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Michael Harper for redOrbit.com – Your Universe Online Google has just announced they’ll be shining their Gigabit glow on Shawnee, Kansas as they bring Fiber to another town just outside of Kansas City. Shawnee is the fifth city in Johnson county to be promised Google Fiber and now joins eight other cities awaiting Fiber to be laid and run into their homes. According to the Kansas City Star, the Shawnee city council announced a special meeting Thursday evening to “consider an...
TOPEKA, Kan., March 4, 2013 /PRNewswire-iReach/ -- Briggs Kia in Topeka just announced the first 25 people to buy a car from Briggs Kia in Topeka from now until March 10, 2013 will receive the choice of a tablet, navigation or Bluetooth system free. This promotion is just one more way Briggs Kia gives back to the "wonderful people in Topeka and the surrounding area" for the support over the years. A free tablet, navigation or Bluetooth system for the first 25 buyers in Topeka...
TOPEKA, Kan., Dec. 4, 2012 /PRNewswire-iReach/ -- Briggs Kia, a Topeka Kia dealership, is encouraged by the record-setting month of November that Kia Motors America (KMA) recently posted. On top of the strong month of November, KMA also notched their 27(th) consecutive month of sales increases as well. (Photo: http://photos.prnewswire.com/prnh/20121204/CG23811) For the month of November more than 41,000 Kia vehicles were sold, solidifying them as one of the fastest growing car...
TOPEKA, Kan., Nov. 9, 2012 /PRNewswire-iReach/ -- Briggs Dodge, a Ram Truck dealer in Topeka, is happy to see that the Ram Truck brand has proudly donated 20, new, Ram 1500 Tradesman trucks and $100,000 to the American Red Cross following the devastation that occurred from Super Storm Sandy. (Photo: http://photos.prnewswire.com/prnh/20121109/CG10098) These donations from the Ram Truck brand will help the American Red Cross in their effort to aid families, businesses and communities get back...
TOPEKA, Kan., Sept. 19, 2012 /PRNewswire-iReach/ -- Briggs Dodge, a Topeka Dodge dealership, knows that timing is everything for most things and if you're looking to purchase a new Ram truck in Topeka, KS the time is now through the end of September thanks to 'Ram Power Days.' (Photo: http://photos.prnewswire.com/prnh/20120919/CG76797) 'Ram Power Days' is running now through the end of September and offers new car buyers and Chrysler Group enthusiasts a wide-range of incentives...
Company committed to investing in U.S. manufacturing; Brings long-term jobs to the heartland TOPEKA, Kan., Aug. 23, 2011 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- Today Mars Chocolate North America broke ground for a new state-of-the art manufacturing facility at the Kanza Fire Commerce Park in Topeka, KS. The festive event marks the launch of the first phase of the project, during which Mars expects to invest more than $250MM and create approximately 200 full time jobs. Over 400 people attended the...
TOPEKA, Ind., May 6 /PRNewswire/ -- In a move brought on by improved economic conditions, the Starcraft RV division of Jayco, Inc. today announced that it has resumed production in its Topeka, Indiana plant. The Starcraft facility had previously been closed and production of Starcraft products had been consolidated into Jayco's Middlebury, Indiana complex as part of Jayco's efforts to trim costs and reduce production capacity. "When we consolidated the Starcraft operations into Jayco's...
For the month of March, the Kansas town of Topeka has officially changed its name to Google in its efforts to become a test hub for a high-speed broadband network being built by Google.A proclamation by the town's mayor, William Bunten, declared that for all of March the town would be known as "Google, Kansas -- the capital city of fiber optics."The official website for Topeka welcomes visitors to "The City of Google" - written in the large colorful letters the Internet...
ATLANTA, Jan. 12 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Gray Television, Inc. (NYSE: GTN) announced that WIBW-TV, its CBS affiliated station in Topeka, Kansas, reaches significantly more viewers than its competitors in terms of both on-air viewership and online traffic. The Topeka Capital-Journal recently reported, "more than twice as many people watch WIBW-TV's '13 News at 10' than do the other two local newscasts combined." "In terms of people, the Nielsen Company estimated during the November 2009...
Topeka Elementary of Westview School Corporation has earned the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency's (EPA's) prestigious ENERGY STAR(R), the national symbol for superior energy efficiency and environmental protection. Topeka Elementary is distinguished as the northernmost school in Indiana to achieve this high level of efficiency and is one of just 25 Indiana K-12 schools with the ENERGY STAR rating. To earn the ENERGY STAR label, Westview Schools partnered with Performance Services (PSI),...
