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WICHITA, Kan. (KWCH) – With most students lined up at the bus stop, parents waiting at school stops and teachers in the classrooms, students attending Wichita Public Schools Imagine Academy will be experiencing a different school day than usual.Virtual school is catching on in Wichita. Maleah Chadd, one of about 600 students attending virtual school this fall, first opened her laptop and started attending virtual school a year and a half ago.Wichita Public Schools Imagine Academy offers students flexibility in their learning, and Chad, a high school senior this year, credits his academic success to his virtual school experience.”I was…

COUSHATTA, La. (KSLA) – CHRISTUS Health has opened a new pediatric clinic in Coushatta.The facility, CHRISTUS Kids Clinic, opened on Friday, Aug. 23. It is located in the CHRISTUS Coushatta Health Care Center, 1633 Marvel St. The facility is funded by the CHRISTUS Foundation Shreveport-Bossier and is run with community donations to Children's Miracle Network Hospitals.”That's really part of our mission, especially in rural communities,” said Brandon Hillman, administrator of CHRISTUS Coushatta Health Care Center. “We believe that our role as a health care provider in rural communities is to provide as many services to the community as we can.””Every…

TULARE, Calif. (KFSN) — City Council meetings are usually about city business, but in Tulare this week's meeting started with baseball.”Tulare has really supported us and recognized the great work our players and coaches have done,” Tulare 9U All-Stars coach Chris Briseno said.The local 9U all-star team was officially recognized by the city and Rep. David Valadao for winning the Cal Ripken World Series in Alabama.The men's postseason run almost didn't happen.”I never expected to be invited to the World Series,” Briceno said.Briceno said the boys team placed third at the state tournament before failing to advance to the next…

TOPEKA, Kan. (WIBW) – Midwest Health announced that Lee Eaton, president of Senior Living, has been named an honorary life member of the Kansas Association of Adult Care Executives (KACE). The prestigious award was presented Thursday afternoon at the KACE Awards Ceremony held at the Marriott in East Wichita, Kansas. Lee Eaton, who has served Midwest Health for more than 20 years, was recognized for his outstanding leadership, innovative approach and unwavering commitment to the health of seniors throughout Kansas. “Lee's visionary leadership and passion for excellence have played a key role in advancing our facility's mission of providing compassionate…

Setting. The 20th annual World Food and Music Festival is currently taking place in Des Moines' Western Gateway Park. We're bringing you live coverage of the party downtown. It started this morning. KCCI's Ethan Humble guided us through what food will be served this year. Western Gateway Park will offer a variety of food. With each group, you can see that you will never get bored of eating out at the festival. The grills are hot, the musicians are playing, the conger eels are lively, and people are lining the streets downtown. Because the World Food and Music Festival is…

Mercy Juma/BBCEjide Iranbona believes he contracted MPOX from a friend, but may have passed it on to his wife. Egide Iranbona, 40, sits shirtless in a hospital bed next to the window in the treatment room he shares with two other men.The light of the setting sun shining brightly over Bujumbura, Burundi's main city, bathes his face in soft light and blisters cover his chest and arms.”I had swollen lymph nodes in my throat. It was so painful I couldn't sleep. Then the pain went away and the pain went into my legs,” he told the BBC.Illambona has MPOX.He is…

Data Scribe The Cincinnati Reds and Pittsburgh Pirates meet on Saturday at 6:40 PM ET. Spencer Steer and O'Neil Cruz have been big players for their respective teams recently. The Reds are -113 moneyline favorites going into this matchup against the Pirates (-106). Cincinnati (-1.5) are favorites on the run line. The over/under for this matchup is 9 runs (over odds are +105, under odds are -125).Here we bring you all the information you need in terms of betting on the Reds vs Pirates matchup, including the run line, money line, totals and expert picks.Reds vs. Blue Jays Highlights |…

Follow LAist. If you enjoyed this article, you'll also love our daily morning newsletter, How To LA, bringing you fresh, community-driven stories to keep you up to date on our independent, local news every weekday. Behind towering metal gates, the 3.4-acre site in Glendale was once a pioneering mental health facility run by women, for women, but it has lain in disrepair for years.Now the city has approved plans to convert part of the Lock Haven Sanitarium grounds into a mental health museum, at an estimated cost of about $8 million.The plan is to renovate a portion of the property…

Behind towering metal gates, the 3.4-acre site in Glendale was once a pioneering mental health facility run by women, for women, but it has lain in disrepair for years.Now the city has approved plans to convert part of the Lock Haven Sanitarium grounds into a mental health museum, at an estimated cost of about $8 million.The plan is to renovate a portion of the property known as Pines Cottage, which was built in 1931, preserving its architecture, restoring the surrounding courtyard and landscaping and creating a gathering place.A conceptual diagram of the place depicts numerous rooms with period-specific furnishings and…

Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg and Spotify CEO Daniel Ek said in a joint statement on Friday (August 23) that European Union (EU) regulations affecting artificial intelligence (AI) could deny businesses, academia and other stakeholders in the region the opportunity to invest in new technologies and participate in economic growth opportunities. In a statement, the CEOs said tech companies operating in Europe face “overlapping regulations and inconsistent guidance on how to comply with them.” “While regulation of known harms is necessary, preemptively regulating theoretical harms to emerging technologies such as open source AI would stifle innovation,” the researchers wrote. “Europe's risk-averse…