The cross-town football rivalry hits close to home for the Hofer brothers, Shane Hofer, left, a sophomore on the Free State High School squad, and Drake Hofer, a senior standout at Lawrence High School. The game will be played tonight at LHS. Both teams are 7-1 this year. Free State leads the series, 8-7.

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Senior Kevin Young has his photograph taken with fans at Ladies Night Out with Bill Self in Allen Fieldhouse Wednesday evening, Oct. 24, 2012. Women got a chance to run drills, get their photographs taken with and receive one-on-one instruction in basketball from members of the Kansas University men's basketball team and staff.

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KU freshman Rio Adams instructs Heidi Fowler, Lawrence, with a cross-over dribble during Ladies Night Out with Bill Self in Allen Fieldhouse Wednesday evening, Oct. 24, 2012. Women got a chance to run drills, get their photographs taken with and receive one-on-one instruction in basketball from members of the Kansas University men's basketball team and staff.

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KU men's basketball team freshman sing happy birthday to Macey Frost, 12, Baldwin City, who attended Ladies Night Out with Bill Self Wednesday evening, Oct. 24, 2012. Women got a chance to run drills, get their photographs taken with and receive one-on-one instruction in basketball from members of the Kansas University men's basketball team and staff at the event. From left are Andrew White, Rio Adams, Perry Ellis, Landon Lucas, Evan Manning, Tyler Self and Zach Peters.

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KU men's basketball coach Bill Self stands behind his son Tyler Self, a freshman on the team, as Tyler answers a question from the crowd during Ladies Night Out with Bill Self in Allen Fieldhouse Wednesday evening, Oct. 24, 2012. Women got a chance to run drills, get their photographs taken with and receive one-on-one instruction in basketball from members of the Kansas University men's basketball team and staff.

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KU men's basketball coach Bill Self introduces the KU team to a crowd of women for Ladies Night Out with Bill Self in Allen Fieldhouse Wednesday evening, Oct. 24, 2012. Women got a chance to run drills, get their photographs taken with and receive one-on-one instruction in basketball from members of the Kansas University men's basketball team and staff.

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KU freshman Landon Lucas signs his autograph to a sweatshirt worn by Judy Blankenship, Shawnee, during Ladies Night Out with Bill Self in Allen Fieldhouse Wednesday evening, Oct. 24, 2012. Women got a chance to run drills, get their photographs taken with and receive one-on-one instruction in basketball from members of the Kansas University men's basketball team and staff.

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Senior Elijah Johnson, (15) has a photograph taken with women attending Ladies Night Out with Bill Self in Allen Fieldhouse Wednesday evening, Oct. 24, 2012. Women got a chance to run drills, get their photographs taken with and receive one-on-one instruction in basketball from members of the Kansas University men's basketball team and staff.

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KU freshman Zach Peters, left, prepares to guard Donna Largent, Pleasanton, MO., during Ladies Night Out with Bill Self in Allen Fieldhouse Wednesday evening, Oct. 24, 2012. Women got a chance to run drills, get their photographs taken with and receive one-on-one instruction in basketball from members of the Kansas University men's basketball team and staff.

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Women got a chance to ask questions of the KU men's basketball team, ran drills, got their photographs taken with and received one-on-one instruction in basketball from members of the Kansas University men's basketball team and staff in Allen Fieldhouse Wednesday evening, Oct. 24, 2012.

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Participants at the Ladies Night Out with Bill Self enjoy listening to KU players answer questions from the crowd during the event in Allen Fieldhouse Wednesday evening, Oct. 24, 2012.

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KU men's basketball coach Bill Self welcomes a crowd of women to Ladies Night Out with Bill Self in Allen Fieldhouse Wednesday evening, Oct. 24, 2012. Women got a chance to run drills, get their photographs taken with and receive one-on-one instruction in basketball from members of the Kansas University men's basketball team and staff.

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KU men's basketball coach Bill Self introduces his team to a crowd of women at Ladies Night Out with Bill Self in Allen Fieldhouse Wednesday evening, Oct. 24, 2012. Women got a chance to run drills, get their photographs taken with and receive one-on-one instruction in basketball from members of the Kansas University men's basketball team and staff.

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Ryan Leibold, 13, left, Carolyn Weiler, 15, top left, and Maria Matamoros, 10, are the Lawrence Journal-World scary story winners.

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Congressman Kevin Yoder talks with Kansas University Libraries Dean Lorraine Haricombe on Wednesday at KU’s Watson Library.

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A student in the Style Rookies class at Lawrence Arts Center, 940 New Hampshire, sews an item for her wardrobe.

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Westbound traffic on 23rd Street between Haskell Avenue and Barker Avenue travels on the new bridge Wednesday, Oct. 24, 2012. During construction of the bridge, 23rd Street traffic had been moved onto shoo-fly detours. Two westbound lanes and one eastbound lane are now open on the bridge. Crews soon will begin to remove the shoo-flies and complete work on frontage roads on each side of the bridge. This view is from the west end of the bridge looking east on 23rd Street toward Haskell Avenue.

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Kansas Secretary of Agriculture Dale Rodman dips into the salad bar as he and other members of the Kansas Department of Agriculture prepare for a lunch made with locally grown produce Wednesday at Eudora High School. At left is Nancy O’Connor, director of education and outreach at The Merc in Lawrence, 901 Iowa.

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Allen Jaskiewicz, of Dale Willey Automotive, presents Sondy Sloan with a 46-inch Samsung television and Blu-Ray player. Sloan purchased the winning raffle ticket from the Baldwin High School cheer squad. The raffle was put on by the Kansas City Area Chevrolet Youth Baseball and Dale Willey Automotive.