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  • Joined: August 30, 2022
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Ground search of Native American site delayed

A plan to search for unmarked graves at a former Native American boarding school is on hold amid a disagreement between a Shawnee Tribe and state and city officials overseeing the site. The Kansas Historical Society announced last year that the Kansas Geological Survey at the University of Kansas would conduct a ground-penetrating radar survey at the Shawnee Indian Mission in Fairway, Kansas.

NW Missouri hoops on verge of becoming dynasty

MARYVILLE, Mo. — Ben McCollum was not a popular pick when Northwest Missouri State hired him to lead its men’s basketball team 14 years ago. He was 27 years old and had never been a head coach, and he was being asked to take over a Division II program that had a proud and winning reputation.

Quatraro ready to ‘jump into process’ to turn around Royals

Former Tampa Bay bench coach introduced as new Kansas City manager The Kansas City Royals had qualified candidates to become their next manager already in the organization, including one hired by the Chicago White Sox just this week. Yet their six-person committee that waded through the options came to the conclusion that an outside voice was necessary.

Supreme Court leaves new state park intact

JEFFERSON CITY — A planned state park along the Eleven Point River in southern Missouri will stay intact after the state Supreme Court on Tuesday rejected an effort to block parts of the project. The Missouri Court of Appeals in Springfield earlier this year overturned a judgment by Oregon County Circuit Judge Steven Privette, which ordered the state to sell 625 acres along the river that is under a scenic easement.

A salute to veterans

A salute to several area military veterans will be up around the Square through November. City staff helped the Jackson County Historical Society affix 18 “hero banners” on utility poles around the Independence Square on Tuesday, including banners for former police officer Jason Young and former firefighter Chad Sappenfield, as well as the city’s most famous veteran from World War I.

Conflict resolution in real time

In every marriage, there comes a test, a battle of wills, that often ends with a question: Are we going to get over this, or not? For some couples, the test happens so often they start to wish they lived in a state where “The fool needed killing” is justifiable homicide. Others, however, seem to sail through thick and thin bumping heads on occasion, but always finding the grace to “get over it.” Marriage takes a lot of getting over it.