Storm Shortens Wakarusa Festival in Kansas
A severe storm forced an early end to the opening day at the Wakarusa Music and Camping Festival in Clinton State Park, Lawrence. Festival organizers and Douglas County authorities urged shelter as attendees secured tents and cars, with no major damage reported and some travelers seeking town shelter.
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John Henry
Journal-World Photo
Adam Gross
Topeka
Paul and
Chrissie
Wakarusa
Lawrence
Kansas
Clinton State Park
Douglas County
Tasha Riggins
Dick Schaeffer
Belton
Lawrence-Douglas
Maloney
National Weather Service
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LJWorld.com offers Wak coverage with blogs posts videos and chats. The site promotes Wak Talk a live updating blog featuring stories photos and videos for readers to explore throughout the day.
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Tornadoes hit Kansas Missouri as circus elephants flee
Strong storms spawned tornadoes across Kansas and Missouri injuring no one, but causing roof, grain bin and building damage. A WaKeeney circus moved to safety after two elephants escaped. one blocked in a backyard and the other tranquilized and returned to the truck.
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Wichita
Kansas
Missouri
WaKeeney
Richard Schneider
Trego County Fairgrounds
Schneider
Collyer
National Weather Service
Kansas City
Midwest
Pawnee
St. Joseph
Way
Dan Bloom
Quality Assurance
Bloom
NWS
Atchison County
Missouri River
Weather Service
Clay County
Fort Irwin trains troops with lifelike war zone set
At Fort Irwin California soldiers rehearse in desert conditions mirroring Iraq. A cast of hundreds including Hollywood effects experts and Iraqi expatriates populate Potemkin villages built by the Army to simulate battle environment.
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Fort Irwin
Calif
Iraq
Potemkin
U.S
Brandon Hamilton
Johnson County sales tax plan funds research across KU and KSU
Johnson County voters on November 4 will decide a sales tax increase of one eighth of a cent to support research programs at KU Edwards Campus KU Medical Center's northeast Johnson County location and Kansas State University's Olathe campus. If approved, an Education Research Triangle Authority would oversee $15 million in initial funding split evenly among sites and appoint a seven member board with appointments by KU KU governor Regents and others.
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Johnson County
Kansas University
Johnson County Board of Commissioners
Johnson County Education Research Triangle Authority
KU Edwards
KU Medical Center
Kansas State University
Olathe
David Adkins
Adkins
John Toplikar
Toplikar
Research Authority Board
Kansas Board of Regents
Johnson County Commission
Johnson County Community College Board of Trustees
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