STARKVILLE, Mississippi, April 2 -- Mississippi State University issued the following news: Mississippi State University Libraries is bringing home one of the university's distinguished alumni for a lecture and book signing on April 4. U.S. Civil War military historian and MSU alumnus Timothy B. Smith will discuss his latest book "Bayou Battles for Vicksburg: The Swamp and River Expeditions, January 1-April 30, 1863" (University Press of Kansas, 2023) during the 6 p.m. event which is free and   more

MADISON, Wisconsin, April 1 -- The University of Wisconsin Madison campus issued the following news: Dairy cows on a farm near in Wisconsin. Photo: Bryce Richter On March 25, 2024, the US Department of Agriculture (USDA) announced that a highly pathogenic strain of avian influenza had been detected in dairy herds in Texas and Kansas. Additional cases were detected four days later in a dairy herd in Michigan that received cows from Texas. No cases have been detected in Wisconsin and there are   more

KANSAS CITY, Missouri, April 2 -- Energy Inc., a company that says it focuses on producing, transmitting and delivering energy for the benefit of stakeholders, issued the following news release on April 1, 2024: Evergy, Inc. (NASDAQ: EVRG) today filed its triennial Integrated Resource Plan with the Missouri Public Service Commission. This outlines the plan to meet customer electricity needs over the next 20 years. It includes additional renewable and dispatchable generation to meet growing cust  more

LOUDONVILLE, New York, April 2 -- Siena College issued the following news: Gerry McNamara has been named the 19th head coach in Siena College Men's Basketball history. The Syracuse University legend and 2003 National Champion takes over the reins of the Saints after spending the past 15 years on staff with the Orange. McNamara will be formally introduced at a press conference on Tuesday at 1 p.m. in the atrium of MVP Arena. The press conference will be streamed live on Siena All-Access at sien  more

KANSAS CITY, Missouri, April 2 -- Husch Blackwell, a law firm, issued the following news release: Husch Blackwell continued its strategic national growth efforts with the addition of a team of complex commercial litigators that includes Denver-based partners Scott Browning, Jessica Fuller, Stephen Steele, and senior associate Megan Fugier. The group, which comes from Lewis Roca, joins the firm's Commercial Litigation and Nonprofit Organizations & Religious Institutions practices. Led by Browni  more

TOPEKA, Kansas, April 2 -- The Kansas Corporation Commission announced the following dockets on April 1, 2024: * * * 24-TRAM-653-OOS Docket Type: OOS - Out of Service Docket Description: In the Matter of the Suspension of Operating Authority of Prestigious Logistics LLC Date Filed: 04/01/2024 * * * 24-TRAM-654-OOS Docket Type: OOS - Out of Service Docket Description: In the Matter of the Suspension of Operating Authority of Great Service LLC Date Filed: 04/01/2024 * * * 24-TRAM-655-O  more

TOPEKA, Kansas, April 2 -- Gov. Laura Kelly, D-Kansas, issued the following news release on April 1, 2024: Governor Laura Kelly announced today that total tax collections in March were $760.4 million. That is $7.0 million, or 0.9%, more than the monthly estimate. Total tax collections are up 0.3% from March 2023. "As we continue to work toward cutting taxes, the Legislature must be mindful that any tax relief must be fiscally sustainable," Governor Laura Kelly said. "The bipartisan tax cuts pl  more

LAWRENCE, Kansas, April 2 -- The University of Kansas issued the following news: In March, two University of Kansas Law students traveled to Southfield, Michigan, to compete in the Wayne State Taft Transactional Law Competition. Jackie Jeschke and Alli Baden, third-year law students, went head-to-head against 21 other law school teams from around the country and came away victorious, bringing home both of the competition's top prizes - best negotiation and best draft. In preparation, Jeschke a  more

LAWRENCE, Kansas, April 2 (TNSres) -- The University of Kansas issued the following news: Joe Harrington's new poetry collection is titled "Disapparitions" (Blaze/Vox, 2023), and he designed the cover, which riffs on the minimalist Beatles "White Album." It seems appropriate for the slim yet weighty volume powered by misty, Cold War memories of spooks and spies, ghosts and divination mingling in the mind of a boy listening to global - perhaps even otherworldly -- transmissions over a short-wav  more

LAWRENCE, Kansas, April 2 -- The University of Kansas issued the following news: Funded by a three-year grant from the Andrew W. Mellon Foundation, the Stories for All Digital Storytelling Project, based out of the Hall Center for the Humanities at the University of Kansas, will host a festival with the theme "Sharing Community Stories in a Digital World." Events will take place April 18-20 in downtown Lawrence. The Stories for All Festival will kick off with a keynote panel, including Kelly B  more

MENOMONIE, Wisconsin, April 2 -- The University of Wisconsin's Stout Campus issued the following news: A UW-Stout team made it to the coveted Final Four -- not the NCAA's March Madness basketball tournament but the MCAA Final Four for construction management students. The six-person team didn't just get to the big show -- like the hoops tournament just four teams qualified after preliminary rounds -- but came home with hardware. They reached the championship game, so to speak, at the Mechanica  more