Shuttle tribute frames space legacy in Kansas event
Former astronaut Steve Hawley, speaking at the 2012 Leadership Kansas ceremony in Salina, reflects on the shuttle era as a museum piece yet hopeful for future American space efforts. He notes national will and funding gaps while praising NASA engineers and Kansas roots. Gov Brownback attended and highlighted the program’s networking aims.
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NASA
Washington
Leadership
Kansas
John Federico
Sam Brownback
Salina
Volunteers honored at United Way celebration gifts and praise
More than 65 individual volunteers and four groups were praised at a volunteer recognition event hosted by the United Way Roger Hill Volunteer Center. Mindrup, retiring treasurer, lauded for decades of service. Safe Kids Douglas County educates on child safety and distributes car seats and bike helmets annually.
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Roger Hill Volunteer Center
United States
Centers For Disease Control and Prevention
Safe Kids
Douglas County
Drees
Mindrup
Micki Chestnut
Roger Hill
Last of four escapees captured in Nebraska
Four inmates escaped from Ellsworth county jail and were moved to Ottawa County jail due to overcrowding. The last recaptured, Eric James, 22, was arrested in Omaha after officers stopped a suspected stolen car. Police questioned a driver. The three others were returned to Ellsworth. Carrera-Morales, 22, was captured in Russell. He was convicted of two first degree murder counts in Sedgwick County in 2007.
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Kansas County
Nebraska
Kansas Department of Corrections
Eric James
Omaha
Neb
Department
Jeremy Barclay
Kansas
Michael Pecha
Minneapolis
Kan
James
Pecha
Ellsworth
Barclay
Ottawa County
Santos Carrera-Morales
Russell
Carrera-Morales
Sedgwick County
Body on railroad tracks identified near Lawrence
Douglas County investigators on Friday identified Toby Burgess 26 of Lawrence as the man found dead Tuesday morning near railroad tracks north of Lawrence. A Union Pacific employee saw the body at 7 a.m. about a quarter mile north of Riverfront Park in North Lawrence. Cause of death was not released.
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Douglas County
Toby Burgess
Lawrence
Steve Lewis
Lewis
Burgess
Union Pacific Railroad
Riverfront Park
North
Accident at rail line under investigation
Lewis said the incident involved severe trauma likely from contact with a train. No foul play is suspected and it appears accidental. Investigators continue with Union Pacific officials to determine the exact time of the accident.
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Union Pacific
No contest plea entered for robbery in KU student case
Raymond C. Morgan, 28, of Kansas City Kansas, pleaded no contest to a conspiracy charge in the December 2010 robbery of a University of Kansas student in the Oread area. Prosecutors dropped aggravated robbery and firearm charges. Morgan faces additional prison time on Wyandotte County probation and is set for sentencing June 7.
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Kansas University
Oread
Raymond C. Morgan
Morgan
Kansas City
Kan
Wyandotte County
Lawrence
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