NPR reporter returns to hometown for Home on the Range piece
Central Heights graduate Steve Lickteig, now with NPR in Washington, returns to his alma mater to record students singing Home on the Range. He interviews former music teacher Darrell McCune and discusses the song's complex history, with the piece set to air April 15 on Morning Edition.
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Ron Bishop
Kansas
Central Heights
Darrell McCune
National Public Radio
Steve Lickteig
NPR
Washington, D.C
Ezra Sykes
KOFO
Washington
Lickteig
Dan
Mary Jane Lickteig
Home On the Range
Mr. McCune
Lebanon
Salina
Hawaii
Esykes
Old Santa Fe Hospital Demolition Underway in Ottawa
The historic Santa Fe Hospital near the Burlington Northern Santa Fe tracks is being razed after owner Ed Jukes filed for a demolition permit. Jukes, who runs National Sign Company in Ottawa, said the roof was in bad shape and he could not sell the building. The city has no plans to intervene. The hospital, opened in 1888 for railroad employees, was not on the National Historic Register and had been unused except for storage by National Sign.
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Cleon Rickel
Santa Fe Hospital
Burlington Northern Santa Fe
Ed Jukes
Jukes
Omaha
Neb
National Sign Company
Ottawa
Franklin County Historical Society
National Sign
John Merrell
Merrell
Santa Fe Railroad
Central Heights Board weighs budget cuts amid funding uncertainty
Central Heights Board of Education discussed potential cuts at a special meeting as state lawmakers debate school funding. Superintendent Mike Folks outlined enrollment trends and budget history while presenting options including personnel cuts, freezing sports expenditures, raising fees, and exploring local option budgets. The district faces a roughly 700 million shortfall with a 303 per student base aid cut proposed by the House.
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Central Heights Board of Education
Mike Folks
House Appropriations Committee
House
Central Heights
Ezra Sykes
Esykes
Ottawaherald
Garnett cancels spring cleanup due to ice storm
Garnett city officials canceled the April spring cleanup and will extend storm debris removal for a month. Crews continue picking up damaged limbs, tree debris and alleys, with Ottawa crews finishing this week. FEMA may reimburse up to 75 percent of cleanup costs, estimated at 148000 dollars, as work resumes on the new baseball complex ahead of late May opening.
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Herald News
Garnett
Garnett City
Rick Doran
Doran
Ottawa
Federal Emergency Management Agency
Ottawaherald.com
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James Lee
Ottawa Brick and Tile Company
Santa Fe Association
Lee
Randy Scott
Scot Construction Co
Santa Fe
Junction Ave
North Main
Mike
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