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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.
11 DAYS TO 2024 KICKOFF: Darell Jones
Goal No. 11: DON’T ACCEPT LOSING. If you do so one time, it will be easy to do so for the rest of your life. Redshirt Junior | 5-11 | 180 lbs. | Coffeyville, Kansas. Darell Jones (b. Dec. 10, 2001) is a speedy defensive back majoring in social sciences from Field Kindley High School in Coffeyville who redshirted and did not see playing time in 2021.
St. Francis opens primary care clinic in North Topeka
TOPEKA, Kan. (WIBW) - Topeka’s St. Francis hospital has expanded its care network into North Topeka. The University of Kansas Health System Saint Francis Campus cut the ribbon Tuesday on a new family medicine center just off Highway 75. It will provide primary care to residents in the area.
2024 High School Football Previews: Frontenac Raiders
FRONTENAC, KS – The Raiders are starting off their season with a familiar face. Head coach Leon Miller is certainly no stranger to Raider Football. Returning after eighteen years at the helm, Miller won over 130 games at Frontenac from 1989-2005. The long term head coach would go on to pursue coaching at Parsons, Neosho, and Warsaw.
An update on Manhattan's road construction projects
MANHATTAN, Kan. (WIBW) - The City of Manhattan provided an update on multiple ongoing road construction projects to 13 News on Tuesday. Ken Hays, Manhattan City Engineering Project Coordinator, says construction on Kimball Avenue near Bill Snyder Family Stadium will be complete next week, just in time for Kansas State’s football opener on Aug. 31.
Manhattan is ‘special place’ for incoming city manager Danielle Dulin
Home is where the heart is, and Manhattan’s newest city manager said she is returning to work in a community she always has loved. Long before the Manhattan city commission appointed Danielle Dulin as city manager early this month, she was an economics student at K-State. She grew up in the small Kansas town of Bucklin about 30 miles southeast of Dodge City, but it was in the Little Apple that she met Mike, her husband and a fellow K-State graduate, and began her professional career.
Lawrence businesses and KU gear up for off-campus football season
LAWRENCE, Kan. (KCTV) - University of Kansas Football is back next week, but it won’t be the same as usual with all home games being played elsewhere while David Booth Memorial Stadium is under construction. Construction on “The Booth” is on time, according to KU Athletics. That...
Shawnee neighborhood hit by spree of vehicle burglaries
SHAWNEE, Kan. — A rash of vehicle burglaries has been reported over a roughly 1-mile stretch in a Shawnee neighborhood. According to Shawnee police, 10 burglaries occurred between 1 a.m. and 5 a.m. Wednesday. Investigators released four surveillance camera images on social media. They show two burglars with their...
Kansas Weather Update: Scattered Storms Expected This Morning in Central and Southern Regions
Wichita, KS — Scattered showers and isolated thunderstorms are expected to impact central and southern Kansas this morning, according to the National Weather Service in Wichita. Residents in areas such as Hutchinson, Salina, and Wichita may experience small hail, brief heavy rainfall, and occasional lightning. Despite these storms, severe weather is not anticipated.
Kamala Harris and Tim Walz now official Democrat Party nominees for president, vice-president in Kansas
TOPEKA (KSNT) – Vice-President Kamala Harris and Minnesota Governor Tim Walz are now officially certified as the presidential and vice-presidential nominees for the Democrat Party in Kansas. The Kansas Secretary of State’s (SOS) Office shared Monday, Aug. 20 through a social media post that Harris and Walz are the Democrat Party’s nominees for the presidency […]
Storm Track 3 Forecast: Inching back to the century mark, sparse rain chances
The heat dome remains positioned to our south. Much of Kansas is still on the pleasant side before this high tracks closer by the end of the workweek. Another small piece of energy may create a storm or two in southeast Colorado by evening. This does not look to survive long before dying on its quest into the Sunflower State and the southwest part of our viewing area early tonight.
Kansas State Fair has all-new mobile app
HUTCHINSON, KS – The Kansas State Fair is pleased to announce the launch of its all-new mobile app, now available for download on the Apple Store and Google Play Store. This will provide users with schedule and wayfinding information directly at their fingertips--useful for first-time and life-long Fairgoers alike!
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