Oklahoma City bombing memorial teaches tolerance
Visitors view recovered shoes from the Alfred P. Murrah Building as a mother guides her child through the memorial. Volunteers and staff educate students about nonviolence, diversity, and respect, with programs extending to memorials for future terrorist victims.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Oklahoma City
Alfred B. Murrah Federal
Oklahoma City National Memorial Museum
Timothy McVeigh
Federal
Kari Watkins
Porto Forcuni
Cambridge
England
Jeff Edwards
Edmond Sequoyah Middle School
Edwards
Oklahoma
Washington D.C
Francis Leonard
Don Leonard
Secret Service
Watkins
Dan O’connell
St. Louis
Oklahoma City Memorial
Alfred P. Murrah Federal Building
Memories of Black Sunday 70 Years Later
Dodge City resident Don Hahn recalls April 14 1935 when dust storms turned skies dark. The 1930s Dust Bowl brought drought and wind across Texas Oklahoma New Mexico Colorado and Kansas leaving communities buried and some deaths from dust pneumonia.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dodge City
Central Plains
Texas
Oklahoma
New Mexico
Colorado
Kansas
Don Hahn
Hahn
Kansas grants tuition break to military families
Gov Kathleen Sebelius signed the Military Bill of Rights giving tuition relief at state colleges for children or spouses of missing or dead soldiers and POWs starting July 1. The measure excludes about 10 percent of Kansas National Guard members outside the state. Sebelius also signed a bill to protect health insurance for military families after active duty returns.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Topeka
Kansas
Kansas National Guard
Guard
Kathleen Sebelius
Governor signs open records bill in Kansas
Kansas law now requires public employee contracts and agreements to be open to public scrutiny. The change, effective July 1, follows the Lawrence Journal-World request in 2003 for full disclosure of athletic director Lew Perkins compensation from both public and nonpublic sources.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Topeka
Kansas
Lawrence Journal-World
University of Kansas
Lew Perkins
University
Athletic Corporation
Dear Annie Advice Column Highlights Barmaid Flirting Issue
A wife seeks guidance as her barmaid husband at a private club flirts openly, prompting advice to set boundaries and file a complaint if needed while noting potential consequences for the marriage. Also, a neighbor case describes a wife overmedicating her stroke-survivor husband, urging medical oversight and closer family involvement.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Annie
Priety
Tom
Nancy
Also Mentioned on This Page
Memorial
Forouni
Nita
Camelia Suleiman
Israel
Suleiman
Olehnetaks
Sebelius
Pennsylvania
Kathy Mitchell
Marcy Sugar
Wharton’s
Garden Center
Gill Sham
Garden City
Alme Ups
Ashley
Priaa
JVC
Frigidairl
Over-The
Meanwave
Fleming
This is just the beginning! Our collection holds over 300 years of history, including rare newspapers, obituaries, marriage records, birth records, and so much more—most of which you won’t find anywhere else!