Mother seeks custody as plea caps case in abuse saga
Deborah Gomez pleads no contest to endangerment charges tied to her husband Adolfo Gomez after prosecutors dismiss related counts and seek one year probation. She hopes to regain custody of five children ages 5, 7, 12, 13 and 15, who remain in protective care.
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Lawrence
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MLK Day Gospel Fest Choir to Lead Community Event
MLK and Randy Fears will direct a free open choir at Lawrence Free Methodist Church for all ages, with separate practice times for K-5 and sixth grade to adults. Anita Martin notes hundreds attend yearly and expects about 500 this year as the festival promotes unity in Christ and racial reconciliation.
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Kansas University
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Comfort Lane
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Strong Hall
Bernadette Gray-Little
Kansas Union
Union
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International Gospel Voices Choir
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Office of Multicultural Affairs
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New York St
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Wallace Hartsfield
Metropolitan Missionary Baptist Church
Kansas City
Baker University
Clarice L. Osborne
Sixth St
Baldwin City
Hartsfield
Missouri Walk of Fame
Missouri
Brownback seeks to end mortgage deduction in Kansas budget plan
Kansas Governor Sam Brownback plans to phase in new income tax cuts through 2017 while proposing to end the mortgage interest deduction to raise 541 million for fiscal year starting July. He would maintain current sales tax, boost per pupil aid slightly, and aim to close a 267 million gap despite school funding criticism from Democrats and liberal Republicans.
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Steve Anderson
Brownback proposes help in KU medical education building
Kansas Governor Sam Brownback funds and plans for a new 75 million medical education building at KU Medical Center in Kansas City. The budget provides 35 million in bonding authority and 10 million state money over two years with 15 million redirected to general funds. KU aims to train more physicians, with 50 additional doctors educated annually, supported by private and university investments.
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Kansas
Bernadette Gray-Little
Gray-Little
Brown
Kansas lawmakers face school funding gaps after tax cuts
Kansas lawmakers debate a Brownback budget aimed at preserving 6.3 percent sales tax and delaying cuts, with about 5.5 billion in projected revenue and 6.2 billion in current spending. The plan shifts nearly 100 million from KDOT to cover school transportation costs while casino revenues would fund teacher pensions. A three judge panel had ordered base aid up from 3838 to 4452 per pupil, about 440 million more. Lawrence superintendent Rick Doll calls higher base aid the key need.
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Brownback
Kansas Department of Trans
Steve Anderson
KDOT
Lawrence
Rick Doll
Roller Warriors invite: Strafuss joins home team Vixens
Mary Strafuss, a single mother and Nazdar SourceOne product manager, makes the Victory Vixens roster after intense tryouts for Kansas City Roller Warriors. She aims for four years on a home team, skates with Meara Roach and Abby Normal, and embraces a new life in roller derby despite fear and new normals.
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Kansas City Roller Warriors
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Roller Warriors
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Shawnee
Meara
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Quixotic School of Performing Arts
National Circus School
Montreal
Kansas City Bomber
Raquel Welch
Abby Normal
Stratus Fear
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