On the Street on Massachusetts Street Arts Question
Jon Hunter, a type setter at Allen Press in Lawrence, says there is room for art in the city but at times it does not seem to open up to it. Readers are asked at Massachusetts Street for thoughts on whether Lawrence is an artistic town, with the full discussion available on LJWorld.com.
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Lawrence
Massachusetts
Jon Hunter
Allen Press
Cody Howard
KU School of Engineering
Road work planned this week in Lawrence Iowa Street upgrades
City projects map at lawks.us/construction. Iowa Street from Bob Billings Parkway to Irving Hill Overpass will be rebuilt with one through lane per direction, causing delays. Detours advised via 23rd, Sixth, Kasold, Kentucky. Completion targeted for June.
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Lawrence City
Lawks
Iowa Street
Bob Billings
23Rd Street
O’connell Road
Farmland Industries
Lawrence
Kansas Department of Transportation
Ninth Street
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Pennsylvania
Ninth
KDOT
Haskell and
Barker Avenues
Fire destroys multiple trailers in North Lawrence lot
Fire crews and police responded to a structure fire in a North Lawrence lot behind Slow Ride Roadhouse at 350 N Third St. Thick black smoke and 15 foot flames engulfed an empty trailer with the blaze spreading to two more, finally contained around 7 p.m. The damage included at least three trailer homes. no injuries or cause details available Saturday night. Names Mason Leach Leana Leach and Caitlin Wedel appear in fragmentary text.
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North Lawrence
Slow Ride Roadhouse
Third St
Parole hearings set for 21 Kansas inmates including Collins
Former Ottawa man Collins, 59, who confessed to beating his 1980 Franklin County stepdaughter to death, is among 21 Kansas inmates eligible for parole. Public sessions are April 22 in Kansas City, April 24 in Wichita, and April 26 in Topeka. Also noted is Yom HaShoah observance at KU.
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Ottawa
Kansas
Thomas K. Collins
Collins
Franklin County
City Hall
McDowell Plaza
Kansas City
Kanlam
Finney State Office
Wichita
Lawrence teachers negotiate through LEA exclusive rep
Lawrence district spokeswoman Julie Boyle said the Lawrence Education Association is the recognized bargaining unit for teachers in the district. Kansas National Education Association confirms that under the Kansas Professional Negotiations Act an officially recognized professional association becomes the exclusive representative to negotiate contracts for all teachers in the district.
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Lawrence
Julie Boyle
Lawrence Education Association
LEA
Kansas National Education Association
Mark Desetti
KNEA
Local reader contact options listed for Sound Off
A brief notice invites readers to call 832-7297 or email soundoff ljworld.com with questions or comments about local issues.
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Ljworld.com
Master Gardeners class boosts Douglas County program
Lawrence resident Jodine Trout, science teacher at the Kansas School for the Deaf, joins the Master Gardeners of Douglas County Gardening 101 class for practical holiday plant care and to learn about low maintenance cultivation. Gardening 102, focusing on soils lawns irrigation trees house plants and pests, will run 9 am to noon Aug 24 for $10 with preregistration via K State Research and Extension Douglas County at 785-843-7058.
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Journal-World Photo House
Journey
Lawrence
Douglas County Fairgrounds
Douglas County
Stan Ring
K-State Research and Extension
Jodine Trout
Kansas School For the Deaf
Trout
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