TOPEKA, Kansas, July 30 -- Blue Cross and Blue Shield of Kansas issued the following news release: Blue Cross and Blue Shield of Kansas (BCBSKS) is continuing efforts to improve the health and wellness in communities across Kansas. The company has released its Request for Application for Phase 3 of Pathways to a Healthy Kansas grant. The two-year coordination grants will award $100,000 each for up to 20 communities. Pathways to a Healthy Kansas is the largest community grant initiative ever f  more

STILLWATER, Oklahoma, July 29 -- Oklahoma State University issued the following news: Research in the College of Engineering, Architecture and Technology's School of Civil and Environmental Engineering focuses on public safety in all aspects of society. One research project currently underway with CIVE's Dr. Joshua Li is studying safety around highway-rail grade crossings, or railway crossings that are at the same height as the road they cross. Li's current research is studying strategies a  more

TOPEKA, Kansas, July 23 -- The Kansas Corporation Commission announced the following dockets: * * * 25-TRAM-5006-TRA Docket Type: TRA - Transportation Order Docket Description: Transportation Orders Date Filed: 07/23/2024 * * * 25-CONS-3020-CPEN Docket Type: CPEN - Penalty Docket Description: Penalty Order - Nacogdoches Oil & Gas, LLC Date Filed: 07/23/2024 * * * 25-CONS-3011-CPEN Docket Type: CPEN - Penalty Docket Description: Penalty Order - Casillas Petroleum Corp. Date Filed:   more

TOPEKA, Kansas, July 24 -- The Kansas Corporation Commission announced the following dockets: * * * 25-CONS-3026-CPEN Docket Type: CPEN - Penalty Docket Description: Penalty Order - Agricultural Energy Services Date Filed: 07/24/2024 * * * 25-CONS-3025-CPEN Docket Type: CPEN - Penalty Docket Description: Penalty Order - Walcher Oil, LC Date Filed: 07/24/2024 * * * 25-CONS-3024-CPEN Docket Type: CPEN - Penalty Docket Description: Penalty Order - Citation Oil & Gas Corp. Date Filed:  more

TOPEKA, Kansas, July 25 -- The Kansas Corporation Commission announced the following dockets: * * * 25-GIMG-114-GIG Docket Type: GIG - Gen Inv: Gas Docket Description: General Investigation Updating the Certificates of Convenience and Necessity Issued to Kansas Gas Service and Black Hills Energy in Cowley, Sedgwick, Sumner, Reno, and Rice Counties Date Filed: 07/25/2024 * * * 25-GBCT-112-KSF Docket Type: KSF - Kansas Universal Service Fund Docket Description: Audit of GBT Communications  more

TOPEKA, Kansas, July 26 -- The Kansas Corporation Commission announced the following dockets: * * * 25-TRAM-5007-TRA Docket Type: TRA - Transportation Order Docket Description: Transportation Orders Date Filed: 07/26/2024 * * * 25-CONS-3032-CEXC Docket Type: CEXC - Exception To Rules And Regulations Docket Description: Application - Merit Energy Company, LLC Date Filed: 07/26/2024 * * * 25-CONS-3033-CEXC Docket Type: CEXC - Exception To Rules And Regulations Docket Description: App  more

TOPEKA, Kansas, July 30 -- The Kansas Corporation Commission announced the following dockets on July 29, 2024: * * * 25-CONS-3040-CMSC Docket Type: CMSC - Miscellaneous Docket Description: Daylight Petroleum, LLC Application Date Filed: 07/29/2024 * * * 25-CONS-3041-CEXC Docket Type: CEXC - Exception To Rules And Regulations Docket Description: Application - American Warrior, Inc. Date Filed: 07/29/2024 * * * Original text here: https://estar.kcc.ks.gov/estar/portal/kscc/page/NewDock  more

TOPEKA, Kansas, July 26 -- The Kansas Corporation Commission issued the following order (No. 24-SPEE-688-RTS): * * * In the Matter of the Annual Filing of Southern Pioneer Electric Company for Approval to Make Certain Changes to its Charges for Electric Services, Pursuant to the Consolidated Formula Based Ratemaking Plan Approved in Docket No. 19-SPEE-240-MIS. PRESIDING OFFICER'S ORDER GRANTING STAFF'S UNOPPOSED MOTION TO ADD EXHIBITS This matter comes before the State Corporation Commissio  more

LAWRENCE, Kansas, July 30 (TNSres) -- The University of Kansas issued the following news: A team of paleontologists from the University of Kansas is back in Montana this summer for the final excavation of a rare dinosaur fossil: a juvenile tyrannosaur. David Burnham, preparator of vertebrate paleontology at the KU Biodiversity Institute and Natural History Museum, is leading the four-week expedition in search of fossil remains belonging to the tyrannosaur. Burnham and his team of students and   more

SALINA, Kansas, July 29 -- Kansas Wesleyan University issued the following news release: KWU is proud to announce that a fully renovated Sams Chapel will reopen Saturday, Oct. 19, as part of Homecoming 2024. The new performance space will be christened with a special concert, titled 'Come Home,' which will get underway at 7 p.m. and feature celebrated musical guests from KWU's recent past. Aine Hakamatsuka '12 and Christian McQueen '18 are among those scheduled to perform. "Oct. 19 will be the  more

WICHITA, Kansas, July 30 -- Textron Aviation, a subsidiary of Textron, issued the following news release on July 29, 2024: Textron Aviation Inc., a Textron Inc. (NYSE: TXT) company, today announced an agreement with Gama Aviation (UK) Limited for the purchase of three cargo door-equipped Beechcraft King Air 360C aircraft expected to be delivered in 2025. The deal, inked at the Farnborough International Airshow (FIA), modernizes Gama Aviation's fleet and supports the mission of the Scottish Ambu  more