Ottawa University cross country runners Destiny Escobar and Caleb Meyer were selected as KCAC Champions of Character. The NAIA Champions of Character program aims to inspire student-athletes, coaches, officials, and fans to hold high standards and embody what character truly means in a competitive arena.
Social Security and Supplemental Security Income (SSI) benefits for approximately 70 million Americans will increase 8.7 percent in 2023. On average, Social Security benefits will increase by more than $140 per month starting in January.
My son is one of the many Americans with cleft lip and palate. The specifics of each affected individual's situation vary, but one thing they have in common is that they will be having surgery. Lots of surgery. Although most individuals with orofacial clefts, including my son, are otherwise healthy and lead normal lives, the process of restoring a normal smile, normal speech, normal chewing, involves many steps from birth into adulthood.
DEAR DR. ROACH: At 57, I slipped on ice and broke my right hip. During my hospital stay, I believe they gave me a Fosamax shot through IV. After surgery, I had a hip and spine bone scan, which showed osteoporosis. My endocrinologist determined I have hypothyroidism. I'm assuming this is what caused the osteoporosis.
The oil spill is the biggest in the Keystone pipeline’s history and it dumped a sludgy form of crude oil that poses special challenges for a cleanup. Chemicals from the Keystone pipeline spill in north-central Kansas have shown up farther downstream in Mill Creek than the oil company’s repeated statements suggest.
– Colder temperatures and winter weather has arrived in Kansas. The dropping temperatures and necessity of raising the thermostat are leaving some families vulnerable when it comes to covering their heating bills.
TOPEKA – Kansas Gov. Laura Kelly signed an order on Wednesday, banning the use of the social media platform TikTok on all state-owned devices for Kansas executive branch agencies, boards and commissions and their respective employees, and prohibits access on the state network.
TOPEKA — The compounding influence of adverse dry, hot and windy climate patterns slashed wheat yield 4% in Kansas and five other Great Plains states over the past 40 years, Kansas State University researchers reported in the scientific journal Nature Communications. Xiaomao Lin, professor of agricultural climatology, said the study was the first to quantify a connection between change in the nation’s climate and wheat production.
Ottawa University athletics sits in eighth place out of the 13 schools with 38.5 points after the fall season in the KCAC Commissioner’s Cup standings. Saint Mary sits atop the standings.