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Dr. Rod Barnes of Lawrence Family Medicine and Obstetrics talks about returning to his practice after spending the last 23 months undergoing and recovering from chemotherapy and a successful bone marrow transplant for treating leukemia. Watch »
Video: Bookbinding Workshop
Participants learned how to create homemade books during a bookbinding workshop at KU's Watson Library Saturday, Jan. 28, 2012. Watch »
Video: Elvis Lives Flash Mob
Kansas University students and members of the Lied Center Student Association break out into dance to a string of Elvis songs during a flash mob Tuesday, Jan. 31, 2012 in an Economics class at Budig Hall. Watch »
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Exonerated, but still not free
Joe Jones was the first person in the state to be exonerated of a crime by DNA evidence, but life after prison has been difficult.
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- Flory dairy farm selling equipment, taking on different work after 60 years
- February 12, 2012
- The Flory dairy farm — you may have seen it atop its hill above Lone Star Lake — is having an auction March 7. Selling its herd. Selling its milking equipment. Closing the book on more than 60 years of Florys milking cattle in Douglas County.
- Kansas officials eye disaster relief fund
- February 11, 2012
- Kansas legislators are modifying a proposal from Republican Gov. Sam Brownback’s administration to establish a fund to cover the state’s share of federally declared disasters.
- Brownback initiatives have problems, legislative leaders say
- February 10, 2012
- Leaders from both political parties on Friday said Gov. Sam Brownback’s legislative initiatives, including overhauling the state tax code and school finance system, had problems.
- Kansas House GOP issues tax plan
- February 10, 2012
- House Republican leaders are proposing a plan to cut Kansas income taxes, removing one key objection to an earlier proposal from Gov. Sam Brownback.
- Topeka bank officer charged with $2.8 million fraud
- February 10, 2012
- A former vice president of Heritage Bank in Topeka has been charged with bank fraud for allegedly falsifying loan applications from otherwise unqualified buyers who were purchasing real estate from her as the seller.
- Kansas Supreme Court affirms verdict in teen’s death
- February 10, 2012
- The state’s highest court upheld the capital murder and aggravated kidnapping convictions of a Wichita man who was paid to kill a pregnant 14-year-old girl.
- Congressman asks for delay in Eisenhower Memorial
- February 10, 2012
- Virginia Rep. Frank Wolf is asking a federal panel to reject architect Frank Gehry’s design for a memorial honoring President Dwight D. Eisenhower in Washington.
- Court finds Kansan competent for trial on Obama threats
- February 10, 2012
- A federal judge has found a Kansas man competent to stand trial on charges of threatening the president of the United States.
- Employee groups oppose proposed KPERS changes
- February 10, 2012
- Representatives of numerous government employee groups on Thursday urged legislators to reject a move to replace the current public pension system with a 401(k)-type plan.
- Kansas House chair removes teacher rating measure
- February 9, 2012
- A proposal from Gov. Sam Brownback to post teacher evaluations on school district websites was removed Thursday from a House education bill after it sparked outrage.
- Grocer faces sentencing in food stamp scam
- February 9, 2012
- The owner of a Kansas grocery store is pleading with a federal judge to spare him from prison for his role in a food stamp scam targeting poor people willing to sell their government benefits for cash.
- Teachers deliver pension petitions to Capitol
- February 9, 2012
- Teachers from Kansas City-area school districts have delivered petitions on pension issues signed by more than 6,400 school employees to the Statehouse.
- Judge sets trial date in abortion threat case
- February 9, 2012
- A judge has set a trial date in the government’s lawsuit against an abortion opponent accused of sending a threatening letter to a Wichita doctor training to offer abortions.
- Kansas woman delivers baby after hit-and-run crash
- February 9, 2012
- A northeast Kansas woman injured after a hit-and-run crash involving a tractor-trailer has delivered a healthy baby girl.
- KU Chancellor discusses race relations at Fort Leavenworth Black History Month event
- February 9, 2012
- While serving in conflicts abroad, the U.S. military has been on the front lines of a historic battle at home, said Kansas University Chancellor Bernadette Gray-Little: African-Americans’ fight for civil rights.
- Tonganoxie man injured in a one-vehicle accident near Basehor
- February 9, 2012
- A 78-year-old Tonganoxie man was injured Wednesday in a one-vehicle accident about three miles north of Basehor, according to the Kansas Highway Patrol.
- Public broadcasting dealt setback in House Appropriations Committee
- February 9, 2012
- The motion to remove the funding request deadlocked 10-10 and then Appropriations Chairman Rep. Marc Rhoades, R-Newton, broke the tie and voted to kill the funds.
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