Speeding concerns on North 1550 Road prompt patrol watch
The Douglas County Sheriff plans to monitor speeding on North 1550 Road near Lawrence after a resident complained. Officials note no formal traffic issue was reported and the area will be watched, while questions arise about fencing bids for the South Lawrence Trafficway project and contractor subcontractor awards.
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1550 Road
Douglas County
Loren Anderson
11Th Street
Lawrence
Anderson
Jere McElenhaney
Louie McElhaney
South Lawrence
Ed Voss
Sherwood Construction Co
Wichita
Voss
Sherwood Construction
McElhaney Fence Co
Jere McElhaney
Fence Company
John Pasley
Pasley
Hamm Construction
Kansas Turnpike
Sound Off Contact Procedure At Journal World
Instructions for submitting questions to Sound Off via the Journal-World Access line. Call 865 5000, enter category 7478, listen to the recording and leave your question.
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Journal-World Access
Journal-World News
J-W
National Organ Donor Awareness Week events in Lawrence
Presidential proclamation designates National Organ and Tissue Donor Awareness Week with a donor card booth at Lawrence Memorial Hospital 325 Maine hosted by Mike Lower from Midwest Organ Bank Inc from 11 a.m. to 1 30 p m Thursday. A panel titled Welfare and the General Welfare airs at 7 p m April 24 at Lawrence Public Library co moderated by Caroljean Brune and Sue Schuessler with experts from KU and local groups.
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Lawrence Memorial Hospital
Maine
Mike Lower
Midwest Organ Bank Inc
Lawrence Public Library
Caroljean Brune
League of Women Voters
Lawrence
Douglas County
Sue Schuessler
Lawrence Coalition For Peace and Justice
Ann Weick
Kansas University
Douglas Houston
Charity Grace
Dietre Weismiller
City Commission
Coalition For Peace and Justice
Alliance For Social Awareness
Lawrence High School
Blood Drive Planned at Perry-Lecompton High School
Perry-Lecompton High School will host a community blood drive from 2 to 6 p.m. Thursday on the high school stage. Student donors receive a T shirt. all donors get Gambino's pizza coupons. Sponsored by Topeka Blood Bank serving six hospitals including Lawrence Memorial Hospital. For more information call 800 279 5943.
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Perry-Lecompton High School
Gambino
Topeka Blood Bank
Kansas
Lawrence Memorial Hospital
Call
Robert McNamara’s Vietnam War admissions spark debate
John Woke surveys McNamara’s recent confessions about U S involvement in Vietnam. Critics argue they confirm responsibility and misjudgments, while others see them as reflective but insufficient for accountability. Public reaction ranges from calls for transparency to renewed critiques of policy choices.
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Robert McNamara
Fire and Ambulance Reports From Lawrence weekend
Firefighters battled a lawnmower fuel fire in a metal building at 1609 N 1600 Rd causing $3,500 damage and extinguished a false alarm at Vermont Towers. Ambulance crews logged multiple medical emergencies and vehicle accidents around Lawrence and nearby towns, with one patient treated and released at Lawrence Memorial Hospital.
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Lawrence
Vermont Towers
Lilo
N. 1600 Rd
Sixth
Iowa
Kansas Union
Kansas University
Births and dismissals noted in Lawrence area
Davalynn Johnson and baby girl in Lawrence. Daniel and Elizabeth Berghout welcomed a girl in Lawrence on Saturday. Dana and Brian Byers welcomed a boy in Lawrence on Saturday.
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Davalynn Johnson
Baby Girl
Lawrence
Daniel and
Elizabeth Berghout
Dana
Brian Byers
Whistleblower Grief and Confession Echo in Missouri Case
Susan Travis a mutual funds representative from Independence Missouri laments a tragic delay and a supposed cover up as lives were lost Bruce Vanatta county weed director from Caney recalls being present and matching claims of optimistic lies hidden truths and a broader pattern of deception within the case
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Susan Travis
Mutual Funds
Independence
Bruce Vanatta
Caney
Lawrence area community events and screenings schedule
A roundup of activities includes a wetlands tour on 31st Street led by the Coalition to Preserve the Wetlands at 2 p.m., a Douglas County Commission meeting at 9 a.m., an Mead owlark School information session at 7:30 p.m. in the Lawrence Public Library auditorium, a health screening for those over 60 at Eudora Nursing Center with a fee, a walk in veterans health and prostate exam clinic at the Lawrence American Legion from 10 a.m. to 2:30 p.m., storytime for 3 to 5 year olds at 10:30 a.m. in the library, a public transportation forum at 1:30 p.m. in the library auditorium, and a Peace and Healing gathering at 5:30 p.m. on the Haskell campus.
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31St Street
Haskell Avenue
Louisiana Street
The
Coalition To Preserve
Douglas County Commission
11Th
Massachusetts
Meadowlark School
Lawrence Public Library
Eudora Nursing Center
Eudora
Lawrence American Legion
Colmery O'Neil V.A. Medical Center
Lawrence
Haskell Indian Nations University
Medicine Wheel
Access poll on college tuition tax deduction votes
Voters are invited to call the I W Access number at 865 5000 and choose category 3500 to vote yes or 3501 to vote no on a college tuition tax deduction. Respondents volunteered. results are not scientifically accurate.
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Richary Gwin
Frankie Hurtig
Hurtig
Immanuel Lutheran Church
W. 15Th
LMH
Blood Drive
Perry-Lecompton
John
LAW Enforcement
Douglas County Ambulance Service
West Sixth
Kansas Highway 10
Watkins Health
West 10Th
Prospect
Ames
Baldwin
Kentucky
Stormont-Vail Regional Medical Center
Topeka
Ninth
Eisenhower
East100
East 2300
Ridge Court
Baldwil
John Mitchell
Lee’s Summit
Linda Brown
Leawood
Journal-World
Bill Snead
John Taylor
Kurt Caywood
Ann Gardner
Chuck Woodling
Nancy Smith
Mason King
Nancy Price
Tom Fisher
Mark Chaney
Aol
Larry Magee
Japan
K-State
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