NORFOLK, Virginia, April 15 [Category: Animals] -- People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals issued the following news release: * * * 'Hell on Wheels' is Coming to Kansas City: Realistic Pig Truck to Blast Dying Animals' Cries Outside Honey Baked Ham and Meaty Eateries Kansas City, Mo. - Diners at County Road Ice House and Easter shoppers considering going into Honey Baked Ham stores are in for an earful tomorrow when " Hell on Wheels "--PETA's hyper-realistic pig transport truck that looks  more

KANSAS CITY, Missouri, April 15 [Category: Sports] -- The National Association of Intercollegiate Athletics posted the following news release: * * * 2025 NAIA Baseball Players of the Week - No. 8 (April 15) KANSAS CITY, Mo. - Brock Buckley of Indiana Wesleyan is the NAIA Baseball Pitcher of the Week, and James Jett of Missouri Baptist is the NAIA Baseball Player of the Week. The duo was selected based on their performances from April 7-13, chosen out of a pool of conference/Continental Athlet  more

IRVING, Texas, April 16 -- The Big 12 Conference, a college athletic conference, issued the following news: * * * ISU Sweeps Big 12 SB Week 10 Honors Iowa State's Sydney Malott (player) and Lauren Schurman (pitcher) earned the Big 12 softball weekly awards for Week 10. This marks the third time in program history that the Cyclones have claimed both weekly Conference awards and is the first time since the 2017 season. Malott tallied five hits in 13 plate appearances against Kansas City and th  more

MANHATTAN, Kansas, April 15 -- Kansas State University issued the following news release: * * * K-State veterinary team to provide vision exams for service and working animals Registration is now open for a national event -- the ophthalmology team from Kansas State University's Veterinary Health Center will provide free eye exams for eligible service and working animals during the month of May. Each year, board-certified veterinary ophthalmologists across the U.S., Canada, Puerto Rico and Ho  more

LAWRENCE, Kansas, April 15 -- The University of Kansas issued the following news: * * * KU chemistry professor receives NSF CAREER Award for carbon dioxide research LAWRENCE -- A University of Kansas chemistry faculty member has been chosen for a prestigious Faculty Early Career Development (CAREER) Award from the National Science Foundation. Manar Shoshani, assistant professor of chemistry at KU, received a five-year grant from the NSF totaling more than $769,000 to further his research on   more

KANSAS CITY, Missouri, April 15 [Category: Sports] -- The National Association of Intercollegiate Athletics posted the following news release: * * * NAIA Announces United States Marine Corps as Title Sponsor of Track & Field National Championships KANSAS CITY, Mo. - The National Association of Intercollegiate Athletics (NAIA) has signed a partnership with the United States Marine Corps as the Title Sponsor of the 2025 NAIA Indoor and Outdoor Track & Field National Championships. As the titl  more

LAWRENCE, Kansas, April 15 -- The University of Kansas issued the following news: * * * New book 'Psychology of Liberty' examines freedom as allowing humans to be what they were intended to be A new book from a University of Kansas education scholar explores history, cultural anthropology, creativity, family studies, evolutionary studies end education to suggest a new conception of freedom. Barbara Kerr, Williamson Family Distinguished Professor of Counseling Psychology in KU's School of Edu  more

KANSAS CITY, Missouri, April 15 -- The Veterans of Foreign Wars of the U.S., a veterans service organization, issued the following news release: * * * VFW Names 2025 Top National Teachers Each teacher will be awarded $1,000 for professional development and $1,000 for their school The Veterans of Foreign Wars (VFW) is proud to announce the selection of the national top three teachers in its annual 2025 Smart/Maher VFW National Citizenship Education Teacher Award contest. Established in 1999   more