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Pearl Branchcomb, an Edwardsville resident who turned 105 on May 14, has died.

Photo by Nicole Kelley

Jason Sutherland, left, and former Missouri coach Norm Stewart watch a Kansas-MU game from the Allen Fieldhouse sidelines.

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Kansas Kaos quarterback Jason Sutherland, right, hands off the football to running back Quan Herron for a short gain on Saturday against Junction City.

Photo by Kevin Anderson

Former University of Missouri basketball player Jason Sutherland is the quarterback of the Kansas Kaos football team.

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Greyhounds nudge each other for position as they tear around the track during a late-afternoon race at The Woodlands in Kansas City, Kan. Owners of The Woodlands say they will close the track for good on Aug. 24.

Photo by Nick Krug

Nickie Lee, a Kansas University graduate student in the master’s of public administration program, picked Basehor for her nearly year-long internship.

Photo by Lara Hastings

Chris Angermuller, (left) CPR instructor and firefighter, walks Stephanie Theno through infant CPR Friday during a Heartsaver AED class. The department is an official CPR training site and is offering classes.

Photo by Lara Hastings

After a run-through of a scene, stage manager Rebecca Stamberger (second from left) goes over lines and directions that need correction with performers for this year’s Renaissance Festival.

Photo by Kevin Anderson

Double-checking his lines in one hand, actor Brandon Armstrong (right) rehearses a scene as the character “The King of Shadows” while performer Nick Kledis holds is position in the character of “Puck.” Both are preparing for the upcoming Renaissance Festival season.

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Presumptive Republican presidential nominee John McCain stresses the importance of strong energy and foreign policies during a town hall-style meeting Thursday at Union Station in Kansas City, Mo. More than 900 people attended the standing-room-only event.

Photo by Thad Allender

Building owner Jerry Lytle (left) and Basehor United Methodist Church missionaries Margee Castle, Jim Bebb, Ferna Mosher and Janice Kocher sit beneath a tongue and groove ceiling they helped install at a soon-to-be Children’s Cultural Center on the Crow Creek Indian Reservation in Fort Thompson, S.D. The group travels to the area for a mission trip annually.

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The Rev. Claudia Bakely led her first service as pastor of Basehor United Methodist Church on July 6.

Photo by Lara Hastings

Toni Stock, a member of the Lake Forest Swim Club, competes in the backstroke on Friday at the Lake and Country Club Swimming League meet. Stock placed second in the event in the 14-and-under division.

Photo by Chris Wristen