HUNTSVILLE, Alabama, Dec. 13 -- Adtran, a provider of networking and communications equipment, issued the following news release on Dec. 12, 2024: * * * News summary: * Partnership will deliver Kansas's first 50G PON network, helping to transform connectivity across the state, including underserved areas * Adtran SDX 6400 Series OLT enables seamless upgrades from existing technologies, delivering scalable, future-ready infrastructure * 50G PON solution will power multigigabit residential d  more

STILLWATER, Oklahoma, Dec. 12 -- Oklahoma State University issued the following news: Reading about history is one thing walking on the ground where it happened, seeing what remains and what is lost is another experience entirely. A group of Oklahoma State University Honors College students recently got a chance to experience history this way during a trip to Tulsa's historic Greenwood District to discover more about the legacy of Black Wall Street and the Tulsa Race Massacre. Dr. Brandy Thom  more

TOPEKA, Kansas, Dec. 13 -- The Kansas Corporation Commission announced the following dockets on Dec. 12, 2024: * * * 25-ATMG-242-TAR Docket Type: TAR - Tariff Docket Description: Application for Atmos Energy Ad Valorem Tax Surcharge; Calculation of 2025 Adjustment Date Filed: 12/12/2024 * * * 25-TRAM-231-OOS Docket Type: OOS - Out of Service Docket Description: In the Matter of the Suspension of Operating Authority of La Marqueza Trucking Inc Date Filed: 12/12/2024 * * * 25-TRAM-232-  more

TOPEKA, Kansas, Dec. 13 -- Gov. Laura Kelly, D-Kansas, issued the following news release on Dec. 12, 2024: Governor Laura Kelly on Thursday announced 9 appointments to the following state council and advisory group. Advisory Council on Aging Purpose: To analyze budget and provide feedback for improvement. * Linda Mowbray, Topeka * Glenda DuBoise, Topeka * Randall Hardy, Salina * Marvin Singleton, Overland Park Kansas Advisory Group on Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention Purpose:  more

TOPEKA, Kansas, Dec. 13 -- Gov. Laura Kelly, D-Kansas, issued the following news release on Dec. 11, 2024: Governor Laura Kelly announced Wednesday that Flora Food Group, a global food company, has purchased a manufacturing facility in Hugoton. This capital investment of around $90 million and the expected creation of approximately 100 new jobs over the next several years will elevate the workforce in Stevens County. "This investment by Flora Food Group demonstrates my administration's commitm  more

TOPEKA, Kansas, Dec. 13 -- Gov. Laura Kelly, D-Kansas, issued the following news release on Dec. 12, 2024: Governor Laura Kelly announced Thursday that the Kansas Office of Broadband Development will begin accepting applications on Feb. 3, 2025, for funding from the National Telecommunications Information and Administration (NTIA) Digital Equity Capacity Grant program. There will be a total of $8.2 million available in funding. "This State Digital Equity Capacity Grant will enable us to contin  more

TOPEKA, Kansas, Dec. 13 -- The Kansas Department of Commerce posted the following news release on Dec. 12, 2024: Governor Laura Kelly announced Thursday that the Kansas Office of Broadband Development will begin accepting applications on Feb. 3, 2025, for funding from the National Telecommunications Information and Administration (NTIA) Digital Equity Capacity Grant program. There will be a total of $8.2 million available in funding. "This State Digital Equity Capacity Grant will enable us to   more

LAWRENCE, Kansas, Dec. 13 (TNSres) -- The University of Kansas issued the following news: Carolisa Watson, doctoral student in geography at the University of Kansas, has earned the distinguished Dwight D. Eisenhower/Clifford Roberts Graduate Fellowship from the Eisenhower Institute at Gettysburg College. The institute awards the fellowship to doctoral students from select institutions who are studying topics related to the role of government in a free society, public service, public policy and  more

LAWRENCE, Kansas, Dec. 13 (TNSres) -- The University of Kansas issued the following news: The essence of schooling has changed little since the 19th century, even amid calls for change and attempts at reform. A new analysis from a University of Kansas education expert calls for a paradigm shift to a "school within a school" model that looks to ecology to make transformative changes. No Child Left Behind was a landmark piece of legislation in the early 21st century that claimed it would ensure   more

LAWRENCE, Kansas, Dec. 13 (TNSres) -- The University of Kansas issued the following news: Construction will begin next month on a 5,500-square-foot addition to the Kansas Geological Survey Drill Core Library in the West District of the University of Kansas Lawrence campus. The new building will almost triple the amount of storage space for the extensive collection of core -- rock samples collected when drilling a well -- maintained by KGS, and it will more than double the laboratory space scien  more

RICHMOND, Virginia, Dec. 12 -- Virginia Commonwealth University issued the following news: * * * Since 2007, VCUarts professor Susie Ganch has taken her ethical metalsmithing show on the road - and now has an online store. * * * By Lydia Dodd Can jewelry change the world? "I do think you can change minds - one mind at a time," said Susie Ganch, an associate professor of metals in Virginia Commonwealth University's School of the Arts. In 2007, Ganch and colleague Christina Miller founded R  more