Kemper Teaching Awards Final Year Debated
The Kemper Fellowships for Teaching Excellence began in 1996 and ended in 2011 after awarding about 300 faculty with cash gifts totaling 1.55 million dollars funded by the Kemper Foundation and KU Endowment. In 2012 Chancellor Bernadette Gray-Little acknowledged the foundation’s support and noted the awards were not permanent.
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Kemper Foundation
KU Endowment
Kansas University
Bernadette Gray-Little
On the Street On the Street
Meagan Thomas compiles a brief street scene column detailing everyday life and observations from local avenues. The piece captures ordinary interactions, storefronts, and urban rhythms in a concise snapshot of city sidewalks.
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Massachusetts Street shoppers are asked for money saving tricks in a CheckOut feature. The prompt invites readers to share tips and directs to LJWorld.com for the full story.
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Suspect sought after attempted mugging in Lawrence
Lawrence police are seeking a black male about 5 feet 7 to 5 feet 8 inches tall after an unidentified man assaulted a Kansas University student in the 1200 block of Ohio Street near 12th and Kentucky. The Saturday night incident around 10 pm involved a shove and a fake gun, with the suspect fleeing without the purse.
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Ohio Street
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12Th
Kentucky
Trent McKinley
Births in Lawrence and Leavenworth Entries
Araceli Pinedo and Rafael Perez welcome a girl in Lawrence on Wednesday. Jake Long and Maritza Long announce a boy in Lawrence on Wednesday. Kenneth Mack and Morgan Mack welcome a boy in Leavenworth. Cynthia Davis and Kurt Davis announce a girl in Lawrence. Jacob Newell and Anna Newell welcome a boy in Lawrence.
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Rafael Perez
Lawrence
Jake
Maritza Long
Kenneth and
Morgan
Mack
Leavenworth
Cynthia and
Kurt Davis
Jacob and
Anna Newell
Manning seeks presidential pardon for WikiLeaks leak
Army Private Chelsea Manning seeking a presidential pardon for sending hundreds of thousands of classified U.S. records to WikiLeaks. The filing was sent to President Obama and to Army Secretary McHugh. Manning remains at Fort Leavenworth after a 2010 conviction that drew the longest sentence for such leaks.
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White House
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Kan
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Kansas Hard 50 penalty law passed in 1994 debate
The 1994 Kansas measure reinstated a Hard 50 sentence for heinous murders with aggravating factors, applying to about 45 cases on trial or appeal. It limits mitigating factors, aims to deter repeat killers, and excludes 106 previously sentenced defendants awaiting appeals. Governor Brownback urged quick implementation to protect victims’ families.
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Sider
Derek Schmidt
Schmidt
Brownback
Senate
Randall Hodgkinson
Sen. Smith
Edwin Hall
Smith
Kansas corn crop lags with only four percent matured
National Agricultural Statistics Service reports slow maturation in Kansas corn with 4 percent mature versus 60 percent a year ago and 33 percent typical by early September. Soybeans set 83 percent, sorghum 30 percent turning color. corn condition rated 30 percent poor to very poor and 31 percent fair.
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Wichista
National Agricultural Statistics Service
Kansas
Transgender Education Conference Opens at Bert Nash Center
The Kansas Statewide Transgender Education Project K STEP hosts a conference starting at 6 30 p m Friday at the Bert Nash Community Mental Health Center Executive director Stephanie Mott will deliver opening remarks and a workshop on creating safe spaces for attendees
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Kansas
Bert Nash Community Mental Health Center
Stephanie Mott
K-Step
Sexual predator sentenced to 10 years in prison
A 39 year old Kansas man, Mark D Brull, was sentenced to 10 years after pleading guilty to transferring obscene materials to a minor. Brull, confined as a sexual predator at Larned State Hospital, allegedly gave passwords to co defendant Ryan Dancosse who uploaded pornographic images to Brulls accounts. He began contacting the teen via phone and email in 2011.
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Kansas
Larned State Hospital
Mark D. Brull
Brull
Ryan Dancosse
Dancosse
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