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Kansas school districts find changing offensive mascots costs money High schools in Shawnee Mission and Wichita have recently changed their mascots, retiring long-time names that traded on American Indian heritage. Above, the word "Redskins" on Wichita North High's basketball court will be painted over after the district dropped the controversial name. Photo credit Suzanne Perez/Kansas News Service. Some Kansas schools are starting to find out. Wichita school board members voted in February to get rid of the controversial Redskins mascot at North High School. They learned recently t...

Kansas News Service The word "Redskins" on North High's basketball court will be painted over after the Wichita district dropped the controversial name. Shawnee Mission and Wichita schools have recently changed their mascots away from names that traded on American Indian heritage. WICHITA, Kansas — What does it cost a school district to change an offensive mascot? Some Kansas schools are starting to find out. Wichita school board members voted in February to get rid of the controversial Redskins mascot at North High School. They learned recently that replacing athletic uniforms, painting...

Concert photographers ready to rock after source of income vanished with pandemic Updated Apr 29, 2021; Posted Apr 29, 2021 Alabama concert photographer Kinsey Blake Haynes (far left) shoots a pic of Birmingham jam band CBDB. Haynes and others in her profession lost out on this source of income when the pandemic shut down live music for the foreseeable future. (Courtesy / Photo by Harrison Thomas) Facebook Share While the return of live music signifies a return to normalcy for fans who have spent the last year pining for that experience, socially distant or not, it also means money in the p...

Article content Shane Smith was drinking with a group of people on a summer night in July when his friend pointed an AR-15 rifle at him in a “joking manner.” Then he pulled the trigger. We apologize, but this video has failed to load. Try refreshing your browser, or Calgary records 33 homicides in 2020, marking the deadliest year since 2015 Back to video No magazine was attached but a bullet lodged in the chamber struck 20-year-old Smith, a court heard in December. He died instantly. After killing his “best friend,” 26-year-old Ian Charles Abercrombie directed his roommates to dispo...

Here are Alabama’s 2020 Entertainers of the Year Updated Jan 05, 2021; Posted Dec 31, 2020 Among AL.com's Entertainers of the Year in 2020 are (clockwise from top left) Charles Barkley, Madalen MIlls, the Sidewalk Film Center and Cinema and Ashley Monroe. (AL.com / Getty Images / Madalen Mills / Sidewalk Film Center and Cinema) Facebook Share Twitter Share Check out these Alabama people and movements that made significant cultural contributions locally, regionally and nationally in 2020, especially during a global pandemic that forced so many unforeseen changes in their respective industr...