Evolution debate shapes Kansas science standards changes
The Kansas State Board of Education, influenced by conservatives, weighs revisions to science standards amid protests by evolution critics and calls to include intelligent design. Supporters cite the Human Genome Project boosting gene knowledge while opponents warn of politicization of science.
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Oglesby
Community Revival Center Church
Ottawa Christian Academy
Earth
State Board of Education
Kline warns court could set up benevolent dictatorship over education
Kansas Attorney General Phill Kline labeled the state Supreme Court’s potential appointment of a special master to shape new school funding as a risk of a benevolent dictatorship. He argued courts should not replace lawmakers, noting the court’s session on a plan adding 142 million dollars in annual aid and ongoing 1999 Dodge City and Salina district suit.
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Kline
Supreme Court
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Salina
Arkansas
New York
Alan Rupe
Wichita
Rupe
Dan Biles
Overland Park
State Board of Education
Police blame follow up delays in Precious Doe case
Kansas City police acknowledge they might have IDed 3 year old Erica Green earlier if they had followed up more on a 2004 tip. Capt Rich Lockhart admitted investigators could have done more after the decapitated body known as Precious Doe was found in April 2001 near a Kansas City park. The tipster said police did not take him seriously, though officials say they pursued the lead the day it arrived.
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Kansas City
Precious Doe
Rich Lockhart
Lockhart
Erica Green
Jamesetta Russell
Muskogee
Okla
Betty Brown
Erica
Kansas City Star
Birzer
Wilson
U.S
Mayaguez
Kansas City bids on NASCAR Hall of Fame site
The Kansas City bid for a NASCAR Hall of Fame would place the facility east of Kansas Speedway in Village West. The plan enlists HOK Sports Venue Event and DMCD Inc for design. officials aim for a $100 million project spanning about 100000 square feet. Details remain secret until NASCAR officials review the proposals.
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Kansas City, Mo
HOK Sports Venue Event
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Nascar
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McCurdy to Help Hire Successor After Resignation
McCurdy announced his resignation but offered to assist in hiring his successor. Commission Chair Don Stottemire will coordinate with County Administrator Ron Henrickson to oversee new hires. Ed Taylor commended McCurdy and highlighted April awards for Franklin County Ambulance Service and Paramedic Vicki Robbins from the Kansas EMT Association.
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Don Stottlemire
McCurdy
Ron Henrickson
Ed Taylor
Kansas Emergency Medical Technicians Association
Franklin County Ambulance Service
Vicki Robbins
Mayaguez Crisis Veteran Remembers Navy Action
Navy veteran Birzer recalls the 1975 Mayaguez rescue, detailing how the Wilson and Holt fought Khmer Rouge forces near Kho Tang, with Marines evacuated amid heavy fire. He notes calculated errors, night helicopter losses, and a final assessment that the United States “got the job done.”
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Mayaguez
Kho Tang
Khmer Rouge
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