Pine Davis and Hopkins win District 497 school board seats
Roger Pine Dustin Davis and Bill Hopkins win the three seats on the District 497 school board with Pine leading all precincts and Davis second, Hopkins narrowly ahead of rival Vaughn. The new board members will take office July 1, joining Hack Bradley Masinton and Oldfather.
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Pine
Davis
Hopkins
Kim Davis
Bill Hopkins
Bob Davis
Gary Condra
Helen Gilles
Larry Hatfield
Julie Hack
Bill Bradley
Martha Masinton
Charles Oldfather
Vaughn
Paul Wolfe
Lawrence
Barbara Crews
Wolfe
Crews
Funding on schools advances in Kansas legislature
The Kansas House approved a 344.19 million dollar appropriation for the Kansas Board of Regents and affiliated institutions, sending the bill to the Senate with changes. House passage trimmed Gov. Bennett’s salary hike for faculty, and an amendment by Rep. David Heinemann boosted funds for the Department of Family Practice and Primary Care Outreach at the KU Medical Center.
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Topeka
Kan
Kansas Board of Regents
Kansas House
Robert F. Bennett
Senate
House
David Heinemann
Garden City
Department of Family Practice
Kansas University Medical Center
Ways and Means
Fort Hays State
Clark leads as Carter and Rose win Lawrence City Commission seats
Incumbent Clark tops the field with 5 311 votes to 4 709 for Carter and 4 471 for Rose who earned a two year term. Rose and Carter join with Clark to form three seats as Mibeck, Paul and Albertson lose. The city votes 9 155 of 29 778 registered, or 30.7 percent. Clark pledges to push for direct mayoral elections and review top administrators.
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Barkley Clark
Ed Carter
Jack Rose
Lawrence
Clark
Carter
Rose
Carl Mibeck
Mibeck
Muriel Paul
Jerry Albertson
East Lawrence
North Lawrence
Commission
Lawrence voters back city manager form by 2 to 1 margin
Seventy percent of Lawrence voters rejected a switch to mayor council, voting 6 279 for manager commission and 2 654 for mayor council out of 9 155 ballots. The current system was favored at all precincts except two, and officials discuss potential direct election of the mayor under home rule.
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Clark
Lawrence
North Lawrence
East Lawrence
New York School
Manager Commission
Barkley Clark
Citizens Advisory Council
City signs pact to reacquire land east of bridge in Lawrence
Vice Mayor Marnie Argersinger signed a 30 year lease plan transferring four acres east of the Massachusetts Street Bridge to city control with two private firms holding eight acres. The Darling lease ends, new parcels face possible park or city office use, and development hinges on a pending Douglas County foreclosure suit by Stephen Hill and Justin Hill Sr. against Kansas Fibreboard Inc.
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Marnie Argersinger
Lawrence
Massachusetts Street Bridge
Rhode Island Street
Bowersock Dam
Kansas River
Stephen Hill
Justin Hill Sr
Douglas County
Kansas Fibreboard Inc
Hearing begins in murder case against Gardner Jr
The prosecution opened its case in district court detailing 11 witnesses in a preliminary hearing for Joseph H. Gardner Jr. charged with first degree murder in the February 6 slaying of Margaret M. Maxey. The state alleges Gardner and his brother James disposed of Maxey’s body north of Seventh and Connecticut near the Santa Fe tracks.
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Joseph H. Gardner Jr
Margaret M. Maxey
Mike Malone
Gardner
Malone
James
Danny Ramirez
Ramirez
Hilside
Seventh
Connecticut
Wayne Schmille
Carrol Crossfield
Gardners
Crossfield
Local Forecast Sunny and Warm
Weather page notes a sunny and warm day with a mild breeze and pleasant temperatures across the region. Details and full forecast appear on page 16.
Auto insurance hard to get See us
Gene Doane Agency at 824 Mass offers help with finding auto insurance. Contact for options and coverage details.
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Gene Doane Agency
Mass
Adv
Floods Recede as Death Toll Rises in Appalachia
Floodwaters ease in most areas of Appalachia after 30 hours of rain and tornadoes kill at least 28 across Kentucky Virginia and Alabama. In Williamson West Virginia Tug Fork floods force evacuations destroying bridges and knocking out utilities.
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Appalachia
West Virginia
Tug Fork
Kentucky
Virginia
Alabama
Williamson
W.va
Cumberland
Barbourville
Mercury rises over Lawrence with mild spring forecast
The Lawrence area enjoys sunny to partly cloudy skies with high of upper sixties to seventies and lows around 40. Southwest winds 5 to 15 mph. Tuesday’s high hit 48 with a 37 low and no precipitation. Extended weekend outlook calls for 40s to 50s at night and 70s by day.
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Lawrence
National Weather Service
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Pinckney School
Central United Methodist Church
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M.D
Arkie
South Junior High
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Lawrence Education Assn
LEA
Darrell Ward
Douglas County Clerk’s Office
Bill Brinson
Don Binns
Bill Womack
Binns
Lee Clark
Buford Watson
Ment
Overland Park
Watson
Allen Torrey
Darling
Bowersock
Raney Drugs
Journal-World- Index
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