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Industry reacts to Trump's ouster of STB member Primus
Progressive Railroading
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August 29, 2025
The news that President Donald Trump on Wednesday fired Surface Transportation Board Member Robert Primus prompted a number of reactions from the rail industry. A Democrat who was first nominated to the STB by Trump, Primus said in a post on...
Kansas Department of Transportation to close K-10 ramp in Lawrence
WIBW 13 - Kansas
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August 29, 2025
TOPEKA, Kan. (WIBW) - The Kansas Department of Transportation will close a K-10 ramp in Lawrence on Tuesday, Sept. 2, as part of the South Lawrence Trafficway expansion project. The Bob Billings Parkway exit ramp to eastbound K-10 will be closed...
Energy company challenges resistance to renewable initiatives in Cherokee County
KRPS - Kansas
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August 29, 2025
Cherokee County is attempting countywide zoning to prevent a renewable energy project from coming to the area. Clearway Energy (Clearway) proposed a solar energy project in Cherokee County in July. The Rainbow Springs Solar project consists of...
Kansas City Chiefs' changes raise a 115-point Patrick Mahomes concern
Sporting News
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August 29, 2025
The Kansas City Chiefs are still formidable as can be. They've still got Patrick Mahomes, and Travis Kelce, and Andy Reid, and electric defensive coordinator Steve Spagnuolo. But the numbers do bear out at least a little cause for concern. If it...
Kansas man dies after motorcycle crash at roundabout
Great Bend Post - Kansas
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DOUGLAS COUNTY —One person died in an accident just after 4p.m. Thursday in Douglas County. According to Lawrence Police, a 2008 Harley Davidson driven by a 50-year-old man collided with the roundabout at Lake Pointe Drive and Clinton Parkway. EMS...
St. John's Dunn among Kansas students in Taiwan agricultural youth exchange
Great Bend Post - Kansas
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Agricultural Youth Exchange delegates from K-State visit the Tea and Beverage Research Station in Taiwan, where they meet with the lead researcher to learn about tea plant breeding and research innovations. (courtesy of KS Dept. of Ag)From the KS...
FOX4 Kansas City welcomes Scott Kilbury as new evening anchor
Editor and Publisher
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Scott Kilbury Press Release | FOX4 WDAF-TV FOX4 Kansas City is excited to announce that Scott Kilbury will join the station as its newest evening anchor, beginning the last week of August. He will report for FOX4 News at 9 p.m. and co-anchor FOX4...
London May Ignore Calls For Free Public Transport — But There Are Alternatives
Forbes
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Members of the public board a busy London Underground train, otherwise known as the Tube. The London Underground is a major underground and overground metropolitan railway network managed by Transport for London, capable of accommodating up to 5...
Lawrence police arrest man in fatal stabbing of woman behind Massachusetts Street building
KMBC 9 - Missouri
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August 29, 2025
Lawrence police arrest man in fatal stabbing of woman behind Massachusetts Street building 9 things to know begin with *** solemn tribute to *** fallen police officer. Last night, hundreds of people gathered in Kansas City, Kansas to honor KCK...
No. 6 FSU soccer held to a draw at Kansas
Tomahawk Nation - Florida
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August 29, 2025
No. 6 Florida State (2-0-1) battled to a 1-1 draw with Kansas (3-0-2) tonight at Lawrence, KS. FSU vs. Kansas: Game Recap Kansas came out strong early, employing the high press against the Seminoles and they had success. The Noles struggled to...
Fed's favored inflation gauge shows consumer price pressures remained elevated in July
FOX Business
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Former Kansas City Federal Reserve President and CEO Thomas Hoenig joins Mornings with Maria to discuss Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powells speech at the Jackson Hole Economic Symposium. The Federal Reserve's preferred inflation gauge showed that...
What's new at this year's Kansas State Fair?
The Hutchinson News - Kansas
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The Kansas State Fair will feature new food vendors offering lobster corn dogs, blackened shrimp, truffle burgers, and more. Renovations to Peoples Band and Trust Arena and Bison Arena will be visible to fairgoers. New safety measures include...
Danville City Council approves agreement to add another energy source to its portfolio
Danville Register & Bee - Virginia
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Danville City Council voted to add another renewable energy source to the city’s power portfolio during its regular meeting Tuesday night. City Council voted 8-0 to enter into a purchase power agreement with American Municipal Power for 5...
Kansas City, Kansas, community holds memorial vigil for fallen officer
KSHB - Missouri
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August 29, 2025
KANSAS CITY, Kan. — Hundreds of people filled the square in front of Wyandotte County's city hall to honor fallen Officer Hunter Simoncic. Hundreds of people filled the square Thursday night in front of Kansas City, Kansas, City Hall to honor...
Trump fires member of Surface Transportation Board ahead of rail merger decision
News Tribune - Missouri
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August 29, 2025
President Donald Trump has fired one of two Democratic members of the U.S. Surface Transportation Board to break a 2-2 tie before the body considers the largest railroad merger ever proposed. Board member Robert E. Primus said on LinkedIn he...
A new Kansas City monument tells how ‘Wyandot women warriors’ defended a tribal burial ground
KMUW - Kansas
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August 29, 2025
Chief Judith Manthe, of the Wyandot Nation of Kansas, has spent a lifetime collecting family stories, books, and newspaper articles about Lyda, Helena, and Ida Conley, and their battle to protect a tribal burial ground threatened by development in...
Trump fires Democrat from Surface Transportation Board
Altoona Mirror - Pennsylvania
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FILE - A maintenance worker walks past the company logo on the side of a locomotive in the Union Pacific Railroad fueling yard in north Denver, Oct. 18, 2006. (AP Photo/David Zalubowski, File) President Donald Trump has fired one of two Democratic...
Today’s daily horoscope for August 29, 2025: Put your energy into helping yourself
Cleveland.com - Ohio
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August 29, 2025
A look at today’s free daily horoscope readings for Friday, August 29, 2025 Happy Birthday: Check to see who’s watching this year. Someone can alter how your life unfolds if you are too accommodating or unaware of your surroundings or the...
Kansas City athletes medal at 2025 JCC Maccabi Games
Kansas City Jewish Chronicle - Missouri
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August 28, 2025
A delegation of 35 local Jewish teen athletes recently returned from Tucson, Arizona, and Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, after competing at the 2025 JCC Maccabi Games. Fourteen of those athletes earned medals in multiple sports, medaling in basketball,...
Prescott Industrial Park named Focus Site by Union Pacific Railroad
Hope Prescott - Arkansas
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August 29, 2025
OMAHA, NE – Union Pacific Railroad has announced it has added the Prescott Industrial Park and 14 other new Focus Sites across eight states to its network, with 12 of those sites located on short line railroads that will provide businesses ease of...