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Melissa Treolo
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- Area bands excited to play star-packed Kanrocksas
- May 12, 2013
- A group of folk-rock musicians, brothers who make music on the fly and a few beautiful bodies will be among local and area talent taking the stage this summer at the Kanrocksas Music and Arts Festival.
- Animal rescue organization needs rescue of its own following mouse shortage, summer drought
- January 8, 2013
- At this time last year, the price of a frozen, euthanized mouse was 45 cents. But now, that price has nearly doubled, said Diane Johnson, executive director of Operation WildLife Inc. And the 25-year-old animal rehabilitation clinic known as OWL is “struggling” as a result. By Melissa Treolo
- Getting degree while working full time a balancing act
- January 6, 2013
- hese days, Celeste Neubauer of Olathe describes her life as a balancing act. She’s married with two children, 12 and 15 years old. She also works full time as a paraprofessional in the Olathe school district. By Melissa Treolo
- Girl’s recipe leads to lunch — and a few surprises — at White House
- August 25, 2012
- Rori Coyne of Shawnee generally eats her Yummy Cabbage Sloppy Joes — her favorite food — on a bun, or sometimes cold with a fork.
- 50 from De Soto treated for food poisoning during East Coast band trip
- 01:53 p.m., March 14, 2012 Updated 04:35 p.m.
- Fifty students and chaperones from a De Soto High School have been treated for food poisoning symptoms at a western Pennsylvania hospital after becoming ill while traveling for a band trip to New York.
- Kansan’s dog claims win at Westminster
- February 29, 2012
- An outgoing, easily excitable Shawnee resident who loves attention and weighs about 40 pounds isn’t quite able to put into words how it feels to be a winner.
- Choir participation seen as way to promote positive change in prisoners
- September 5, 2011
- Prison is a place to serve time for a crime, to right what has been wronged, to … learn to sing in a choir?
- Unclaimed remains of veterans interred at Fort Leavenworth
- 01:17 p.m., July 26, 2011 Updated 12:07 a.m.
- Nearly 150 years after Pvt. George McCarthy served in the U.S. military, a detail of Civil War re-enactors carried his cremains slowly up the hill Tuesday to his final resting place.
- Sandstone manager hopes for better ticket sales this summer
- June 20, 2011
- Last year was a “bloodbath” for music venues across the country. That’s how Chris Fritz describes the dismal concert ticket sales seen in 2010. He says the national average of sales was a whopping 45 to 50 percent below what was seen in 2009.
- Blind student’s artwork makes his dreams come true
- April 18, 2011
- Aaron Johnson, 20, has not been able to see the world he lives in since he lost his sight to cataract surgery at the age of 13.
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- KU's Self, others not fans of college basketball transfer rule May 26, 2013 · 2 comments
- Club Magic manager says he's trying to turn around a new business at an old, and troubled, location May 25, 2013 · 73 comments
- Former area Boy Scouts react to decision allowing gay scouts May 24, 2013 · 58 comments
- Turnpike toll collectors to see changes in how many hours they work because of ACA, officials say May 26, 2013 · 3 comments
- Senate Republicans approve sales tax increase, cuts in income tax rates, lower food sales tax May 23, 2013 · 61 comments
- Opinion: Why gay role models matter May 23, 2013 · 49 comments
- On the street: Should residents or businesses who use too much water be fined? May 24, 2013 · 29 comments
- Police department's case for a new facility not likely to show on next year's budget, officials say May 25, 2013 · 12 comments
- Opinion: Discrimination more than just poor service May 25, 2013 · 19 comments
- City commissioner wants state to revoke nightclub's liquor license May 21, 2013 · 88 comments
