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These articles are free to read. Email not displaying correctly? [View the web version]( Lock in your subscription rate and save! [LJWorld.com]( The articles below are free to read. Please consider signing up for a subscription to support local journalism. Special offer for newsletter recipients $89 per year [Subscribe Now]( [photo]( [Gov. Laura Kelly and local leaders — and kids — help Ballard Center celebrate groundbreaking for new building addition]( For the leader of the Ballard Center, the noise of kids playing in one of the North Lawrence nonprofit’s two outdoor playgrounds was a fitting backdrop to a groundbreaking ceremony for a new building addition on Thursday. [Read More]( [Subscribe Today]( [Image]( [Town Talk | Research funding at KU jumped 20% in 2023; largest increase in at least 20 years]( Research funding at KU increased by more than 20% last year, its largest increase in at least 20 years, KU announced on Thursday. [Read More]( [Image]( [Her son died alone in the woods by Lawrence; his death, after a long mental health struggle, was ‘too easy,’ she says]( Gayla Kelly thinks her son came to Lawrence in his final days because it was a place where he had been happy. [Read More]( [photo]( [KU earns commitment of transfer guard Riley Kugel]( The Kansas men’s basketball team picked up its first transfer of the offseason on Easter Sunday when former Florida guard Riley Kugel announced that he will join the Jayhawks next year. [Read More]( [photo]( [Chosen as a candidate for Navy BUD/SEAL training, KU ROTC student sets his sights on teamwork and a lifetime of service]( Cornwell, as battalion executive officer, is second in command among his commissioning class of 10, which includes two future Naval aviators, one future flight officer, three future officers on nuclear submarines and one surface warfare officer, as well as two Marines. [Read More]( [Subscribe Today]( [Facebook]( [Twitter]( This message was sent by the Lawrence Journal-World. You are receiving this because at some point in the past you shared your email address with LJWorld.com To opt-out of emails like this, click the link below. [Click here to unsubscribe and manage your email subscriptions.]( Lawrence Journal-World PO Box 888, Lawrence, KS 66044