TOPEKA, Kansas, March 26 -- The Kansas Corporation Commission announced the following dockets on March 25, 2025: * * * 25-TRAM-363-PEN Docket Type: PEN - Penalty Orders Docket Description: In the Matter of the Investigation of Fritzler Trucking Inc Date Filed: 03/25/2025 * * * 25-TRAM-5064-TRA Docket Type: TRA - Transportation Order Docket Description: Transportation Orders Date Filed: 03/25/2025 * * * 25-CONS-3313-CPEN Docket Type: CPEN - Penalty Docket Description: Penalty Order   more

TOPEKA, Kansas, March 26 -- The Kansas Corporation Commission (KCC) has issued a suspension order delaying the implementation of proposed changes to Southern Pioneer Electric Company's Rules and Regulations Tariff. The decision, documented in Docket No. 25-SPEE-353-TAR, pushes the effective date of the tariff changes to November 10, 2025. Southern Pioneer Electric filed its application for tariff modifications on March 14, 2025. The KCC, after reviewing the application, determined that a full i  more

TOPEKA, Kansas, March 26 -- The Kansas Corporation Commission (KCC) has granted Merit Energy Company, LLC an exception to the state's 10-year time limitation for temporary abandonment (TA) status for its Ladner Morrow Lime Unit #601 well, located in Grant County. The decision, documented in Docket No. 25-CONS-3221-CEXC, allows the company to maintain the well's TA status for an additional three years. Under Kansas Administrative Regulation (K.A.R.) 82-3-111, wells inactive for extended periods   more

LAWRENCE, Kansas, March 26 -- The University of Kansas issued the following news: * * * KU Debate competes at CEDA National Tournament The University of Kansas Debate team had a strong performance at the CEDA National Tournament, which took place March 19-23 at Rutgers University in Newark, New Jersey. Because the CEDA is an open tournament, unlike the National Debate Tournament, it is an opportunity for more members of the squad to gain the experience of competing at a national event. Thirt  more

DES MOINES, Iowa, March 25 -- The Iowa Department of Natural Resources issued the following news release: * * * Prairie Chicken Day canceled due to low bird numbers Kellerton, Iowa - The Iowa Department of Natural Resources (DNR) has canceled the upcoming Prairie Chicken Day due to the decline in the local population to the point where staff have only observed sporadic use by a few male prairie chickens of the main Kellerton lek. The effort to return the prairie chicken to Ringgold County,   more

LAWRENCE, Kansas, March 26 -- The University of Kansas issued the following news: * * * AI industry expert Noelle Russell will give Self Graduate Fellowship Symposium Lecture LAWRENCE -- Noelle Russell, an award-winning expert on how to create a world where artificial intelligence and humans coexist harmoniously, will deliver the Self Graduate Fellowship Symposium Lecture next month at the University of Kansas. Russell has focused her career on guiding organizations toward the possibilities   more