Offices to close for MLK holiday

Several area offices are planning to close for the Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. holiday on Monday, Jan. 18.

The Unified Government offices will be closed on Monday, Jan. 18, according to a post on the UG page.

The Board of Public Utilities offices also will be closed for the holiday on Monday, Jan. 18, according to a spokesman.

Residential trash service from Waste Management will continue as usual on Monday, Jan. 18, according to a post on the UG social media page. The rest of the week will remain on the regular schedule.

Several Wyandotte County students named to MidAmerica Nazarene University honor roll

Several Wyandotte County students have been named to the fall honors lists at MidAmerica Nazarene University, Olathe.

Students on the President’s List had a grade point average of 4.0 for the semester; students on the Dean’s List had a grade point average of 3.5 to 3.99; and students on the Honor Roll had a grade point average of 3.2 to 3.49. All students named to honors were taking at least 12 semester hours.

MidAmerica Nazarene University is a private, Christian, liberal arts university that has more than 1,870 students and offers more than 40 undergraduate majors, as well as some professional and graduate programs.

On the honors lists from Wyandotte County:

From Bonner Springs:

Isabella Cavanaugh, Dean’s List
Shannon Danley, Dean’s List
Trinity Jones, Dean’s List
Gracie Myers, Dean’s List
Hannah Ryser, President’s List

From Edwardsville

Alyssa Bland, Dean’s List

From Kansas City, Kansas:

Stanley Coates, President’s List
Karyssa Forshey, Honor Roll
Jackeline Gil, Honor Roll
Riley Glassbrenner, Dean’s List
Lily Ledesma, Dean’s List
Jonathan Nelson, Dean’s List
Rebecca Viens, Dean’s List
Logan Vogel, Dean’s List

Several KCK students on Rockhurst University dean’s list

Several students from Kansas City, Kansas, have been named to the dean’s list for the fall semester at Rockhurst University, Kansas City, Missouri.

The students have achieved a grade-point average of 3.5 or above.

Rockhurst is a Catholic Jesuit university that is consistently named to the top Midwest regional universities by U.S. News and World Report.

On the dean’s list from Kansas City, Kansas:
Joseph Alvey
Daniel Arroyo
Alan Benitez
Caleb Burnside
Yareli Castor Calderon
Anthony Dalton
Dylan Erwin
Thomas Giles
Ivan Hernandez
Kacie Hernandez
Araceli Maldonado
Olga Mata-Gonzales
Alexandria Medina
Phuong Nguyen Le
Serenity Poull
Kendrick Ricketts
Emmaculata Sanga
Iradiel Torres
Olivia Wamkpah
Sarah Wilks