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COMMUNITY CALENDAR

Items for the Community Calendar may be emailed to nmelton@examiner.net or mailed to: The Examiner, 300 N. Osage St., Independence, MO 64050, attention Nancy Melton. Also, check the calendar online at examiner.net.
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MO Senate panel hears pitch for using federal COVID funds

There was skepticism about new temporary state employees and the cost of developing the Rock Island railroad corridor into a new trail during the Senate Appropriation Committee’s first look at Gov. Mike Parson’s plan for spending $2.8 billion in federal coronavirus relief funds.
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Nurse sentenced for rape at hospital

An Overland Park, Kansas, man who worked as a nurse at Centerpoint Medical Center will spend 20 years in state prison for raping a patient at the Independence hospital more than two years ago. A Jackson County judge Tuesday sentenced Chukwuemeka Emmanuel, 38, after finding him guilty of rape during a bench trial in November.
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Senate eyes less toxic court fight

WASHINGTON – In a U.S. Senate that was upended by toxic Supreme Court battles during the Trump era, the confirmation of President Joe Biden’s pick has the potential for something else: a return to calmer political normalcy.
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WHAT’S ON TODAY SPORTS TV/RADIO

This weekend’s sports broadcast highlights Saturday’s Television • Soccer: SPFL: Glasgow Rangers FC at Ross County FC, 6:30 a.m., CBSSN (Comcast 274) • Tennis: Australian Open women’s final (taped), 7 a.m., ESPN2 (29) • Golf: The Gainbridge LPGA, 10:30 a.m., GOLF (27) • College basketball: Duke at Louisville, 11 a.m., ESPN (13) • College basketball: LSU at TCU, 11 a.m., ESPN2 (29) • College basketball: Georgetown at Butler, 11 a.m., FS1 (43) • College basketball: Miami (Fla.) at Georgia Tech, 11 a.m., Bally Sports KC (48) • College basketball: La Salle at Davidson, 11 a.m., USA (52) • College wrestling: Purdue at Indiana, 11 a.m., BTN (255) • College basketball: Wichita State at Tulane, 11 a.m., ESPNU (269) • College basketball: Michigan at Michigan State, 11:30 a.m., KCTV 5 (3) • Motorsports: IMSA Sports Car Championship: Rolex 24 at Daytona, 12:30 p.m., KSHB 41 (8) • College basketball: Oklahoma at Auburn, 1 p.m., ESPN (13) • College basketball: West Virginia at Arkansas, 1 p.m., ESPN2 (29) • College basketball: Xavier at Creighton, 1 p.m., FS1 (43) • College basketball: St. Joseph’s at St.
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