Douglas County Dispatch Center Upgrades Improve Operations
Douglas County Emergency Communications unveils a remodeled 7 million center with 10 new dispatch consoles, durable chairs, and a modern radio system. The upgrade allows smoother interoperability with neighboring agencies, ending a year in a temporary location. The project is funded by city and county and includes a CAD upgrade planned for August.
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Douglas County
Lori Alexander
Lawrence Douglas County
Mark Bradford
Thefts hit Alvamar golf club as cart is found near 14th tee
Retired Air Force veteran Sorrentino reports his golf bag and several clubs stolen during a round at Alvamar. Police traced the cart to the 14th tee while witnesses described two teens fleeing toward Bob Billings Parkway with the clubs. Sorrentino, 57, who recently relocated to Lawrence, relies on disability payments and pleads for the return of his Titleist bag, irons, and cherished items including a 1993 hole in one ball. Staff assisted in recovering gear. he used loaner clubs while awaiting news from pawn shops and police.
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Ukraine and Crimea dispute framed by cultural myths
Valeriy Kahn notes media oversimplify Ukraine's history and identity while panelists evaluate how leaders view the crisis. Sharon O'Brien questions Crimea's self determination legality, and Mariya Omelicheva says Russia acted to defend interests as influence wanes since the Soviet era.
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Valeriy Kahn
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Uzbekistan Academy of Sciences
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Sharon O’brien
Center For Global and International Studies
Crimea
Russia
O’brien
Mariya Omelicheva
Center For Russian and Eastern European Studies
Soviet Union
Kansas teachers face at will firing bill amid union pushback
Merrick press secretary released a memo from the Kansas Office of Revisor of Statutes explaining parts of a bill that would allow firing teachers without appeal through an administrative process. The note says a hearing is due if firing involved constitutional rights. KNEA calls the memo misleading and notes non renewal notices would still list reasons. Supporters cite speed, opponents cite tenure as protection against political targeting.
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Kansas National Education Association
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Kansas names two new state fossils Tylosaurus and Pteranodon
Gov. Brownback signed the bill designating Tylosaurus and Pteranodon as Kansas state fossils. The mosasaur and pterosaur lived in the Cretaceous Kansas seas and skies, both predators, per a KU press release.
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Kansas University
Brownback
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Montana
Leonard Krishtalka
KU Biodiversity Institute and Natural History Museum
Levins donate $1.5 million to K State engineering expansion
Tucson residents Alan and Jan Levin contribute $1.5 million to Kansas State University toward the College of Engineering expansion. The gift supports phase four of a $45 million project to consolidate operations, with completion aimed for fall 2015. The Alan and Jan Levin Student Design Team Suite will host design competitions. Alan Levin holds a mechanical engineering degree from K State.
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Arizona
Kansas State University
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Tucson
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Kensington
Century Park Properties LLC
Engineering
Kansas State
Alan Levin
K-State Research and Extension
City to Hold Two Egg Hunts Saturday
The Lawrence Parks and Recreation Department will host two Easter events this weekend. The Underwater Eggstravaganza starts at noon at the Lawrence Indoor Aquatic Center and includes crafts before an egg hunt at 12 30 p.m. Cost is 7 dollars with crafts preregistration. Ages 2 to 12 may swim and hunt. The Eggstravaganza at South Park runs 1 to 3 p.m. with hunts and activities for ages 3 to 12, free. More details and registration at Iprd.org or 832 7946.
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Eagle moves from Kansas to Montana case charges four counts
Court documents show Eagle relocated from Lawrence to Montana and faces four counts in the case. Littlehead, tied to offering feathers for sale in 2008 and with Stoner in 2009, plans to plead later this month. Feathers seized will go to the National Eagle Repository in Colorado for Native American religious use.
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Montana
Littlehead
Stoner
U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service
Colorado
Grissom
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