KU Class of 57 Plans Golden Weekend Reunion
KU alumni from the class of 1957, including Robbie Hinds Kitzmiller and Pat Ellis Perry, reunite in New Cumberland and Long Island for a campus tour during KU’s golden anniversary weekend. Kathlene Keck Meyer also joins the event, celebrating nearly fifty years since graduation with fellow Independence and Perry residents participating.
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Robbie Hinds
Kitzmiller
New Cumberland
Pat Ellis Perry
Long Island
Kansas University
Kitzmiller Perry
Kathlene Keck Meyer
Independence
Center
KU Class of 1957 Golden Reunion Brings Memories Back
Kansas University alumni from the Class of 1957 gather for a weekend golden reunion at the Adams Alumni Center with tours, a luncheon, and 50 year pins. Memories stretch from Wilt Chamberlain to Louis Armstrong and the push for Bermuda shorts.
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Wilt Chamberlain
Kansas University
Adams
Chamberlain
Gamma Phi
Jayne Callahan Brooks
Gates Mills
Ohio
Jane Jackson Pronko
Prairie Village
Dave Brubeck
Joan Ryan Bail
Shawnee Mission
Budget proviso on KU Hospital affiliation with St Luke's
Gov. Kathleen Sebelius faces a $12.3 billion budget bill with a proviso limiting KU Hospital from final say on an affiliation with St. Luke's Hospital in Kansas City Missouri. KU Med Center seeks the deal for cancer status and research. critics fear tax dollars leaving Kansas. Regents and seven senators urge veto. Sebelius to act Monday.
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Topeka
Kathleen Sebelius
Kansas University Hospital
KU Medical Center
KU Hospital
KUMC
St. Luke's Hospital
Kansas City
Sebelius
Nicole Corcoran
St. Luke's
National Cancer Institute
Kansas
Missouri
Melvin Neufeld
Rengalls
Kansas Board of Regents
Topekan guilty in downtown murder
A 20 year old Topeka man, Rashawn T. Anderson, was found guilty of second degree murder and aggravated battery for the February 2006 downtown Lawrence shooting outside the Granada that killed 46 year old Robert Earl Williams and injured Pierre Burnette. The jury rejected first degree murder, delivering a verdict after more than three hours of deliberation. Coleman, Williams' widow, expressed gratitude that justice was served.
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Lawrence
Robert Earl Williams
LaTunig Coleman
Williams
Rashawn T. Anderson
Douglas County
Paula Martin
Pierre Burnette
Kansas City
Kan
Granada
Mass
Coleman
Anderson
Suspect charged with 3 felonies in bomb scare
Michael Parker, 46, faces three counts of aggravated criminal threat after a bomb scare disrupted local schools and City Hall. Parker appeared before Judge Stephen Six as prosecutors detailed multiple threats to three evacuated sites: Children’s Learning Center, Bishop Seabury Academy, and John Dewey Learning Academy in Lecompton.
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Stephen Six
Tle
Brenda Clary
Parker
Children’s Learning Center
N. Mich
Bishop Seabury Academy
Clinton Park Way
John Dewey Learning Academy
Lecompton
Clary
Perry Lecompton school searched tensions case
A tension filled case unfolds in the Lawrence area as authorities search the Perry Lecompton school. Page 7A coverage details the developing story and local responses from officials and residents.
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Lawrence
Area
Coming Sunday Look at Car Break-Ins Rise in Break-Ins
An in-depth look examines where car break-ins are most common and how residents can protect vehicles. Officials warn of patterns in opportunistic thefts and provide practical security steps for drivers and neighborhoods.
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