New book broadens story of border war origins
Author Sara Shepherd reports on a forthcoming book by Jonathan Earle and Diane Matti Burke. Contributors gathered first at Kansas University and then at the Kansas City Public Library Plaza Branch in Missouri, as the project traces the Civil War border. Please see BORDER, page 4A.
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Bleeding Kansas Bleeding Missouri on Border Author Talk
Copies of Bleeding Kansas Bleeding Missouri will be for sale at a 7 p.m. Tuesday author talk and book signing at the Carnegie Building 200 W Ninth St. The book also will be available at the Raven and the KU Bookstore online at kansaspress. ku.edu and amazon.com.
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Parish fundraising grows St John Catholic School to bigger campus
Principal Pat Newton walked older classrooms to a new science lab as St. John Catholic School expands with a 2.25 million addition at 1208 Kentucky St. The southern expansion adds classrooms a library and a community room enabling eighth grade this fall and a shift to a K-8 model after district changes in 2010. The campaign began in 2010 with fundraisers and pledges led by Samantha Romero.
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Nick Krug
Journal-World Photo
Terri Broadwell
Molly Green
Pat Johnson
Edie Willhite
Mike Scully
Saint John
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Scully
Jeff Ernst
Pat Newton
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Regents prioritize funding and health ed building plan
Kansas Board of Regents at Valley Falls retreat named restoring public universities funding and securing state support for a 75 million health education building at the Kansas University Medical Center as top priorities for the 2014 legislative session. Chairman Fred Logan said the board will vote next month. Chancellor Bernadette Gray-Little welcomed the continued backing.
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Regents
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Leawood
Valley Falls
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