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The pledge from David Booth, a KU alumnus, was one of the biggest single donations in the history of college athletics. The money is intended to help build a Gateway District next to the new Kansas Memorial Stadium. -
Five years after a landmark ruling that found much of eastern Oklahoma is Indian Country, tribal nations are still fighting with towns over who has jurisdiction to prosecute traffic violations and other municipal charges. -
Kerr County Judge Rob Kelly's proposal to stick with the same property tax rate and instead dip into county reserves to pay for post Fourth of July flood recovery met with no major opposition. -
Summer afternoon temperatures have cooled off in the middle of the country in recent decades. But hotter nights and winters are still driving more overall warmth in the region. -
Kids are always watching their parents, so the way adults present their emotions will teach them how to express theirs.
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This week Classical Music Amarillo presents the third episode in its month-long symphony series! -
This week, we're joined by "Mr. Whitetail" himself, Larry Weishuhn, and we'll be discussing deer antler rubbing, and why you'll see them doing that. It's deer season!Check out Luke's website at www.catfishradio.org! -
We're coming up on the late summer/early fall time that's ideal for planting chrysanthemums. Early planting (late August/early September) is crucial to allow for root development before the first frost, and so it'll be important to get them into the ground soon. This week on Planting the Plains...mum's the word! -
Library of Congress Prints and Photographs Division ""Dividing the National Map," cartoon, 1860, zoomable image," House Divided: The Civil War Research Engine at Dickinson College, https://hd.housedivided.dickinson.edu/node/33155./Greetings from Goodwell, Oklahoma! I’m Marjory Hall with a BookByte for our new 2025 Fall Read. Voracious readers might well be those that most appreciate when an author provides us with a truly fresh approach to the novel. In his Lincoln in the Bardo, George Saunders has conjured a multi-layered work of unique voice, structure, and theme.
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Protesters marched to the White House on Saturday as D.C. Metropolitan Police officers and National Park Service police looked on from a distance.
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