Mentors help students push beyond limits at local high schools
Lindsey Slater reports on Can We Talk, an after school program pairing adult mentors with black male students at Free State and Lawrence high schools. For Wilburn and Bremby the program shifted mindsets, boosting belief in graduation and potential college plans despite earlier struggles and No Child Left Behind score pressures.
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Bud Stallworth
Craig Butler
Willie Amison
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Free State
Evan Wilburn
Free State High School
Wilburn
Julien Bremby
Bremby
Can We Talk
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Smoke from Flint Hills fires stirs Kansas City air policy debate
Each spring ranchers burn Flint Hills pastures to renew grazing and curb invasive trees, but smoke drifts into the Kansas City metro, risking higher ozone readings and tougher EPA air controls. State Sen. Carolyn McGinn and Johnson County officials seek a smoke management plan to balance farming with urban air standards.
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Topeka
Flint Hills
Kansas City
Environmental Protection Agency
Cindy Kemper
Johnson County
Carolyn McGinn
R-Sedgwick
Senate Natural Resources Committee
McGinn
Rint Hills
Bubble Wrap Turns 50 Pop Icon Across Culture
Bubble Wrap, born in New Jersey in the late 1950s, celebrates 50 years as a ubiquitous stress reliever and cultural symbol. Sealed Air, makers of the cushioning, note its rise alongside electronics shipping and the internet, with fans from art museums to film and television appearances.
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N.J
Marc Chavannes
al Fielding
New Jersey
Fielding
Newark
Sealed Air
Chavannes
Wall-E
Monk
Museum of Modern Art
Apple
Saddle Brook
Former EU student seeks new trial in ex-girlfriend beating case
A former European Union student petitions for a new trial after being convicted of beating and kidnapping his ex-girlfriend. The filing outlines grounds for appeal and cites alleged legal errors and new evidence. The case remains under review by the court as prosecutors respond.
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