Archive for Monday, May 11, 2009

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Basehor takes down Bishop Ward — in baseball
May 9, 2009
Few teams in any classification have been able to beat the Bishop Ward baseball team in recent years.
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Actor Sinise plays real-life supporting role
By Melissa Treolo
May 8, 2009
By now, actor and musician Gary Sinise says he’s used to having an all-too familiar movie line thrown his way: “Lieutenant Dan, you’ve got no legs!” “I say, ‘Hey, I’ve never heard that before,’” Sinise, who played the Oscar-nominated “Forrest Gump” character in 1994, said jokingly in a press conference prior to last night’s Lt. Dan Band United Service Organizations concert at Ft. Leavenworth.

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Lansing student wins Baker scholarship
May 11, 2009
Baker University student Katie Adams, Lansing, recently received the Hon. Charles H. Price II Scholarship in British Studies at Baker’s Undergraduate Research and Performance Symposium.
Music camp targets elementary school students
Staff reports
May 11, 2009
Lansing Music & Art Camp will have two sessions this summer, one for students in who will be in grades 1 and 2 in the coming school year, and the other for students in grades 3 through 5.
Be Well! program to focus on skin cancer
Staff Reports
May 11, 2009
University of Kansas Hospital will present “Skin Cancer and Aging” from noon to 1 p.m. June 4 at KU MedWest’s community room, 7405 Renner Road in Shawnee.
Former sheriff’s son pleads to rape charge
Staff Reports
May 11, 2009
The Wyandotte County District Attorney’s Office said Leroy Green III pleaded guilty Monday morning in Wyandotte County District Court to three counts of aggravated indecent liberties with a minor and one count of rape.
Beauty on a budget session scheduled
Staff Reports
May 11, 2009
University of Kansas Hospital will present “Beauty on a Budget” from 6 to 8 p.m. June 11 at in suite 3303 of the hospital’s Westwood Campus, 2330 Shawnee Mission Parkway, in Westwood.
Swine flu cases hold steady in Kansas
Staff Reports
May 11, 2009
The number of confirmed cases of the 2009 H1N1 influenza A, or swine flu, in Kansas remains at 22, with nine of those cases reported in both Johnson and Wyandotte counties.
Need for rural doctors critical
State program aims to lure students into filling void
By Karrey Britt
May 11, 2009
Wanted: rural Kansas doctors. “There’s a need nationwide for primary care, and it’s only exacerbated — made worse in rural and underserved areas, and Kansas is a state that is mostly rural and has some real problems,” said Dr. Heidi Chumley, senior associate dean for medical education at Kansas University Medical Center.
Commuter forecast, May 11, 2009
Alex Harrington
May 11, 2009
We’re seeing some dense fog this morning, so take precautions. You can also expect some road work on the west side of Kansas City.