Heritage area expands Bleeding Kansas to Missouri frontier
Barker described a historical heritage area spanning Franklin County and 28 eastern Kansas and western Missouri counties. A National Park Service managed plan will guide development, with a $10 million grants fund for museums and sites. The project aims to attract diverse tourists with maps, signs, and partnerships, broadening to Lewis and Clark and broader frontier history.
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Franklin County
Kansas
Missouri
Ottawa
National Park Service
National Parks Service
East Coast
Old Midwest
John Brown
Territorial
Kan
Congress
Tarker
Rich heritage sites eyed for county history trail
Historian Barker highlights a heritage area spanning the Pottawatomie Massacre site near Lane and the Fort Scott Road California Trail in eastern Franklin County. She notes private owners including Ottawa University may open sites for visitors and envisions a local group to manage development with a $10 million grant fund for new sites.
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Lane
John Brown
Brown
Fort Scott Road
California
Franklin County
Kansas
Barker
Santa Fe
Oregon
Douglas County
Brown Station
California Springs
Tony Jones
Ottawa
Ottawa University
Colorado
Meeker
Historical Society
Food aid forum highlights hunger and policy across nations
The conference covered U S food policy abroad and domestic hunger in Kansas with a focus on relief needs amid violence. Senators Moran and Boyda urged bipartisan action to maintain food stamps as Kansas reports growing program enrollment and families relying on aid.
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U.S
Moran
Topeka
Forum
United States
Kansas
Bob Dole
Dole
Boyda
Kwaneka Bennett
Bennett
Kansas Action For Children
Gary Brunk
Early voting bill stalls over voter ID provisions
Lawmakers may revisit a contested early voting measure after spring break as it remains in conference. Opponents complain the package includes citizenship proof and photo ID rules, linking voting access to controversial topics and hampering turnout in rural counties with consolidated polling sites.
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Ron Thornburgh
Borton
Senate
Elections Committee
Tim Huelskamp
R-Fowler
House
Huelskamp
House Elections
Mike Burgess
R-Topeka
Kathleen Sebelius
Saline County
Don Merriman
Merriman
Salina
Central Mall
Blades of Glory tops Easter box office with 23 million
Paramount and DreamWorks comedy Blades of Glory held the No 1 spot over Easter weekend with 23 million in U S and Canadian theaters. Meet the Robinsons followed with 17 million, while Grindhouse opened at No 4 with 11.6 million as audiences favored light fare over Tarantino-Rodriguez's double feature.
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Los Angeles
Quentin Tarantino
Robert Rodriguez
Grindhouse
Paramount
DreamWorks
Disney
Tarantino
Rodriguez
Will Ferrell
Jon Heder
Marvin Levy
U.S
Canadian
Media By Numbers LLC
The
Robinsons
TMNT
Imus apologizes again amid Rutgers remarks controversy
Don Imus, amid protests, defends himself as a good person who said a bad thing and vows to curb his acid tongue after criticizers blasted him for calling the Rutgers women’s team “nappy-headed hos.” He notes his Imus Ranch work and says he knows African Americans.
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Don Imus
Rutgers University
Tmus
Imus Ranch
Ribera
N.M
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