WICHITA, Kansas, March 6 (TNSPer) -- Friends University issued the following news: Friends University is pleased to announce the promotion of Dr. Rob Ramseyer to Associate Vice President of Athletics in which he will also serve on the President's Cabinet. "Athletics is an integral part of the Friends University campus community," said Dr. Amy Bragg Carey, president of Friends University. "Dr. Ramseyer's outstanding leadership has positively contributed to the growth of our athletics program as  more

TOPEKA, Kansas, March 4 -- The Kansas Corporation Commission issued the following order approving interconnection agreement (No. 21-SWBT-272-IAT): In the Matter of the Application of Southwestern Bell Telephone Company for Approval of Interconnection Agreement Under the Telecommunications Act of 1996 With EarthLink Business, LLC. ORDER APPROVING INTERCONNECTION AGREEMENT NOW, the above-captioned matter comes before the State Corporation Commission of the State of Kansas (Commission) for cons  more

TOPEKA, Kansas, March 6 -- The Kansas Office of Judicial Administration issued the following news release: The 4th Judicial District Nominating Commission will convene April 6 to interview nominees to fill a district magistrate judge vacancy in Osage County created by Judge Shannon Rush's February 1 resignation. The 4th Judicial District is composed of Anderson, Coffey, Franklin, and Osage counties. Nominees The nominees are: * Lori D. Breshears, paralegal and victim witness coordinator, Co  more

TOPEKA, Kansas, March 3 -- The Kansas Department of Labor issued the following news release: Governor Laura Kelly announced that the Kansas Department of Labor is upgrading the agency's server capacity and adding more availability, staff and support at the contact center, which is experiencing ongoing increases in call volume from claimants who are in need of speaking with customer service agents to help with their claims. KDOL's planned server migration this month will expand KDOL's capacity   more

BATON ROUGE, Louisiana, March 6 (TNSPer) -- The Louisiana State University Ag Center issued the following news: The Louisiana Agriculture Hall of Distinction inducted three new members during a ceremony March 4 at the L'Auberge Hotel in Baton Rouge. The new inductees are former Louisiana Farm Bureau Federation President Ronnie Anderson, of Ethel; sugarcane farmer John Gay, of Plaquemine; and Paul "Jackie" Loewer, of Branch, a rice farmer who has been a strong advocate for the rice industry in   more