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  • Three newspapers merge in Butler County

    November 5, 2013

    The Augusta Gazette, El Dorado Times and Andover American have merged into one newspaper to serve the Butler County area.The new newspaper, which printed its first edition on Tuesday, is the Butler...

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  • World Company to switch printing to KC Star

    October 18, 2013

    From ljworld.com

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  • Work keeps Peschka's mind 'alert'

    October 16, 2013

    Pat Peschka has no plans to retire any time soon. Never one to sit idle, she has spent 82 percent of her almost 90 years working at a variety of jobs. She has learned the secret of longevity.

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  • An essay on the Journalist Privilege

    October 10, 2013

    Editor's note: This essay, solicited by and then submitted to the Kansas Prosecutor magazine, was rejected by the Editorial Committee. Here's what the editor wrote: "In their opinion, it would be...

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  • Marshall to deliver Huck Boyd Lecture

    October 7, 2013

    The A.Q. Miller School of Journalism and Mass Communications will host several events Oct. 24 related to Kansas State University’s sesquicentennial. At 10:30 a.m., Jane Marshall will give the 14th...

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  • Remember: annual Publisher's Statement is due

    September 25, 2013

    Oct. 1 is the deadline to get your Annual Publisher's Statement to your local post office.It doesn't have to be printed in your newspaper by then, but the report should be in the hands of your...

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  • Former Lyons publisher dead at 77

    September 13, 2013

    Paul Edward Jones, long-time publisher and editor of the Lyons Daily News and former four-term mayor of Lyons, died Sept. 12, 2013, at Hospice House in Hutchinson. He was 77.Jones was born at the...

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  • Judiciary Committee approves federal shield law

    September 13, 2013

    From USA TodayA bill that would allow journalists to protect the identity of confidential sources moved forward Thursday after lawmakers reached agreement on the tricky question of just who is a...

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  • Issue of falsity must be considered in defamation case

    September 10, 2013

    A Colorado Supreme Court ruling that allowed a defamation claim to stand without considering whether the statements at issue were substantially true could have a chilling effect on the First...

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  • What happened to the news business?

    September 10, 2013

    For most of the 20th century, any list of America’s wealthiest families would include quite a few publishers generally considered to be in the “news business”: the Hearsts, the Pulitzers, the...

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