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A protest was held on Kansas State’s campus Wednesday evening as demonstrators vocalized their anger with the U.S. involvement in the Israel-Palestine war. The K-State Young Democratic Socialists of America, YDSA, also demanded earlier this week for President Richard Linton to resign from the Binational Agricultural Research and Development foundation because he accepted various grants [...]

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Preliminary data collected by the National Weather Service has determined Tuesday’s tornado that struck Westmoreland was rated an EF-3 storm on the Enhanced Fujita Scale. The storm descended about a mile and a half southwest of the city before carving a destructive path through residential areas. The storm boasted peak wind speeds of 140 mph, [...]

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Tuesday’s storms were the third such strong wind event to impact the Flint Hills in the past two weeks and the first ever to hit Westmoreland directly, in what’s been an active few weeks for severe weather. On April 18, a downburst struck St. Marys, and while it wasn’t classified as a tornado, it did [...]

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The cleanup effort continues in Westmoreland after a tornado devastated the town’s northern edge. Evergy officials say nearly 1,000 customers lost power in the area Tuesday as a result, but by Wednesday morning most of the power had been restored to about 90 percent of the city. Evergy spokesperson Kaley Bohlen… Water service is also [...]

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Evergy released a statement Wednesday morning detailing the work that they did to restore power to most of Westmoreland in the aftermath of a tornado that struck the town Tuesday afternoon causing significant property damage and infrastructure interruptions. “Crews worked through the night and restored power to nearly all homes that are safe to restore [...]

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Rock Creek Schools announced that they will not be in session on Wednesday, May 1 due to the tornado that occurred in Westmoreland. A tornado touched down just before 5pm Tuesday and caused significant damage to property and infrastructure in Westmoreland, resulting in multiple injuries and one confirmed fatality. More information will be shared as [...]

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Videos courtesy of Scott Harshbarger and Jim Johnston A tornado touched down in Westmoreland on Tuesday afternoon about fifteen miles north of Manhattan damaging homes and buildings, displacing many and also leading to the fatality of one individual and several injuries. The tornado touched touched down around 4:40pm following the issuance of a tornado warning [...]

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Severe weather raked across the region this afternoon as possibility of severe weather continues into Wednesday and overnight Thursday. “It’s become a little bit more uncertain,” says National Weather Service meteorologist Matt Flanagan. “With perhaps some morning and early afternoon showers and thunderstorms across the area, some of the models that we have are showing [...]

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(This is the second of a two-part news series regarding NBAF’s initial research underway in Manhattan) Since the National Bio and Agro Defense Facility (NBAF) was dedicated almost a year ago, research has slowly begun in low risk areas of biocontainment, with officials promising a path forward to more higher-level research to come. In an [...]

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