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A Kansas City, Kansas, student has been awarded a degree from Missouri State University, Springfield, Missouri.
Hannah Haworth of Kansas City, Kansas, graduated with a Bachelor of Science in Education degree, majoring in English. She graduated summa cum laude.
Students who graduated with honors completed at least 30 credit hours with a minimum grade point average of 3.5.
While looking ahead to the Labor Day weekend, Kansas law enforcement officials will be looking for impaired drivers.
In preparation for its combined annual, “Drive Sober or Get Pulled Over” and “If You Feel Different, You Drive Different” campaigns, the Kansas Department of Transportation is warning drivers of the risks and consequences associated with this behavior.
KDOT is partnering with the National Highway Traffic Safety Association to bring attention to the sobering statistics. In 2020, three out of 10 fatal crashes were caused by impaired drivers, and KDOT Behavioral Safety Manager Gary Herman said it’s time to stop and think.
“To keep you, your passengers and others on the roads safe, designate a driver who has not consumed alcohol or drugs of any type. Make using public transportation or ride-sharing services a part of your plan,” Herman said. “If there is any question about how to travel safely, just stay home.”
According to Herman, over 19% of all Kansas traffic fatalities in 2020 were alcohol related.
Unfortunately, an alcohol-related crash happens every four hours in Kansas. And across the nation that same year, one person was killed every 45 minutes in a drunken-driving crash.
In addition to driving when impaired by alcohol, it’s also illegal and deadly to drive high – buzzed, stoned, wasted, or drunk – no matter what you call it. No amount of drugs that impair driving are safe, and this includes marijuana. Forty-six percent of drivers who were killed in crashes nationally in 2018, and were tested for drugs, tested positive for marijuana.
Driving impaired from alcohol or drugs is illegal in all 50 states. Offenders are subject to fines and jail time and other consequences. Law enforcement will participate in these safe driving campaigns and be out in force beginning Friday, Sept. 2, through Tuesday, Sept. 6.
The Kansas City, Kansas, Board of Public Utilities will receive a $2 million grant for construction of a new electrical distribution feeder in support of a new business under development, according to an announcement from the U.S. Department of Commerce.
Commerce Secretary Gina Raimondo announced recently that the department’s Economic Development Administration is investing to construct infrastructure needed to support new business development in Kansas. The grants are funded by the American Rescue Plan.
The EDA grant will be matched by $746,411 in local funds and is expected to create 936 jobs and generate $216 million in private investments, according to estimates.
“The Economic Development Administration is dedicated to working with communities to support their locally-driven strategies to recover and rebuild from the pandemic,” Assistant Secretary of Commerce for Economic Development Alejandra Y. Castillo said.
“These investments will create hundreds of jobs, grow our economy, and give Kansas businesses more of the tools they need to grow and succeed,” Gov. Laura Kelly said.
“One of my top priorities over the past two years has been to make sure Kansans have the resources needed to get back to work, support their families, and contribute to our ever-growing local economy,” U.S. Rep. Sharice Davids, D-3rd Dist., said. “This EDA funding I helped bring to our state through the American Rescue Plan will do just that, while also supporting our water and electrical infrastructure. I will keep working to lower costs and ensure a thriving economy in the Kansas City area and across the entire state.”
The BPU investment was made possible by the regional planning efforts of the Mid-America Regional Council. EDA funds these organizations to bring together the public and private sectors to create an economic development roadmap to strengthen the regional economy, support private capital investment and create jobs, a spokesman stated.
This project is funded under EDA’s American Rescue Plan Economic Adjustment Assistance program, which makes $500 million in Economic Adjustment Assistance grants available to American communities. The Economic Adjustment Assistance program is EDA’s most flexible program, and grants made under this program will help hundreds of communities across the nation plan, build, innovate, and put people back to work through construction or non-construction projects designed to meet local needs. Effective May 26, 2022, EDA has officially closed all of its American Rescue Plan programs for applications. The $3 billion program funding will be awarded on a rolling basis through Sept. 30, 2022.