NEWS BRIEFS
Lansing City Council to meet The Lansing City Council will meet at 7 p.m. Thursday at Lansing City Hall, 8001 First Terrace.
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Zelenskyy at the UN accuses Russian military of war crimes
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy accused the Russians of gruesome atrocities in Ukraine and told the U.N. Security Council on Tuesday that those responsible should immediately be brought up on war crimes charges in front of a tribunal like the one established at Nuremberg after World War II.
Co-worker worries working with accused harasser
Dear Amy: I really like my job, my boss, and my immediate coworkers. Recently though, I’ve been assigned to work on a project managed by “Bob” -- a man who’s been accused of sexual harassment multiple times.
With students in turmoil, U.S. teachers train in mental health
Since the pandemic started, experts have warned of a mental health crisis facing American children that is now visibly playing out at schools across the country. Benito Luna-Herrera, a seventh-grade social studies teacher in Southern California, tells of middle school students whose post-pandemic depression led them to thoughts of suicide.
Jayhawks’ Bill Self masterminds epic championship comeback
In a national championship game nobody at Kansas will soon forget, Bill Self went from the Hall of Fame coach who far too often failed on the big stage to the brilliant mastermind of the biggest comeback in NCAA title-game history.
Farris, McBride to play in all-star games
Athletes from Lansing and Basehor-Linwood will represent Kansas in the 2022 DiRenna All-Star Games. The Kansas versus Missouri girls and boys basketball games, featuring some of the top high school players from the greater Kansas City area, will be played on Friday at Shawnee Mission South High School.
THE GREAT KANSAS COMEBACK
NEW ORLEANS (AP) — The Great Kansas Comeback, as it will forever be known in the history books, is about more than just one stifling, scintillating 20-minute stretch of Jayhawks basketball. The championship KU captured Monday night traced its roots back to 2020, when the Jayhawks were a team that looked very much on track for the program’s fourth national title.
Muriel Jean (Oliver) Reiley
Muriel Jean (Oliver) Reiley, 90, passed away Tuesday, April 5, 2022, at North Kansas City Hospital. A visitation will be held 12:00-1:00 p.m., Saturday, A visitation will be held 12:00-1:00 p.m., Saturday, April 9, 2020, at Rollins Funeral Home in Platte City, MO; followed by a 1:00 p.m.
Richard “Dick” Jackson
Richard “Dick” Jackson, 75 years of age, passed away, Saturday, March 26, 2022, at Providence Medical Center. He was born Aug. 31, 1946, in La Junta, Colo., to the late Keithel and Frances Jackson.
Stanley Wilber
Stanley Wilber, 88, of Leavenworth, died Sunday, March 27, 2022. He was born May 2, 1933, in Weston, Mo., to Philanthropy and Lena (Large) Wilber.