent the funds from Heartland Tri-State Bank to cryptocurrency wallets controlled by scammers who had duped him in a "pig butchering" scheme that appealed to his greed, federal prosecutors said.
K-State Agriculture Today: 1751 – Update Records with FSA…Methane Reduction in U.S. Feedlots
Adoption of Methane Reducing Feed Additive in U.S. Feedlots Research. 00:01:05 – Reporting Changes to FSA: Kansas FSA outreach coordinator Candi Ketterel kicks off the show with why producers would need to contact FSA to update their records. We are also joined by USDA’s Gary Crawford and K-State’s Sharolyn Jackson on the importance of taking care of the brain.
Report predicts Kansas population will grow by half-million in 50 years
Kansas’ population is expected to grow by nearly 500,000 people in the next 50 years, and non-white residents are predicted to drive that growth, a research center forecasts. A report from Wichita State University’s Center for Economic Development and Business Research said the state is predicted to add more...
State Trooper Involved in Fatality Accident in Western Kansas
A Kansas State Trooper is involved in a fatality crash in western Kansas. At around 11:15 on Monday morning, Kansas Highway Patrol Trooper Ethan Masterson was responding to a fatal car accident on K-23 between Hoxie and I-70 in Sheridan County or about 40 miles southeast of Colby. The Trooper...
Wichita Mystery Company launches Halloween themed murder mystery event
Ready to celebrate Halloween in the most epic way? Check out the latest venture from Wichita Mystery Company. The business brings interactive murder mystery pop-up events to the Wichita area. In the latest one, they bring the festive fun of a haunted house and combine it with a murder mystery,...
🎥Officers rescue Kan. family from a man with a knife in their home
DOUGLAS COUNTY —A family of three, including a baby, is safe after officers broke through a window to help them escape the room they barricading themselves in to get away from a man with a knife on the other side of a door, according to the Lawrence Police Department.
Suspect faces 13 charges for theft from Kansas jewelry store
SHAWNEE COUNTY –Law enforcement authorities investigating a jewelry store theft asked the public for help to identify a suspect. Just before 2 p.m. Monday, the suspect involved in this incident, identified as Javier Hernandez, 31, of Topeka, turned himself in to the Shawnee County Law Enforcement Center. He was...
Body camera footage reveals moment family of 3 saved from armed criminal
LAWRENCE, Kan. (KCTV) - Body camera footage caught the harrowing moments law enforcement officials in Lawrence rescued a family of three, including an infant, from an armed man in their home. The Lawrence, Kansas, Police Department says that just before 3 a.m. on Thursday, Aug. 21, dispatchers received a 911...
Airport Wi-Fi a Lingering Casualty in Wichita Cyber Attack
(TNS) — It's been more than three months since a cyber attack on Wichita took the city's computer systems offline, and one city service is still not completely back to normal. Dwight D. Eisenhower National Airport was impacted by May's attack. The airport's Wi-Fi services went down, as well...
Stars graduate after East’s historic season, but Aces looking for more
WICHITA, Kan. (KWCH) - After an 0-2 start against Topeka Washburn Rural and Kapaun Mount Carmel, Wichita East didn’t lose another game until a heartbreaker in the third round of the Class 6A playoffs. East graduated many of its stars, but last season showed what’s possible for the Blue...
Kansas: Interview with 2026 Wichita East Star LB Pharrell Adams
Sophomore linebacker Pharrell Adams had a breakout season in 2023 as the young phenom racked up 110 total tackles including 18 for a loss with six sacks and one interception for the Aces of Wichita East High School. Adams was a key part of a defensive unit that gave up 16.3 points per game and helped the Aces finish the season, 8-3.
Boom! Salina Street Art & Mural Festival set to return in Oct.
Boom! Salina Street Art & Mural Festival is back for a thrilling third year, set to add more murals to the growing Salina Kanvas gallery. Slated for September 30th-October 5th, the festival features an impressive line-up of muralists invited from around the world, each infusing Salina Downtown with their own signature artistic styles.
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