Maple Leaf Festival readies for huge Baldwin City weekend
Maple Leaf Festival in Baldwin City gears up for a big weekend with a 320 booths craft show, new car show groups, and a parade. Organizers expect record crowds, aided by good weekend weather and Midland Railway train rides, with funds supporting scholarships and local services.
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Debate over Tom Sawyer core text in eighth grade curriculum
Southwest Middle School principals weigh whether Mark Twain’s Tom Sawyer should be a core eighth grade text given its racial themes and historicization. Teachers argue for teaching context while addressing student sensitivities and aligning with state history standards from 1787 to 1899.
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Trial date set in KU robbery case
Fort Leavenworth military police officer Brandon James Huggins faces two counts of aggravated robbery, conspiracy and a criminal threat for the June robbery of two Kansas University students on Memorial Drive. Co-defendant Michael Gerald pleaded guilty and awaits sentencing. Gerald gave a new statement to police, his attorney says it implicates Huggins as not involved. District Judge Paula Martin scheduled a November trial date.
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Franklin County deputy dies after illness at hospital
Deputy Russell W. Geist, 28, of the Franklin County Sheriff's Office, fell ill while on duty at 7:30 a.m. and died after 10 p.m. at Ransom Memorial Hospital. The cause was unknown. Geist, son of Ottawa PD Detective Rick Geist, joined as a corrections officer in 2005 and was promoted to deputy on September 21, 2010.
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