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Leavenworth federal prison has been on lock-down for weeks and inmates are complaining about what they call "inhumane conditions"... a bill prohibiting Kansas children from receiving puberty blockers and sex reassignment surgery heads to the governor's desk... the state Senate approves a bill giving teenagers in foster care more options for a permanent home... medical marijuana appears dead for the year... and the Barton County Community College men's basketball team competes for a national title. More inside.

Kansas great Walt Wesley died at the Moffitt Cancer Center in Tampa, Florida, Thursday morning, former KU head coach Ted Owens informed Kansas Athletics. Wesley was 79 years old and had been fighting leukemia the past few years.

Walt Wesley, a two time All-American at Kansas who's considered to be the first NBA player from Fort Myers, passed away at the age of 79.

This day in Los Angeles Lakers history saw the Los Angeles Lakers acquire dominant center Kareem Abdul-Jabbar in a trade with the Milwaukee Bucks.