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6:00 a.m.
Subdivision requests city grant for playground in memory of 9-year-old
By Matt Erickson
10:51 p.m., November 7, 2011 Updated 6:02 p.m.
The Falcon Lakes neighborhood is requesting a $15,000 grant from the city of Basehor to help build a playground in memory of a 9-year-old Basehor boy who died after an asthma attack in 2009.
4:37 p.m.
Kickapoo man, 96, to be honored as Leavenworth County’s oldest living WWII veteran
By Matt Erickson
November 8, 2011
David Land had never heard his father talk about his time serving with the Army in the Pacific during World War II, save for the names of some cities and islands he’d been to.

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Kickapoo man, 96, to be honored as Leavenworth County’s oldest living WWII veteran
By Matt Erickson
November 8, 2011
David Land had never heard his father talk about his time serving with the Army in the Pacific during World War II, save for the names of some cities and islands he’d been to.
Leavenworth County Veterans Day Parade set for 10:30 a.m. Friday
By Staff Report
November 8, 2011
The Leavenworth County Veterans Day Parade will take place beginning at 10:30 a.m. Friday in downtown Leavenworth.
5 Questions: Honoring service
Holiday celebrates all veterans, living and dead
By Staff Report
November 8, 2011
The U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs answers questions about Veterans Day, which is Friday.
Sporting KC’s Sapong is MLS Rookie of the Year
Staff Reports
November 8, 2011
Major League Soccer announced today that Sporting Kansas City forward C.J. Sapong has been named the 2011 MLS Rookie of the Year.
Brownback hires $150,000 information technology chief from Florida, but questions arise about qualifications
By Scott Rothschild
November 8, 2011
Gov. Sam Brownback on Monday introduced Jim Mann as his new $150,000 chief information technology officer from Florida, but hours later the Brownback administration was fielding questions about Mann’s educational background.