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NASCAR driver Clint Bowyer, an Emporia native, exchanges helmets with Kansas football coach Turner Gill during a tour of the Anderson Family Football Complex on Tuesday.

Marcus Morris and NASCAR driver Clint Bowyer, visit after Bowyer was given a KU Jersey on Tuesday August 24, 2010, while Bowyer was in town at KU promoting the upcoming race at the Kansas Speedway in October.

NASCAR has approved a request for a second weekend of Sprint Cup Series racing beginning in 2011 at the Kansas Speedway.

Linwood city officials recently met with the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers to discuss whether the city could find the money to contribute to a project that would fix erosion problems along Stranger Creek. The creek meanders through Linwood on its way to the Kansas River — and several buildings, including this home owned by Danny Saultz, 19302 Golden Rd., sit precariously close to the creek.

Vans, SUVs and cars were collapsed into a mass of glass and metal after a massive accident Sunday on Interstate 70 near Bonner Springs. the westbound lanes of the highway were shut down for hours while emergency crews tried to free trapped passengers and clear the accident.