Weather headline and storm outlook with hurricane note
National summary notes cool air expanding over the midsection with flash flooding gusty storms from Maine to Florida and Louisiana today. Heat persists in the West as Hurricane Allen moves to a tropical low mood on Aug 11, 1980, after making landfall on the Texas coast. Weather trivia asks who coined the phrase dog days of summer.
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Civil War on the Western Frontier Today
Local program highlights include author talk by Ronda Hassig on Jacob Rote Quantrill's Raid at 10 a.m. in Lawrence Visitor Center plus film screenings, tours, and community events across Lawrence and nearby towns with multiple venues and times.
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Vinland Fair Schedule Opens with Family Events
A busy schedule lists morning and afternoon family activities at the Vinland Fair campgrounds including horseshoe pitching, pet parade, box turtle race, livestock judging, pedal tractor pull, and lawn tractor driving. Evening highlights feature music acts, parades, a car show, block party, and local theater auditions, with numerous museum and arts exhibits and community meetings noted across Lawrence and Eudora venues.
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Markets end week with mixed gains and losses
The Dow fell to 13,207.95 while the Nasdaq rose to 3,020.86 and the S&P 500 edged higher. In commodities, corn slipped 14.5 cents to 8.09, soybeans gained 12.5 cents to 16.44, wheat fell 2.25 dollars to 8.93, and oil declined 0.49 to 92.87. Gold rose 2.60 to 1,622.80, silver fell 0.35 to 28.06, and platinum dropped 12.90 to 1,399.90.
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