Who knew Darla Jaye from KMBZ’s 980 Live with Darla Jaye was running for public office?
Many were wearing a variety of stickers at the Olathe Republican Party Picnic and Straw Poll on Saturday. Some stickers said “Draft Darla for U.S. Congress” — but she’s not really running.
From Darla’s Facebook page on Sunday:
I asked if there [...]
The Kansas Republican Party met near Salina on Saturday for their summer meeting.
Several Republican leaders addressed the group, including U.S. Senator Sam Brownback, who will be a candidate for Kansas Governor in 2010.
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Tim Latham, a Lawrence High School teacher, was perplexed when his contract was not renewed since he had taught previously for 19 years without complaints. In fact, Latham had always received positive comments about his teaching.
Former LHS students thought Latham was a good teacher and came to his support. Several of the students spoke at [...]
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A reception was held today to honor Karen Browning, who retired as Assistant Johnson County Election Commissioner after more than 40 years of service with the Johnson County Election Office.
Browning said she had a sense of the importance of voting long before she joined the Election Office staff.
“My folks always talked about voting and how [...]
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The controversy over the non-renewal of the contract of a Lawrence High School teacher aired on Fox and Friends yesterday on the same day the first article appeared in the Lawrence Journal World.
TV stations in Topeka and Kansas City have aired stories about the controversy, with some stories getting some facts wrong.
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Lawrence. Almost 200 Lawrence High School students joined a Facebook group, Save Mr.Latham, in an attempt to save the job of Tim Latham as a government and history teacher at Lawrence High School.
Last night four of those LHS students appealed to the Lawrence School Board to renew Tim Latham’s teaching contract for next year. See [...]
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Last Sunday the four Catholic bishops of Kansas issued a statement about the murder of Dr. George Tiller:
“We, the four Catholic Bishops of the Dioceses of Kansas, unequivocally condemn the murder of Dr. George Tiller that occurred in Wichita earlier today. The Catholic Church believes that every human life is sacred. The murder of a [...]
The tragic shooting of Dr. George Tiller in Wichita yesterday still shocks and saddens everyone.
Everyone can agree with President Obama’s statement: “However profound our differences as Americans over difficult issues such as abortion, they cannot be resolved by heinous acts of violence.”
Activists that use the label “pro life,” as well as those who describe themselves [...]
There is sad and shocking news today from Wichita that Dr. George Tiller was murdered in his church.
This is sickening and appalling and does not reflect the many embracing the Culture of Life who looked for peaceful, legal and political means to oppose abortion. This vigilante action must be condemned by all.
Today in Overland Park a group of about 20, which were mostly Catholic, protested President Barack Obama’s scheduled visit tomorrow to the University of Notre Dame to give a commencement address and receive an honorary degree.
Some frustrated that it was too far to drive to South Bend, Indiana tomorrow decided to show their opposition to [...]
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