Mackenzie Kessler News Today

With election season coming up in November, organizations, candidates and political parties are urging people to get registered and vote. For out-of-state students at Wichita State and universities around the country, this goal might be a little more complex. According to the National Center for Education Statistics, 20% of Wichita State’s undergraduate population were out-of-state...

The following students are among approximately 820 Bob Jones University students named to the dean’s list for the fall 2021 semester.

Detective Jon Hill will be the department’s newest patrol sergeant. Hill has been with Conway PD since November 2013. Prior to joining the department, Hill served in the Air Force as an aerospace propulsion mechanic and held the rank of staff sergeant. "Jon has been assigned to the Investigative Services Division for the past year and is one of the department’s use of force/firearms instructors," said Conway Police Chief Chris Mattei. "We are very excited for Jon Hill and his family."...

/ Sam McCarthy and Ela Cudlip are from Merthyr Tydfil, Wales and have been exchanging audio diaries with teens in Fayette County, West Virginia. Appalachia has had hundreds of years of connection to Wales -- people have been immigrating back-and-forth between the two regions since the late 1600s. Our Inside Appalachia team has continued this through its Folkways program, by connecting teenage students in both Wales and West Virginia. Courtesy Mackenzie Kessler Mackenzie Kessler, a high school s...