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United Nation of Islam, a quasi-religious group based in Kansas City, Kansas, was accused of forcing children to endure long, unpaid work days while living in crowded conditions with strict diets. Sentences for the six leaders range from five years of probation to 10 years in prison. -
While other universities move to preserve the advisory bodies, Texas State will abolish them under a new state law that curtails faculty's influence on campuses. -
The news comes after some at the National Weather Center in Norman were laid off or took early retirement options this year. -
It's been more than a week since Democrats fled the state to block a Republican-backed redistricting map.
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Chromolithographs of Paper Lanterns (ca. 1880), Metropolitan Museum of Art. Public Domain./For High Plains Public Radio’s Readers Club, I’m Shane Timson in Colby, Kansas. Today we’re talking about the book Lincoln in the Bardo by George Saunders. This book was Saunders’ first book, and it was a New York Times bestseller. -
Musée Guimet, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons/Hi, my name is Chris Hudson and I’m an English professor at Amarillo College. I’d like to welcome you to the Fall Radio Readers Book Club. I’m here to talk to you again about George Saunders’ Lincoln in the Bardo. -
Luke's guest this week is Hunter Barrett with Fortified Cottonseed www.fortifiedcottonseed.com. Hunter and Luke discuss feeding cottonseed as a supplement to deer. There are very many reasons that make perfect sense why one should take a close look at cottonseed. To hear Luke's hour long show, visit www.catfishradio.org -
Tune in to Classical music Amarillo this week as we continue our exploration of symphonic literature!
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