KU Bioscience Center drives growth as Lawrence seeks more jobs
Inside the year ahead of business, KU s Bioscience and Technology Business Center shows robust growth while Lawrence needs more jobs to boost the local economy. Leaders study Manhattan s National Bio and Agro Defense Facility and Topeka s Mars chocolate factory and Bimbo Bakeries USA for ideas.
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Lawrence
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Topeka
National Bio and Agro-Defense
Mars Chocolate Factory
Bimbo Bakeries USA
Capital City
Zenger marks first anniversary at KU athletic dept
Kansas University's athletic director Sheahon Zenger marks one year in charge amid conference realignment, a ticket scandal fallout, a fired and a hired football coach, and organizational changes as KU navigates a busy inaugural year.
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Sheahon Zenger
Kansas University
Zenger
Iowa voters weigh choices on eve of caucuses
Quotable Lila Reynolds a 44 year old undecided voter in Iowa says it is hard to describe what she seeks but you know it when you see it. Many voters remain undecided as the Republican caucuses approach on the eve of the event in Iowa.
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Lila Reynolds
Iowa
City Commission Meeting Tonight Highlights
Tonight's City Commission session delivers updates on key local issues. Officials discuss budget adjustments and community projects with briefs from city departments and public comment expected.
Family ties run six generations of KU Jayhawks
Cate Dyer, KU freshman, becomes the first sixth generation Jayhawk honored by the KU Alumni Association tracing KU roots to 1880. Her lineage includes great-great grandfather Franklin Biffle and ancestors with engineering, architecture, and medical degrees from KU and KU Medical Center.
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Kevin Anderson
Journal
Kansas University
David Dyer
Cate Dyer
Jim Barrow
Cate
Blue Valley West High School
Stilwell
Dyer
Franklin Biffle
Edgar Henry Summerfield Bailey
Biffle
KU Medical Center
University of California Santa Barbara
Barrow
California
David
University of Texas
Group seeks extension on elementary consolidation report
Lawrence advisory panel on Central and East Lawrence Elementary School Consolidation asks for more time to study options. The seven members plan to present a formal extension request to the school board, aiming to avoid rushed conclusions while narrowing six schools to three or four within two years.
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Lawrence School Board
Central and
East Lawrence
Josh Davis
New York
Cordley
Hillcrest
Kennedy
Pinckney
Sunset Hill
Bob Byers
Keith Diaz Moore
Brownback backs Perry in Iowa caucus push
Gov. Sam Brownback campaigns for Texas Gov. Rick Perry in Iowa, a longtime supporter who endorsed Perry after an August Houston prayer rally. He was set to appear at a Perry rally in Perry, Iowa, and planned to stay in Iowa to speak at a caucus event.
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Topeka
Sam Brownback
Texas
Rick Perry
Iowa
Brownback
Perry
Houston
Topeka Capital Journal
Injured snowy owl drawn by onlookers at post office lot
About a dozen people photographed an injured snowy owl Monday in the Jayhawk Station post office parking lot as Operation WildLife arrived. Darrell Huff told how he saw the bird fall and hit the concrete, possibly hitting power lines. OWL, a nonprofit, provides wildlife rehabilitation and education, relying on donations and volunteers with a 69 percent release rate.
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W. 31St St
WildLife
Darrell Huff
Lawrence
Margaret Uhler
Bill
Police Department
Linwood
Margaret
Operation WildLife
OWL
Kansas
Missouri
Owl-Online
Guthrie Road
Mike Yoder
Journal-World Photo
Gary Crain
Overland Park
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