- FreedomWorks urges Kansas to reject Common Core
- May 21, 2013
- Group fears educational standards would put Washington in control
- Shawnee convenience store robbed for second time in five days
- 02:44 p.m., May 15, 2013 Updated 04:47 p.m.
- A Shawnee convenience store has been robbed for the second time in five days.
- Shawnee City Council pays tribute to Nick Pflumm at meeting
- May 14, 2013
- The Shawnee City Council remembered a member of the Shawnee Planning Commission at Monday’s meeting. Planning Commissioner Nick Pflumm, 54, died Sunday.
- Longtime resident receives Good Starts Here Award
- May 14, 2013
- Ron Deffenbaugh has been a “good neighbor” in Shawnee since he came to the community more than 60 years ago, according to Mark Hembrey.
- Regents waiting on budget negotiations before taking up tuition proposals
- May 14, 2013
- Higher education funding stumbling block in legislative budget negotiations
- State education board may seek attorney general’s opinion on ‘innovative districts’ law
- May 14, 2013
- New law would exempt districts from numerous state laws and regulations
- Lawrence couple searching for missing 20-year-old son in Leawood and Lawrence
- May 14, 2013
- Man walked away for Leawood group home
- Five Questions: Road construction safety
- May 14, 2013
- With warm weather comes road construction, and work sites are popping up everywhere. Kansas Department of Transportation officials encourage all drivers to be alert and drive safely.
- Five Questions: Grilling safety
- May 10, 2013
- As springtime blooms, it’s time to fire up the outdoor grill for tasty barbecue favorites. Douglas County Kansas State Extension Ramily and Consumer Science Agent Susan Johnson offers the following tips to keep food-borne bacterial from ruining the fun.
- Shawnee resident named to pharmacy honor society
- May 9, 2013
- Thuy Ha of Shawnee recently was inducted into the Philadelphia College of Pharmacy Alpha Tau Chapter of the Rho Chi National Honor Society of Pharmacy.
- Shawnee convenience store hit by armed robbery again
- May 9, 2013
- Shawnee Police are investigating after a local convenience store was robbed this morning, according to Mike Frizzell of Operation 100 News, news partner to the Lawrence Journal-World.
- Rare young musical talents provide parish with rare treat
- 12:00 a.m., May 8, 2013 Updated 12:00 a.m.
- Five young adults from Good Shepherd Catholic Church are rising so rapidly in the musical world that the parish decided it better get them together on stage one more time before it was too late.
- Beauty on a back street
- Tour to feature gardener’s bigtime transformation of small lot
- 12:00 a.m., May 8, 2013 Updated 12:00 a.m.
- To say Brendalyn Blake is interested in gardening is sort of like saying Pavarotti liked to sing. Both are ridiculous understatements.
- First Center for Spiritual Living in Kansas meeting in Shawnee
- 12:00 a.m., May 8, 2013 Updated 12:00 a.m.
- Jrie Newsome followed a long road from the Baptist church she was brought up in to the first Center for Spiritual Living in Kansas.
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What was your best day ever?
“Aug. 18, 1945, I returned from the Pacific to my wife after serving five years in the Army Air Force. We spent 60 more years together.”
