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Kansas daughter donates kidney to adoptive father
LAWRENCE, Kan. (AP) — When she learned her adoptive father would eventually need a kidney transplant, Sara Hemphill never had a doubt she would be the donor. "I always felt that when his kidneys started shutting down and a transplant was in sight, th...
Volunteers create observation tower at Baker Wetlands
LAWRENCE, Kan. (AP) — A team of volunteers working at the Baker Wetlands has been rewarded with a nice view. Spreading out to their east and south were grasses tinted with fall colors mixed with brush and trees still displaying the lush green of s...
Autistic teen gains confidence officiating soccer in Eudora
EUDORA, Kan. (AP) — Jimmy Kegin says his decision to hire Braeden Herron as a youth league soccer referee was no big deal. "I didn't even think twice about it," the assistant director of the Eudora Parks and Recreation Department told the Lawrence J...
Monarch Watch tagging day sets record for participants
LAWRENCE, Kan. (AP, posted Sept. 19, 2016) — Ellie Ariagno made her annual return to Lawrence to help with a scientific study of another yearly return. The 13-year-old Leawood girl was one of the participants who help band butterflies Saturday m...
