National Historic Places nominees from Kansas announced
Ten sites nominated by the Kansas Historical Society join the National Register including part of the University of Kansas Lawrence campus and routes along the Oregon and California trails, two Kansas City Kansas railway linked buildings, a rural Douglas County school, Humboldt City Square Park Bandstand, and a Manhattan youth cabin built during the Great Depression.
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Topeka
Kansas Historical Society
University of Kansas
Lawrence
Oregon
California
Kansas
Kansas City
Kan
Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe
Douglas County
City Square Park
Humboldt
Manhattan
Board closes school as three trustees resign in Kansas district
In Unified School District 247 covering Crawford and Cherokee counties, the board voted to close the McCune elementary school after three members resigned following a lengthy dispute. The district buses kindergartners, thirds, and fifth graders to Weir and Cherokee, while 39 students remain enrolled in grades one, two, and four. Separately, 90-year-old Louis Nicoletti of Columbus died after being struck by a car following a deer collision on U S 160 three miles east of Columbus.
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Kansas
The
Unified School District 247
Crawford
Cherokee Counties
McCune
Cherokee County Sheriff's Department
Louis Nicoletti
Columbus
U.S. 160
Freeman Hospital
Joplin
Nicoletti
Kansas unemployment ticks down as October rate 5.6
The seasonally adjusted state unemployment rate eased to 5.6 percent in October from 5.7 percent in September, with Kansas adding 3,400 nonfarm jobs and private sector gains of 3,400, per the Kansas Department of Labor. Fort Hays State University begins a search for a new president as Ed Hammond retires in June 2014 after 27 years, chaired by Denis Miller of the FHSU Foundation with board appointees and faculty and student input.
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Kansas Department of Labor
Kansas
Lana Gordon
Attacks Hint at Knockout Game Surge in U S
Reports from New York New Jersey and Washington describe random punches that left victims injured or dead as police investigate a possible link to the knockout game. Psychologists say the impulsive aim is to impress peers with a dangerous thrill and note the trend has caused recent spikes in assaults.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jeffrey Butts
John Jay College of Criminal Justice
New York City
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National Historic Places
Washington, D.C
Weir and
Cherokee
Col_umBus
FSHA
Illinois
Pat Quinn
University of Illinois Chicago
Charles Rex Arbogast
AP Photo
New York
Washington
Jersey City
Enis
Calvin Kle
Ellen Trax
London Fog
Lancome
Caver S
Elas
Caver Ky
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