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NEW ORLEANS – Collegiate track & field is back in a record-breaking way! Outstanding performances highlighted the first major weekend of the 2021 season. You better believe those athletes who turned in those efforts were named National Athletes of the Week on Tuesday by the U.S. Track & Field and Cross Country Coaches Association (USTFCCCA). NCAA Division I Men – KC Lightfoot, Baylor NCAA Division I Women – Ruth Usoro, Texas Tech NCAA Division II Men – Christian Noble, Lee (Tenn.) NCAA ...

GREAT BEND TRIBUNE 17 community projects receive Kansas Health Foundation financing WICHITA – Since the Kansas Health Foundation launched the Kansas Community Investment Fund in January 2019, 17 community impact projects have received a total of $1 million in loans and $27,700 in grants. KCIF loans/grants are for for-profit and nonprofit organizations improving community health in under-resourced areas by enhancing access to care, educational attainment, civic and community en...

United Way distributes free toys to nonprofits in 27 counties for local Christmas giveaways Sisters of St Joseph of Concordia. Manna House of Prayer in Concordia was delighted to play Santa’s helper this Christmas season thanks to United Way of the Plains. United Way of the Plains partnered with Good 360 and Toys for Tots to distribute 14,448 toys and games to children in 27 counties across Kansas, including Cloud County, this holiday season. Manna House was selected to distribute the gifts t...

Saline County selected for Kansas Local Bridge Improvement Program Grant Gov. Laura Kelly announced that Saline County has been selected to receive funding as part of the Kansas Local Bridge Improvement Program.  Kansas Department of Transportation Secretary Julie Lorenz and Kelly announced the selection as part of the state-local partnership program that is part of the IKE transportation program. Saline County is among 27 counties and three cities across Kansas that will receive a combined...