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Meagan Thomas (Reporting intern)
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- Walking the field is special for KU baseball manager
- May 17, 2013
- Kansas University sophomore Jonathan Rosa took the field one recent morning at Hoglund Ballpark. As he began to walk from the right field line toward the K on the center field fence, the players of the KU baseball team erupted, shouting words of encouragement and cheering on one of the most dedicated members of the team. Rosa isn’t a player for the Jayhawks; he’s a manager. And he wasn’t taking the field to participate in the same pre-game routine as the rest of the team; he was following his own. By Meagan Thomas
- Doctor finds ‘A Healthier Wei’ to treat kids
- May 14, 2013
- Julie Wei was a pediatric Otolaryngologist, or ear, nose and throat specialist, at the University of Kansas Medical Center for more than ten years when she began to see a trend that she didn’t like: a large number of children with chronic congestion. Wei’s book, “A Healthier Wei” is an explanation of why she believes children are being misdiagnosed and wrongly medicated and her theory, with proven success, on how to fix these problems.
- Yankee returns to visit Baker
- May 11, 2013
- Baker University’s baseball team had heard plenty about Vidal Nuno. Friday, the Wildcats met him. By Meagan Thomas
- National Train Day coming to Amtrak station
- May 11, 2013
- Amtrak and local railroad group Depot Redux will celebrate the anniversary of the 1869 completion of the transcontinental railroad Saturday with National Train Day festivities from 2 p.m. to 3:30 p.m at the Sante Fe Station, 413 E. 7th St. Amtrak has sponsored the celebration for the past six years to commemorate May 10, 1869, when the presidents of the Union Pacific and Central Pacific railroads drove the final spike into the rail line connecting the East and West coasts.
- Double homicide investigated near Ottawa
- May 6, 2013
- Franklin County law enforcement officials are investigating a double homicide after the discovery of two bodies Monday at a rural home near Ottawa. Law enforcement officers would not release any identifying information about the victims, and it was not known how the victims might be related to each other or to the property owners. But the owner of the property said on Facebook his brother had been missing since last week, and a woman who found one of the bodies said she believed it was that of a 22-year-old woman she’d gone to school with. By Shaun Hittle & Meagan Thomas
- Music, dance and art fill museum for arts and culture festival
- May 4, 2013
- The weather may have been dreary, but the inside of Spencer Museum of Art was lively with music, dance and art during the annual Spring Arts and Culture Festival on Saturday.
- Panelists: ‘Change our state and move forward’ for women
- April 28, 2013
- A group of panelists passionate about government and its effect on women and children spoke Sunday at the Carnegie Building during a panel discussion on the status of women and children in Kansas, sponsored by the Douglas County Democratic Party.
- KU’s Wakarusa Trio wins first at national music competition
- April 28, 2013
- Three Kansas University students started the fall semester as a chamber music group assigned for a class and are ending the spring semester as national champions.
- Cancer fighter organizes swim-a-thon to help drown out disease
- April 27, 2013
- Kansas University graduate and former swim team member Tyghe Nielsen jumped in the Lawrence Indoor Aquatic Center pool Saturday ready to compete and with a specific opponent in mind: cancer.
- Lecompton organization restoring old high school to create community center
- April 27, 2013
- Lecompton Community Pride, an organization started in the community last July, is trying improve Lecompton and enhance the town’s quality of life. The group is working to turn the former Lecompton Rural High School building into a community center that will house a library, theater, lounge and space for residents to meet and rent. By Meagan Thomas
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- Budget provision would block state funding for Common Core standards May 16, 2013
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