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Former Wimbledon champion Jana Novotna died yesterday of cancer. She was 49.
"After a long battle with cancer, Jana died peacefully, surrounded by her family in her native Czech Republic," Women's Tennis Association officials said in a statement.
Novotna, who entered the tennis Hall of Fame in 2005, won her only singles grand slam at Wimbledon in 1998.
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A safe room and classroom addition at Willard Central Elementary School will be used by the music, arts and athletic programs for a district that had 4,536 students last year, according to Missouri Department of Elementary and Secondary Education figures, but school officials say enrollment is projected to grow.