Operation Home Run supports diamond diplomacy for troops
Wichita area effort mobilizes gear drives and endorsements to send baseball equipment to troops in Kuwait. Legislator Todd Tiahrt and Major League Baseball back the project, aiming to boost morale and teach kids in the Persian Gulf to play ball. Local fans, Scouts, veterans groups, and the Kansas National Guard join in collecting bats, gloves, and balls for a yearlong quality of life initiative.
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Wicurra
Marc Knowles
Kuwait
Wichita
Steve Knowles
Kansastheinsiders
Kansas Jayhawk
Greater
Wichita Area
R-Kan
Johnny Bench
Persian Gulf
Tim Daniel
Coleman Co
Sports Commission Board
Wichita Eagle
Knowles
Bob Hanson
Commission
Tiahrt
United States
Veterans of Foreign Wars
Wyoming
California
Lawrence-Dumont Stadium
Hanson
Kingman
Kansas Air National Guard
Army National Guard
Daniel
Franklin Rebuilds Hope After Tornado Devastation
Franklin Kansas residents spearhead the Franklin Forever effort to rebuild after the May tornado leveled the post office and community center, halved homes, and left about 500 residents. Leaders like John Houck push plans for a 4500 square foot replacement, a $2 million sewer project, and potential elderly housing to restore the town’s identity.
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Franklin
Kansas
Franklin Forever Movement
Phyllis Bitner
Crawford County
Veda Maxwell
Chicago
Pittsburg
Catherine Lovelady
Lovelady
Daily News
Houck
Richard Watkins
Postal Service
Mid-America
Kansas City
Franklin Civic Center
Bitner
Eitner
Hank Pichler
Pichler
John Houck
Nebraska sixth grader finds state's first freshwater jellyfish
Grand Island 11 year old Alex Fegley spotted a translucent creature in a private pond on Sept 7. After a jar was brought and verification by jellyfish experts, Nebraska marks its first freshwater jellyfish discovery. Officials plan to observe the pond for winter survival and document the find in the state record.
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Nebraska
Grand Island
Neb
Alex Fegley
Walnut
Alaska
Alex
Jodi Fegley
Fegley
Fepley
Game and Parks Commission Fisheries Division
Kearney
Terry Peard
Indiana University
Pennsylvania
United States
North
South Dakota
Wyoming
Montana
Michael Fritz
Natural Heritage
Nebraska Game and Parks Commission
Fritz
Lincoln
University of Nebraska Museum
Game and Parks Commission
Brazil
Amazon
Deputy’s 2004 crash ties to 2002 chase fatalities in Barton County
A Great Bend man, Brian Frenzl, 40, died September 1 when his motorcycle hit patrol car driven by Barton County deputy David Paden on Kansas 281 during a U turn. Investigators review the case as the deputy links to a 2002 chase that killed 16-year-old Adam Mayers.
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Great Bend
Barton County
Brian Frenzl
David Paden
Kansas
Kansas Highway Patrol
Paden
Casey Hubbard
Barton County Attorney’s Office
Missouri river reservoirs hit record low August levels
U S Army Corps reports six Missouri River reservoirs hold 42.9 million acre feet at August end, a record low. August runoff 18.5 million acre feet, below normal. Upper reservoirs expected to drop 1 to 3 feet in September with Lake Oahe at 22 feet below normal, Sakakawea 18 feet, Fort Peck 25 feet. In Kansas City Kansas, an elementary school teacher, Joseph T. Martin Jr., 46, faces charges over alleged child pornography found on a work computer at Whittier Elementary. Martin taught computer classes since 1996. district suspended him and alerted police.
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Missouri River
U.S. Army Corps of Engineers
Sioux City
Iowa
Lake Oahe
Lake Sakakawea
Fort Peck
Joseph T. Martin Jr
Olathe
Whittier
Kansas City
Kan
Martin
Linda Murray
Murray
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