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Sporting Kansas City to implement sustainable concessions products
KANSAS CITY, Mo. — Sporting Kansas Metropolis introduced its five-year partnership with Huhtamaki, a product packaging firm, to supply sustainable packaging for its concessions to scale back the stadium’s environmental footprint.
Moreover, Huhtamaki, whose North American operations are primarily based in De Soto, Kansas, can be represented on the Kids’s Mercy Park with naming rights to the Huhtamaki Protect Membership, the place company have a midfield view whereas surrounded by native meals, bars, staff retailer and out of doors patio, in response to a press launch.
“We share the identical imaginative and prescient to create a sustainable visitor expertise with our revolutionary culinary method and our general stadium meals and beverage initiatives,” stated Sporting Kansas Metropolis Vice President of Hospitality Marc Mulherin in a press launch. “Providing an elevated meals and beverage expertise that focuses on environmental and sustainability efforts can be a continued method for the 2023 season and past.”
The companions will deal with limiting waste by implementing compostable and recyclable merchandise.
Sporting KC may even additional its sustainability initiatives at different native soccer services it operates – together with Central Financial institution Sporting Advanced, Compass Minerals Nationwide Efficiency Middle, Compass Minerals Sporting Fields and Swope Soccer Village – by putting in composting depositories, per a press launch.
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Kansas politician Scott Schwab announced a cancer diagnosis on Friday, but said it won’t keep him from continuing in his current job or from running for higher office.
“During a routine cancer screening in December doctors found that I have a lung nodule that is cancerous, and I will be undergoing surgery next week to have it removed,” Schwab, the secretary of state, said in a social media post Friday afternoon. “It has not spread or changed.
“My doctors have confirmed it was found very early, and no further treatment will be required post-surgery. I will make a full recovery. While I will take some time to recover, I remain committed to serving Kansans as Secretary of State and returning to the campaign trail as I continue my run for governor.”
Schwab, a Republican, is running for governor in 2026. He was elected secretary of state in 2018 and reelected in 2022 after serving in the Legislature, representing an Olathe district.
He is the biggest name so far to declare for the 2026 gubernatorial race, though more candidate announcements are expected next month after the legislative session ends.
Politicians, government officials have shared cancer diagnoses in recent years
Schwab joins a list of Kansas politicians and government officials who have publicly shared cancer diagnoses in recent years, often while continuing to serve.
In 2021, Jeff Colyer dropped out of the 2022 Republican gubernatorial primary race and endorsed Derek Schmidt after a prostate cancer diagnosis.
In 2023, Insurance Commissioner Vicki Schmidt announced a breast cancer diagnosis. The Topeka Republican continued serving in her elected office while being treated. Schmidt shared that she was cancer-free later the same year.
Also in 2023, Kansas State University president Richard Linton shared that he had been diagnosed with throat and tongue cancer. Around the same time, Kansas Board of Regents member and then-chair Jon Rolph was also diagnosed with cancer.
Jason Alatidd is a Statehouse reporter for The Topeka Capital-Journal. He can be reached by email at jalatidd@gannett.com. Follow him on X @Jason_Alatidd.
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Temira Poindexter's 3-pointer in OT gives Kansas State 80-79 win over Kentucky in March Madness
Kansas State will have to wait until late Monday night to learn its regional semifinal opponent. Kentucky will have to replace Amoore, a second-team All-American, and Lawrence, a key contributor and another transfer.
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KANSAS CITY, Mo. (KCTV) – A crash in the Northland sent a 19-year-old to the hospital Sunday morning, the Missouri State Highway Patrol reported.
According to a crash report, the incident happened around 8:20 a.m. on March 23 as the driver was entering southbound I-29 from the northbound I-635 exit ramp.
MSHP said the 19-year-old lost control of his 2009 Dodge Nitro and went off the left side of the road, hitting a guardrail and flipping the car onto its roof. He was wearing a seatbelt but had moderate injuries and was transported to an area hospital for treatment.
The Dodge was reported as totaled and towed from the scene.
Traffic on the ramp was delayed for about one hour as crews worked to remove the car and clear the site. All lanes have since reopened.
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