15th Street extension spurs massive west Lawrence growth
Construction moves on a one mile West 15th Street extension from Foxfire Drive to the South Lawrence Trafficway set to finish late summer or early fall. Alvamar Inc. plans a $1.0+ billion, 4,000 unit development housing upscale homes around Yankee Tank Lake renamed Lake Alvamar with private docks and a lakefront life style.
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Mike
N. 1500 Road
Douglas County Road 13
South Lawrence
Hamm Contractor Inc
Perry
15Th Street
Foxfire Drive
Wakarusa Drive
Bob Billings
Alvamar Inc
Clinton Parkway
Sixth Street
Wakarusa
Billings
Alvamar
Yankee Tank Lake
Lake Alvamar
Terese Gorman
Pope visits Sarajevo amid tension in Bosnia
Pope John Paul II traveled to Sarajevo, ignoring an apparent assassination attempt, on a Saturday visit to the predominantly Muslim city as reporters prepared for coverage on page 3A.
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John Paul II
Sarajevo
Panel warns of drinking and driving dangers
Sybil Turner, 21, recalls waking after emergency surgery with pins screws and staples in her left foot from a drunken driver incident on Aug 26 1994. She now speaks to teens and offenders in a DUI victim panel organized by the Kansas Drunk Driving Prevention Project to show real consequences.
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Sybil Turner
Turner
Ing
Kansas
Dccca Center
Lawrence
April Marvin
Douglas County
State Department of Transportation
Jurors grapple with religion in McVeigh death sentence trial
Prospective jurors and jurists weigh biblical commands to Thou shalt not kill against eye for eye in the Oklahoma City bombing case. Judge Richard Matsch asks candidates to set aside beliefs and consider death penalty if guilty. Some jurors admit shifting views while others insist on following divine law or man’s law.
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Denver
Oklahoma City
USS
Richard Matsch
Timothy McVeigh
Paul
Jim Eros
Loyola University
Treasury mulls changes in money to aid blind workers
Charlie Davis, who runs a Treasury basement snack shop, is blind and handles cash daily. Officials are considering changes to paper currency to improve accessibility for blind people. Davis notes the common cash-handling challenges and hopes for safer, easier transactions.
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Treasury
Washington
Charlie Davis
Treasury Department
Davis
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