This Week on KPR Presents
Jeannette Walls
Jeannette Walls is the award-winning author of the best-selling memoir, The Glass Castle. The book details her life growing up in extreme poverty, and is a powerful and moving first-person testament to what it means to be poor in America. Walls appeared November 18th, 2008, as part of the Humanities Lecture Series, presented by the Hall Center for the Humanities at the University of Kansas. |
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| Item Listing | Today On KPR - LATEST NEWSBrownback Takes Step Towards Gubernatorial Run
- Date: January 5, 2009
Kansas Senator Sam Brownback has taken an important step toward launching a campaign for governor in 2010
| Sebelius Still Not Interested in Cabinet Vacancy
- Date: January 5, 2009
A spokeswoman says Kansas Governor Kathleen Sebelius isn't reconsidering her decision not to seek a job in Washington
| McKinney Sworn in As State Treasurer
- Date: January 5, 2009
Dennis McKinney has taken office as the new state treasurer, but he is already facing questions about whether he'll run for governor
| Parkinson's Decision Leaves Void for Democrats
- Date: January 5, 2009
Political analysts in Kansas are continuing to assess the impact of Democratic Lieutenant Governor Mark Parkinson's announcement Friday that he won't run for governor in 2010
| Lawmaker Proposes 'Toll by Speed' on Turnpike
- Date: January 5, 2009
A Kansas state senator wants speeding turnpike drivers to pay more in tolls
| Nationwide Search Launched for Missing KS Boy
- Date: January 5, 2009
Authorities are launching a nationwide search for a Kansas boy who disappeared nearly a decade ago
| Judge Upholds KCMO Smoking Ban
- Date: January 5, 2009
A Jackson County, Missouri judge has upheld Kansas City's new ban on smoking in bars, saying it doesn't violate state law
| Wichita Lawmakers Unhappy about BioSci Authority
- Date: January 5, 2009
Some Wichita lawmakers accuse the Kansas Bioscience Authority of costing their city jobs by putting off a $31 million grant
| KPTS Launches Digital Signal
- Date: January 5, 2009
Wichita public television station KPTS begins broadcasting a limited digital signal today (MON)
| Former Lawrence State Legislator Branson Dead
- Date: January 5, 2009
Former state Rep
| Stiff Sentence Sought in Hutch Murder
- Date: January 5, 2009
Reno County prosecutors say they'll seek a "hard 50" prison sentence for a Wichita man if he is convicted of first-degree murder
| Budget Cuts Close Corrections 'Bootcamps'
- Date: January 5, 2009
Budget problems in Kansas have prompted the Department of Corrections to close another "bootcamp" to rehabilitate nonviolent offenders
| Grocery Store To Open At Power and Light In KCMO
- Date: January 4, 2009
Long on residents' wish lists, a grocery store is opening in Kansas City's downtown
| Warrant Issued For Arrest Of Douglas County Woman
- Date: January 4, 2009
A warrant has been issued for the arrest of a Douglas County Jail inmate who failed to return to the correctional facility after a 12-hour release on Christmas Day
| Jenkins Optimistic About Move to Congress
- Date: January 4, 2009
On her last day as state treasurer, Lynn Jenkins told The Topeka Capital-Journal that her public divorce and congressional campaign were "extremely hard
| OKC Shooting Involves KS Wrestling Coach
- Date: January 5, 2009
A man shot and killed at a southwest Oklahoma City hotel was a coach for a Kansas wrestling club competing in the U-S Junior Open Wrestling Tournament
| Inmate Pleads Guilty to Firearms Charge
- Date: January 5, 2009
A convicted murderer who escaped from prison in a dog crate more than two years ago has pleaded guilty to a federal firearm charge
| Former KS Prosecutor Sentenced
- Date: January 5, 2009
A former Cherokee County prosecutor who extorted money and favors from a Galena adult club has been sentenced to a year and a day in prison
| KCMO Police Search for Missing Woman
- Date: January 5, 2009
Kansas City police are looking for a 35-year-old woman missing since Friday
| E-Cycling Event Scheduled for Sedgwick County
- Date: January 5, 2009
One resident's electronic trash might be another's recycled treasure
| 3 Expected to Plead Guilty in Racial Attacks
- Date: January 5, 2009
A case involving racially motivated attacks on two black patrons at a Muscatine, Iowa bar is nearing a close as more defendants plead guilty this week in federal court
| KSU Hires New Offensive Line Coach
- Date: January 5, 2009
Kansas State has hired Utah assistant coach Charlie Dickey to take over its offensive line, the second Utah coach to join Bill Snyder's new program
| Retired Sports Columnist Dies
- Date: January 5, 2009
Bob Hurt, a longtime sports columnist for The Arizona Republic who also worked at the old Topeka Daily Capital has died
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Sebelius Not Reconsidering Obama Cabinet
- Date: January 5, 2009
A spokeswoman says Kansas Gov
| County Encouraging Recycling of Electronics
- Date: January 5, 2009
One resident's electronic trash might be another's recycled treasure
| Boy Lobbyist Helps Overturn Hedgehog Ban
- Date: January 5, 2009
It is now legal to have pet hedgehogs in Lawrence after an 11-year-old boy spent three years lobbying against the ban
| Bioscience Authority Accused of Anti-Wichita Bias
- Date: January 5, 2009
Some Wichita lawmakers are accusing the Kansas Bioscience Authority of costing their city jobs by delaying a $31 million grant
| Ex-Prosecutor To Be Sentenced
- Date: January 4, 2009
A former Cherokee County prosecutor who received perks and money from a Galena adult club in return for favorable legal treatment -- including dismissal of a speeding ticket for the club's manager -- is to be sentenced tomorrow for extortion
| Towanda Discovery Prompts News Conference
- Date: January 3, 2009
Authorities have scheduled a press conference Monday morning about the apparent disappearance of a boy nearly a decade ago
| Lt. Gov. Parkinson Not Running For Governor
- Date: January 3, 2009
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| Olathe Police Investigate Car-Train Fatality
- Date: January 3, 2009
Olathe police are investigating a car-train fatality
| H&R Block Settlement Reached
- Date: January 3, 2009
A settlement has been reached in a lawsuit against H & R Block
| Two Hutchinson Men Killed In Accident
- Date: January 3, 2009
Two Hutchinson men died in a crash that reportedly happened while they were heading home from a hunting trip
| KC Police Investigate New Years Triple Fatality
- Date: January 3, 2009
Kansas City investigators say a driver was likely drunk and speeding when he rammed into the back of another vehicle
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