Eisenhower Library hits 40000 research visits milestone
Abilene AP Majors John Ordonio and John Neal from the Army's School of Advanced Military Studies were honored for helping the Dwight D. Eisenhower Presidential Library and Museum reach 40,000 research visits. The WWII operations study at Fort Leavenworth accompanies the library, opened in 1966 in the National Archives system.
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Abilene
Fort Leavenworth
Dwight D. Eisenhower
John Ordonio
John Neal
Army
School of Advanced Military Studies
National Archives and Records Administration
Myrl Bailey
Oklahoma State University
Karl Weissenbach
Eisenhower
Kansas State completes $5 million expansion of Justin Hall
Kansas State University celebrates a five million expansion of Justin Hall in Manhattan to the College of Human Ecology. The project adds two high tech classrooms three conference rooms a student gathering space an administrative office and a new student service center. Enrollment in the college has grown from about six hundred in 1960 to nearly twenty five hundred today with almost one hundred faculty and staff and over twenty million dollars in annual research funding.
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Manhattan
Kansas State University
Justin Hall
Manhattan Mercury
Endowment Ties Fifth Straight Rise in KU Gifts
KU endowment reports $156.5 million in private gifts and pledges for the fiscal year ending June, up for the fifth straight year. Main campus in Lawrence and KU Medical Center in Kansas City, donors totaling 46,000 supported outright gifts, pledges, and deferred donations.
Bethell Accident Report Points to Medical Cause
Kansas Highway Patrol final report attributes Bethell crash to medical issues likely a heart condition or blood glucose problems. Rep. Bob Bethell, 69, Republican of Alden, died May 20 after his car veered off I 70 near Paxico in Wabaunsee County. He had served the 113th district since 1999.
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Bethell
Paxico
Wabaunsee County
Rice County
Reno
Barton Counties
Hotels owners charged with hiring illegal workers
A suburban Kansas City couple faces a federal case over hiring and housing undocumented workers at two Clarion hotels in Overland Park, Kansas, and near Kansas City International Airport in Missouri. The indictment claims payroll underpayment and tax avoidance, with potential forfeiture of the hotels and heavy prison terms if convicted. Syed Naqvy, Overland Park, is also charged with false statements and failure to depart.
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Kansas City, Kan
Kansas City
Munir Ahmad Chaudary
Rhonda Bridge
Overland Park
Clarion
Missouri
Kansas City International Airport
U.S
Grissom
Syed Naqvy
U.S. Department of Homeland Security
Naqvy
Gary Hartwig
Homeland Security
Chicago
Hartwig
Chaudary
Bridge
Overland Park Hotel
Finney County hosts varied job fair with oil firm recruiting
About 200 job seekers gathered at the Finney County Employment Fair held at Clarion Inn to meet more than three dozen employers including Allied Oil and Gas Services of Houston. The company seeks applicants with oil field experience or a CDL and emphasized work ethic over credentials as it eyes Liberal Oakley Great Bend Medicine Lodge and Russell sites. Local employers like Home Depot Dillons St Catherine Hospital Seaboard Foods TSA and Garden City government also participated. FCEDC leaders highlighted ongoing efforts to train workers through the community college and noted the region’s unemployment near state and local averages.
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Finney County
Clarion Inn
E. Kansas Ave
Houston
Allied Oil and Gas Services
Tamra Trigg
Allied Oil and Gas
Allied
Trigg
Oil and Gas
Liberal
Oakley
Great Bend
Medicine Lodge
Russell
Dillons
St. Catherine Hospital
Seaboard Foods
Garden City
U.S. Department of Homeland Security
Transportation Security Administration
Lona DuVall
Finney County Economic Development Corp
DuVall
TSA
Sheriff's Department
Kansas Department of Labor
KDOL
FCEDC
Garden City Community College
Garden City Area Chamber of Commerce
Garden City Workforce Center
Fort Hays State University
Fort Riley marks 9 11 memorial with ceremony
At Fort Riley a memorial ceremony honored 16 more soldiers added to the Global War on Terrorism Monument near the Cavalry Parade Field. The 1st Infantry Division hosted the event as Fort Riley, home to over 18 000 soldiers, reflected on the 11th anniversary of the September 11 attacks and ongoing deployments in Iraq and Afghanistan. Brig. Gen. Don MacWillie spoke of unity and resilience. The program included military music a moment of silence and a wreath laying.
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Fort Riley
Cavalry Parade
1St Infantry Division
U.S. Cavalry Museum
Kansas Army Post
New York
Washington
Pennsylvania
Iraq
Afghanistan
Don MacWillie
United States
MacWillie
Saddam Hussein
Osama bin Laden
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