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Demonstration and Public Speaking 2 p.m. Goat Judging 5:30 p.m. Sheep Judging 7 p.m. Grounds: Legos Contest 7:30-9 a.m. Carnival Wristband Night ($15) 5-10 p.m. Hedricks Petting Zoo 5-10 p.m. Camel Rides 5-10 p.m. Fruit Pie Entries Accepted 8-4 p.m. Fruit Pie Contest 5 p.m. Hedrick’s Pig Races 6 p.m., 7 p.m., 9 p.m. Farm Safety Presentations 6 p.m., 7:30 p.m., 9 p.m. Hernandez Magic Show 6:30 and 8 p.m. Special Events: Free Tethered Hot Air Balloon Rides (weather permitting) 7-8:30 p.m. Homegrown Sunflower Contest 7:30-9 a.m. National Guard 5-10 p.m. Free Stage: Sagasu Family Martial Arts Demonstration 6:30 p.m.…

Cold temperatures Wednesday morning. (National Weather Service graphic) The last day of 2014 may go out as one of the coldest days of the year. The temperature was 8 degrees at 9 a.m. Wednesday, Dec. 31, with a wind chill of minus 1. Earlier in the morning the wind chill was minus 6. The National Weather Service warned residents about the sub-zero wind chills across the region. It will warm up a little bit tonight and also on New Year’s Day. There is a good chance of wintry precipitation late Friday night through Saturday night, the weather service said. It…

Kansas City Kansas Community College’s home volleyball game against Allen County Wednesday night will have a special “ring” to it. Members of the 2014 Lady Blue Devil team will receive rings in recognition of one of the best seasons in KCKCC history. The rings will be presented between the second and third sets of the KCKCC-Allen County Jayhawk Conference match that tips off at 6:30 p.m. Drawing the host team in the NJCAA Division II national tournament in Glendale, Ariz., the 2014 Blue Devils lost in the opening round to a Glendale team that would go on to win the…

Topeka— Medicaid expansion is nowhere to be found on Gov. Sam Brownback’s list of priorities and those of Republican legislative leaders as they work through a legislative session now dominated by school finance issues. But that didn’t stop nearly 200 expansion supporters from crowding into a wing of the Statehouse adjacent to the governor’s office on Tuesday for a noisy rally. The event was staged by more than 50 health care and social service organizations organized under the banner of the Kansas Medicaid Access Coalition. Sean Gatewood, a former Democratic legislator from Topeka and director of the coalition, outlined the…

Twenty persons are candidates for a vacancy on the Kansas Supreme Court created by the Sept. 8 retirement of Justice Lee Johnson, according to a news release from the Kansas courts. One of the applicants is Kansas Court of Appeals Judge Thomas E. Malone of Topeka. The list includes Wyandotte County District Court Judge Daniel Cahill of Kansas City, Kansas. The other applicants include Kristafer R. Ailslieger, lawyer, Topeka; Angela D. Coble, lawyer, Salina; Dennis D. Depew, lawyer, Neodesha; Randall L. Hodgkinson, lawyer, Topeka; Michael P. Joyce, judge, Leawood; Russell J. Keller, lawyer, Fairway; Rhonda K. Mason, judge, Olathe; Lumen…

Two students from Kansas City, Kansas, have been selected to be new student and family orientation leaders for the 2018 spring and fall semesters at Fort Hays State University, Hays, Kansas. The two Kansas City, Kansas, students are Melanie Arellano, a senior majoring in social work; and Ricardo Zamora, a senior majoring in management. They are among 75 FHSU students selected from a pool of 125 applicants to be new student leaders. They will be at the pre-enrollment sessions for freshmen and transfer students this spring and also during the fall orientation weekend. The student leaders will help new students…

The Kansas City Royals’ greatest baseball team is reuniting for a dynamic “Celebration of Champions.” Thanks to the Kansas City Baseball Historical Society, nearly every member of the 1985 World Championship team will be on hand for a banquet at Harrah’s Hotel and Casino Thursday, Aug. 20, that will be open to the public. Six members of the Royals Hall of Fame – George Brett, Frank White, Bret Saberhagen, Dennis Leonard, Hal McRae and Willie Wilson – head the list of 1985 standouts expected to attend. They will be joined by pitchers Danny Jackson, Mike Jones, Charlie Leibrandt, Steve Farr…

The Kansas City, Kan., Public Schools will begin offering free breakfast and lunch to its 5,000 middle school students this school year through the Community Eligibility Provision (CEP) program. CEP is a program of the Healthy, Hunger-Free Kids Act of 2010 that allows schools with high poverty rates to provide free breakfast and lunch to students. This is the second group of KCKPS students to receive free school meals. Last school year, KCKPS began providing free meals to its 13,000 elementary students through CEP. This means that a total of 18,000 students will have the opportunity this year to receive…

Police have identified the 17-year-old male who died after a shooting Tuesday night on Parallel between 38th and 18th streets. The victim was Jo’Shawn Garrett, 17, a resident of Kansas City, Kansas, according to police. He was riding in the back seat of a vehicle that was eastbound on Parallel between 38th and 18th streets, according to police. There also was an adult male who was shot while riding in the same vehicle. He told police that the vehicle was shot at by unknown suspects from another vehicle while the victims were traveling east on Parallel. The Kansas City, Kansas,…

Kansas City Kansas Community College’s No. 9 ranked and unbeaten Lady Blue Devils shook off a sluggish start and rolled to a 90-68 win over William Penn’s JV in Oskaloosa, Iowa, Friday night. The win was the fourth in a row for the Blue Devils, who are back home Tuesday for a single game against Graceland junior varsity at 6 p.m. The game will be streamed on the KCKCC Blue Devil website. KCKCC led only 16-15 after a turnover-marred first quarter but put the game out of reach in the first three minutes of the second period, scoring 15 straight…