New teaching standards prompt private sector involvement
Emily Seaman, a fourth grade teacher at Hillcrest School, expects major changes with the 2014 rollout of Common Core standards. She notes teachers in the Lawrence district are training hard to understand shifts in teaching and learning as standards evolve. The Lawrence Chamber of Commerce, under Greg Williams, faces questions about business engagement at City Hall amid debates over Interstate 70 development and trafficway funding.
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Supreme Court to review two Douglas County murder cases
Kansas Supreme Court will hear oral arguments this week in two Douglas County murder appeals. Shanna Friday, 41, appeals a 14.5 year sentence for second degree murder in the 2008 killing of 62 year old Jerry Deshazer at his eastern Lawrence mobile home. Jerod Buffalohead pleaded guilty to voluntary manslaughter and received five years. On Wednesday the court will hear Allen Dale Smith, convicted of felony murder and aggravated burglary in the 2005 shooting death of 77 year old Clarence David Roose near Lecompton. Price pleaded guilty to felony murder and received a life term. Smith faces issues over admission of evidence from other burglaries.
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Former Sen McGovern dies at 90 in South Dakota
George McGovern, a South Dakota Democrat who worked with former Republican Sen. Bob Dole to fight childhood hunger, died Sunday at age 90. He was photographed in Lawrence in 2003 for the opening of the Dole Institute of Politics.
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Father's letters project aids families coping with loss
Von Kopfman of Topeka started forthe survivors.org after his 21 year old son Jacob died in a work accident in August 2011. The site offers counseling, legal referrals, funeral home guidance, books and DVDs, plus a forum for sharing stories and suggesting resources. Kopfman collaborated with Psychology Today and the National Funeral Directors Association to provide trusted help and protect grieving families from questionable choices.
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Project born of fatal crash fuels prevention drive
The family of a young man killed by a drunken driver, the driver, and a police officer collaborate over two years to heal and push for measures to prevent similar crashes, aiming to turn tragedy into action.
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