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Great Bend Economic Development Announces the 2024 Grow Workforce Summit
Great Bend Economic Development (GBED) announces the 2024 Grow Workforce Summit, a premier event designed to inform and inspire employers and managers in the Barton County area. This year’s summit, organized in collaboration with the Great Bend Chamber of Commerce, Barton Community College, KansasWorks, and local business professionals, promises to be an invaluable resource for the local workforce.
Enrollment up as new school year underway at Sacred Heart School
Enrollment is trending up at Sacred Heart School. That’s according to principal Curtis Simons, a recent guest on KVOE’s Newsmaker 2 Segment. Simons says a reason for the uptick in enrollment is a combination of things. Sacred Heart’s school year began on Aug. 15 with Simons in his...
Wichita Air Show draws crowds with US Navy Blue Angels and more
Many spectators attended the Wichita Air Show on Saturday wowed by the sights and sounds of some of the coolest planes you can see. Families traveled from all over Kansas and surrounding states to take in the US Navy Blue Angels in action at the Frontiers In Flight Air Show at McConnell Air Force Base.
As Johnson County debates shelter, Project 1020 plans for ‘same time next year’
This story was originally published by The Journal, a civic issues magazine from the Kansas Leadership Center. In the state’s wealthiest and most populous county, the Project 1020 Cold-Weather Shelter has persisted with help through years of residents’ wariness and opposition to such services. Now Johnson County is poised to more fully reckon with its homeless population by creating a year-round shelter. But the venture is likely to face intense opposition, and Project 1020 officials see purpose to their effort regardless of the outcome.
St John’s Alpers eyes big junior season
ST JOHN - It will be the first of what’s likely many touchdown passes for St John talent-freak Braxton Alpers. Two years ago as a freshman, the lanky Tiger standout was inserted at quarterback against South Barber. “Well I was really nervous going into halftime because I got told...
Osage City seeking deeper run in postseason in 2024
The past four seasons for the Osage City football team have ended with two losses each year. The Indians would like to see that change for the 2024 season. Osage City ended 2023 with a 9-2 record, falling to the eventual state champions in Class 2A Nemaha Central in the sectional round.
KHP kept pups cool in Riley County in triple digit heat
RILEY COUNTY —In the 100+ degree heat on Sunday, service, courtesy and protection were front and center, according to a social media report from the Kansas Highway Patrol. Trooper Ryan Davis came across a disabled vehicle on Interstate 70 in Riley County. With the extreme temperatures, he made sure the occupants—and their pups, Milo and Kenai—stayed cool in his patrol car while waiting for a tow.
Bikes, Bands, and Barn Dance: Pony Express Festival Promises a Full Day of Fun in Marysville
On Saturday, September 7, the Pony Express 120 Gravel Dash and Festival will take center stage in Marysville. The event blends the excitement of gravel racing with the rich history of the Pony Express. Over three hundred bicyclists will take off at 7:30 a.m. to ride 120, 65, 35 or...
2024 Report Cards: Ben Kudrna
Preston Farr/Farm to Fountains’ Scouting Grades:. Ben Kudrna is a local product out of Blue Valley Northwest in Overland Park, Kansas. He was selected in the 2nd round of the 2021 MLB Draft out of high school, the same year he won Kansas’ Gatorade Player of the Year award. There was a lot of hype behind Kudrna’s selection, leading him to being ranked as the Royals’ No. 11 prospect during the 2022 season. He has worked his way up the list, landing as the No. 3 prospect in the Royals’ system in MLB Pipeline’s 2024 midseason ranking.
WATCH: Wyatt Thompson previews K-State football season on K-Nation
MANHATTAN, KS. (KSNT) – For the last 23 seasons, K-State football fans have been listening to Wyatt Thompson on the radio. The Voice of the Wildcats made a stop at the K-Nation studio on Sunday to preview the upcoming campaign. Thompson started with what he’s seen from the starting quarterback, Avery Johnson, as he enters […]
Week of August 26: Job of the Day
WICHITA, Kan. (KWCH) - This week, the Workforce Centers of South Central Kansas is highlighting Aerospace and Advanced Manufacturing Positions. MONDAY: Component Analyst | Integra Technologies | Wichita | $17.20-$17.90 | Qualifications: •High School Diploma or Equivalent •Must possess the ability to operate a variety of bench equipment including thermal meters & multi-meters | https://www.kansasworks.com/jobs/13024827 | Benefits Include: •Medical, Dental, Life Insurance, Paid Time Off, Disability, and 401K | Integra Technologies has 7 additional job posting on KANSASWORKS.
Jets open season with 4-3 win over Coffeyville
Reik Barrack had two goals and one assist in a 4-3 Jets' win over Coffeyville (KS) Friday night at the Advance Soccer Complex. Barrack scored the first goal of the season for NOC Enid at the 6:20 mark of the first half and then scored what wound up being the game winner at the 84:28 mark of the second half.
Can Built for Zero work in Topeka?
TOPEKA (KSNT) – ‘Built for Zero’ is a model based around the idea that homelessness can be more than just managed, but rather solved. With 140 different communities across the country using this model, now including Topeka, they all have the same end goal, and that’s to reach ‘functional zero.’ Once at functional zero, this […]
Great Bend’s Ian Premer enters junior year as Kansas’ top-ranked 2026 recruit
GREAT BEND, Kan. (Catch it Kansas) - Given his combination of size and skill, Great Bend junior Ian Premer has grown to become one of the nation’s top high school football prospects in 2026. After a sophomore season that saw him haul in nine touchdowns and better than 500...
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