Here's your local news at a glance for Wednesday, the 12th of August.
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🏘️ Community
HeadQuarters Kansas, a local suicide prevention organization, named Megan Bridges as executive director and Misty Eytcheson as director of operations Tuesday in a news release.
The leadership change follows recent organizational challenges and will reduce legal custodian oversight as board recruitment proceeds.
🎭 Culture
Theatre Lawrence will debut 'Chasing Nirvana,' a musical inspired by '90s rock and pop culture and funded by the Louise ImMasche Striving Artist Fund on Friday, Oct.
2 (7:30 p.m.) and Saturday, Oct. 3 at 4660 Bauer Farm Drive; tickets cost $15 for adults and $10 for students and seniors.
Two Free State militiamen killed during Bleeding Kansas are set to be honored with a refreshed monument by local artist Karl Ramberg at Pioneer Cemetery — the dedication will begin at 2 p.m. Sunday, Aug.
16 at 2201 Irving Hill Road.
🎓 Education
KU received two grants on Aug.
11 to boost Indigenous media coverage by training student journalists with solutions journalism plus character education. The funding will support projects like 'Good Morning Indian Country' and upcoming community events during the 2026-27 academic year.
A University of Kansas physicist helped lead a CERN study that measured how tiny gluons act inside atomic nuclei last Tuesday, Aug.
11. The findings challenge old ideas and give scientists a clearer sense of matter’s building blocks — a breakthrough for future research.
🏛️ Government
City Manager Majed Al-Ghafry has named Lindsay Hart permanent director of the Parks, Recreation & Culture Department after her successful service in two interim roles.
She will lead the new Master Plan to improve operations and community amenities in parks, recreation & cultural services.
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