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Newspaper
Lawrence Journal World
Location
Lawrence, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Apr 13, 2013
Page
5
A resident complains of a rail fence across three yards with rails fallen, rotting, and left in posts. No repairs are made, harming curb appeal. They are advised to file a code violation with Code Enforcement at 832-7700 or online at lawrences.org/pds/code_enforcement.
If you have a question call 832 7297 or send email to soundoff jworld com for the newsroom inquiry and feedback.
A reader asks on Massachusetts Street what should name the building housing the original basketball rules. The comment references a Buffalo Grove student and mentions a public vote idea. The piece ties to ESPN 30 for 30 project There’s No Place Like Home.
The Kansas Supreme Court upheld five year prison terms and lifetime supervision for Zachary Toahty-Harvey in Douglas County after a no contest plea to aggravated indecent liberties with a child. It also affirmed Mark Waggoner's life sentence with 25 year minimum for aggravated indecent liberties with a child under 14 in Jefferson County, noting Jessica's Law parole restrictions and post release monitoring.
The Lawrence school district announced Matt Fearing will resign as Southwest Middle School assistant principal effective June 30 and take extended medical leave. Robert Arevalo will serve as interim AP. Fearing began as a social studies teacher in 1993 and has been at Southwest since 1998.
A 53-year-old Lawrence man, Gregory Joel Thompson, was arrested after a stabbing at an apartment complex on West 24th Street. Police say he stabbed a man in the abdomen during a 6:30 p.m. argument. the victim was treated for non life threatening injuries and Thompson is jailed on aggravated battery charges with bond not yet set. Separately, Ronald Walters, 39, pleaded guilty to two counts of aggravated battery in Douglas County District Court for a February domestic disturbance and faces sentencing on April 25.
Faten and Majed Alsalem announce the birth of a boy in Lawrence on Friday. Ragul Gowthaman and Saranya Krishnamoorthy announce the birth of a girl in Lawrence on Friday.
In 1946 Branch Rickey, general manager of the Brooklyn Dodgers, defies MLB’s color barrier by signing Jackie Robinson. A Princeton admissions officer wrestles with a complex history as she assesses a gifted applicant from an experimental high school, rumored to be the child she gave up.
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