St. Mary’s Colgan High School Wednesday night graduated nearly twice as many seniors than it did last year.
There were 46 graduates this year, compared to 24 last year — one of the school’s smallest graduating classes. The class had been through a lot together, Salutatorian Jared Mazurek said to the graduates, who were seated in front of packed bleachers in the St. Mary’s Colgan Field House. The also had made mistakes. But in the end, he said, they came through.
With its 9-3 win over the Baxter Springs Lions in the Class 4A regional final Wednesday night at home, sweet home JayCee Ballpark, Pittsburg baseball returned to state for the first time since 2008.
Upper level university English literature classes aren’t usually much for fun and games.
Pittsburg State University English professor Paul McCallum changed that recently when he allowed students in his English 771 (Major Authors) class to choose their class projects rather than write major literary papers.
The results surprised them.
With Mitt Romney closing in on the number of delegates needed to secure the Republican presidential nomination, talk is turning to who he will select as his running mate. And while dozens of names have been thrown around as possibilities, the discussion always seems to end up at these five names.
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With Mitt Romney closing in on the number of delegates needed to secure the Republican presidential nomination, talk is turning to who he will select as his running mate. And while dozens of names have been thrown around as possibilities, the discussion always seems to end up at these five names. Click on the headline for a look at them, as well as for a link to our new Election 2012 website.
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