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Search for missing Kansas man last seen in Alaska called off
FOX23 News - Oklahoma
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Formal search efforts for a missing man from Caney, Kansas are called off. Robert Weaver, 59, was reported missing on June 30. He was last seen in Cooper Landing, Alaska. Searchers were able to locate Weaver's truck and his backpack, which was...
Blue-green algae public health advisories issued for Kansas lakes
WIBW 13 - Kansas
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July 28, 2025
TOPEKA, Kan. (WIBW) - The Kansas Department of Health and Environment (KDHE) and the Kansas Department of Wildlife and Parks (KDWP) have issued a public health advisory due to blue-green algae. According to a press release from KDHE, Harmful Algae...
Under an idea from city-appointed environmental board, some property owners would have to report annual energy usage
Lawrence Journal-World - Kansas
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photo by: Chad Lawhorn/Journal-World Evergy's coal-fired power plant sits just on the other side of the river from the proposed Kansas Sky Energy site. In the foreground an irrigation system waters a sod farm field that has not yet sprouted in...
New organization aims to highlight, support Kansas’ extensive trail system
KCTV 5 - Missouri
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July 28, 2025
OVERLAND PARK, Kan. (KCTV) - A new organization in Kansas wants to help connect you with the state’s stunning nature trails. Leaders have announced that Kansas Trails, Inc. has launched as the state’s first nonprofit meant to connect, support and...
China’s climate lawfare should come under Bondi’s microscope, Kansas AG says
Fox News
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July 28, 2025
Agriculture Secretary Brooke Rollins details the Trump administration’s efforts to ban China from buying U.S. farmland on ‘Hannity.’ NEWYou can now listen to Fox News articles! FIRST ON FOX: Kansas’s attorney general is asking the Department of...
Andy Reid employs ex-crime boss to Kansas City Chiefs practice to help Travis Kelce and Patrick Mahomes in training camp
The U.S. Sun
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July 28, 2025
THE Kansas City Chiefs welcomed a motivational speaker who used to be a crime boss to their facility. Andy Reid's players were given a speech by Damon West at their training camp. 2 Damon West (second right) joins Patrick Mahomes (left), Andy Reid...
Ace Hardware Celebrates Grand Opening Of New Retail Support Center In Kansas City, Mo.
Franchise Opportunities
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By: Ace Hardware | 1 Shares 41 Reads State-of-the-Art Facility Highlights Ace’s Ongoing Investment in Growth, Retailer Support, and Operational Excellence July 28, 2025 // Franchising.com // Ace Hardware, the world’s largest hardware cooperative,...
Louis Rees-Zammit to return to rugby after chasing NFL dream: ‘It’s time to come home’
The Independent
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July 31, 2025
Your support helps us to tell the story From reproductive rights to climate change to Big Tech, The Independent is on the ground when the story is developing. Whether it's investigating the financials of Elon Musk's pro-Trump PAC or producing our...
Kansas City approves $7.1M for shelter with medical care
KCTV 5 - Missouri
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July 25, 2025
KANSAS CITY, Mo. (KCTV) - Kansas City is one step closer to opening a multi-service shelter for families experiencing homelessness. The City Council approved Ordinance 250582, authorizing a $7.1 million investment with Care Beyond the Boulevard to...
How to bet the Chiefs in 2025: Super Bowl odds, win total, props, best bets for Kansas City
CBS Sports - Florida
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July 27, 2025
The list of teams to make five Super Bowls in six years starts and ends with the Kansas City Chiefs, but Super Bowl LIX may have been the most demoralizing defeat in Patrick Mahomes' tenure. The Eagles delivered six unanswered scores to start the...
Multiple Arrests at “Nudiegras” Lake Event
KSAL - Kansas
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July 31, 2025
A special enforcement effort involving several agencies prompted multiple citations and several arrests at an area lake. According to the Kansas Department of Wildlife and Parks, On July 19th Kansas Game Wardens partnered with Kansas State Park...
OPINION: Reno County should aim toward sustainable growth
The Hutchinson Tribune
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July 27, 2025
By Jackson Swearer You have probably noticed: it’s budget season for local governments. It is hard not to, with the extra meetings and notifications. In recent years, the Kansas Legislature has required cities and counties to take an extra step to...
Super-long 'megaflash' lightning strike breaks world record
ABC (Australian Broadcasting Corporation)
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August 1, 2025
The World Meteorological Organization (WMO) has announced a new world record for the longest-ever lightning flash. The flash stretched more than 800 kilometres across Texas in the US, during an enormous storm in 2017. “This new record clearly...
A record-breaking lightning bolt just ‘shocked’ meteorologists
Popular Science
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July 31, 2025
There’s regular lightning and then there’s megaflash lightning. In October 2017, a single flash of lightning during a thunderstorm streaked across the Great Plains for 515 miles. The flash traveled from eastern Texas all the way to Kansas City—and...
Here's what's at Southwest Florida's museums during August
WGCU - Florida
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July 31, 2025
Southwest Florida’s museums regularly curate traveling art exhibitions as well as artworks from their permanent collections. During the month of August, five new exhibitions open, eight close and 16 others continue their runs. These are the...
Kansas inspector wants more scrutiny of foster care group homes amid complaints
The Beacon - Missouri
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July 24, 2025
The license for Carla’s Youth Residential Center in Wichita was suspended in 2018 after suspected cases of sexual and physical abuse of foster kids. There were other concerns about poor supervision, “prohibited punishments” and unqualified staff....
KU, affiliate child care center, verify child abuse claims, notify parents
KSHB - Missouri
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July 31, 2025
KSHB 41 reporter Lily O’Shea Becker covers Franklin and Douglas counties in Kansas. Share your story idea with Lily. The University of Kansas and Hilltop Child Development Center, an affiliate of the university, sent a letter to parents on...
Material World: Cycora Hits Japan, Albini Experiments with Fulgar
Yahoo News
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Material World is a weekly roundup of innovations and ideas within the materials sector, covering news from emerging biomaterials and alternative leathers to sustainable substitutes and future-proof fibers. Ambercycle Ambercycle just received a...
Kansas regulators question Evergy about rate increases, Panasonic revenue
The Lawrence Times - Kansas
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Share this post or save for later TOPEKA — Regulators questioned Evergy officials Monday about its rate case, honing in on why the company was willing to accept a $69 million decrease from its initial request. Evergy had asked the Kansas...
'We got better': Reds thrilled with 3 Deadline additions
MLB
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