JEFFERSON CITY, Missouri, Aug. 16 -- Gov. Michael Parson, R-Missouri, issued the following news release on Aug. 14, 2024: Governor Mike Parson and First Lady Teresa Parson, in partnership with the Department of Elementary and Secondary Education (DESE), announced they are hosting a celebration event with Dolly Parton and her Imagination Library team on Tuesday, August 27, 2024, at 11 a.m. in Kansas City, Missouri. "We are thrilled to welcome Dolly to the Show-Me State and join her to celebrate  more

LAWRENCE, Kansas, Aug. 16 (TNSres) -- The University of Kansas issued the following news: Nearly 50 years after the musical form's first flowering, the show of the summer here was by a punk rock band. On July 30, Aussie quartet Amyl and the Sniffers sold out the Granada Theater as frontwoman Amy Taylor performed for a crowd of 900 sweaty, moshing fans. Four days earlier, Olivia Rodrigo sold out the T-Mobile Center in Kansas City, Missouri, stomping the stage in her Doc Marten boots before a cr  more

MARYVILLE, Missouri, Aug. 16 (TNSres) -- Northwest Missouri State University issued the following news release: Farmers throughout the region are invited to join Northwest Missouri State University and its School of Agricultural Sciences in collaboration with BioSTL for an "Innovation Showcase" featuring innovators in the ag industry. The program is 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. Thursday, Sept. 5, at Northwest's Agricultural Learning Center, located at 22893 U.S. Highway 71 in Maryville. The Northwest sess  more

ST. LOUIS, Missouri, Aug. 16 (TNSres) -- The Washington University School of Medicine issued the following news release: * * * Detailed blueprint of nerve cells' dramatic changes could help identify ways to heal spinal cord damage * * * Zebrafish are members of a rarefied group of vertebrates capable of fully healing a severed spinal cord. A clear understanding of how this regeneration takes place could provide clues toward strategies for healing spinal cord injuries in people. Such injuries  more