This image of the area where the new downtown transit center/parking garage will be built was shot from a camera placed atop the Capital Plaza Hotel to track the progress of the project. (Photo submitted)

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Second Street School teacher Stephanie Starkey received $10,000 as a Gene and John Ed McConnell Foundation's Extra Mile Award winner Monday at a staff meeting at the school. Terry Johnson, representing the foundation, presented the check to Starkey. (Linda Younkin | State Journal)