LAWRENCE, Kansas, July 8 (TNSres) -- The University of Kansas issued the following news: Beginning in the 15th century, the Spanish Empire claimed jurisdiction over "New World" territories that included the Caribbean and much of North and South America. In doing so, millions of people were eventually conquered, uprooted and/or displaced. "The stories we tell reveal that colonialism is a long process, and it was resisted by people all over the Americas," said Robert Schwaller, professor of hist  more

JEFFERSON CITY, Missouri, July 13 -- The Missouri Department of Conservation issued the following news: The Missouri Conservation Commission and the Missouri Department of Conservation (MDC) awarded their Master Conservationist award posthumously to former MDC staff person John Wylie during the Commission's open meeting in Jefferson City on July 12. Wylie is the 68th person to receive the award. The Master Conservationist award was created in 1941 to honor living or deceased citizen conservati  more

ST. PAUL, Minnesota, July 13 -- The Minnesota National Guard issued the following news: On May 23, 2024, Army Maj. Tracy Mankowski became the Minnesota National Guard's first female service member to graduate from the U.S. Army's School of Advanced Military Studies, or SAMS, under their Advanced Military Studies Program, or AMSP, at Fort Leavenworth, Kansas. Mankowski was among only 14 women in her graduating class of 122 students, who represented the best from across the National Guard, Army,   more