Pool proposal narrows Baldwin vote to keep issue alive
Baldwin voters narrowly backed a $2 million pool by 496 yes to 484 no. Provisional ballots to be counted Friday could flip the result, as Clerk Jaimes notes. commissioners will review Friday totals to judge validity. Two council opponents were elected, signaling mixed support for the project.
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Baldwin
Patty Irick
Patty Jalmes
Douglas County
Jaimes
Stanley Krysztof
Leland “Lee” Whaley
Krysztof
Loren Litteer
Whaley
LHS searches for new principal as Tate retires
Brad Tate, principal since 1973, will retire at end of the year. The district will accept applications through early May, with a screening pool and interviews by parents, teachers, and admins. Tate remains in post until June 30 with overlap planned. Woodlawn School also seeks a replacement for retiring Gary Haworth.
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Brad Tate
al Azinger
Azinger
Tate
Woodlawn School
Gary Haworth
Fast-thinking bankers foil attempted scam in Lawrence
Lawrence bank employees and police stopped a money scam aimed at a 90 year old resident. James E. McHenry and Shelly E. Oxford, both arrested on $15,000 bonds, waited in Douglas County Jail. Police said the pair lured the victim by promising a split of found cash after she withdrew over $1,000 with “good faith cash.”
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Lawrence
James E. McHenry
Dallas
Shelly E. Oxford
Magnolia
Tex
McHenry
Oxford
Douglas County
East Lawrence
Hadl
City approves Berkeley Plaza bid for new municipal court
Lawrence city commissioners on a 4-1 vote selected Berkeley Plaza Inc to build a new municipal court as part of a southeast redevelopment at 10th and New Hampshire. The contract covers $824,395 over 10 years for first-floor office space and a rehabilitated gas station site, with occupancy targeted by March 1 pending finishing-cost details.
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Lawrence
Berkeley Plaza Inc
10Th and
New Hampshire Streets
Southwind L.L.C
Doug Compton
Compton
Jeff Shinalberg
Berkeley Plaza
N.H
Schmalberg
Allen Levine
Bob Moody
Kansas farmers expect higher corn and soybean acreage this year
Kansas farmers project total plantings of 20.1 million acres across wheat sorghum corn and soybeans with soybean area up 12 percent to 2.3 million acres and corn rising 4 percent to 2.6 million. Wheat and sorghum acreage lower amid drought and shifting crop choices amid a new farm program.
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Carlyle Thompson
Kansas State University
Kansas
Steve Clanton
Minneapolis
Thompson
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N.Y
LHS
Historic Resources Commission
Jo Andersen
Compton’s
Ferciar
Kansas State
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