Trial details emerge in Lautenschlager slaying case
Witnesses described a fatal May 25 2015 stabbing after a confrontation at a parking lot near 700 Arkansas St. Qui ck police videos show Lautenschlager bleeding heavily before dying at Lawrence Memorial Hospital. Defense argues self defense citing a physical confrontation and a 750000 bond keeps Back jailed. The trial resumes at 9 a.m. today.
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Kirby
Lautenschlager
Lawrence Memorial Hospital
Arkansas St
Back
Arkansas Street
Shawna Radcliffe
Sean McCawley
Stephens Drive
Amy McGowan
McGowan
Dakota Loomis
McCawley
Loomis
Douglas County
City to audit future incentive deals under new policy push
Lawrence staff recommend adding audit rights to incentives agreements for tax increment districts and related programs. The City Commission sent proposed changes to the Public Incentives Review Committee and other groups for input, amid ongoing audits of Oread Wholesale in The Oread district.
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City Commission
Public Incentives Review Committee
Joint Economic Development Council
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Oread Wholesale
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Dread Wholesale
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Tom Markus
Britt Crum-Cane
Drainage plan vote pauses on smaller lot coverage in Lawrence
Drainage Commissioners approved a drainage plan requirement by a 4-0 vote but postponed a decision on restricting impervious coverage on 3 000 and 5 000 square foot lots in Lawrence. Absent Commissioner Stuart Boyle criticized developers while city staff weigh zoning for East Lawrence.
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Boyle
Matt Bond
North Lawrence
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Lawrence
City Commission
Tom Markus
Leslie Soden
East Lawrence
Soden
McCullough
Arts Center Lands 50000 Grant For Hughes Documentary
The Lawrence Arts Center received a 50000 grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities to plan research and document a two part Langston Hughes documentary. The Dream Documentary Collective will bring nine Hughes scholars to Free State Festival in June to shape the project with public panels and a full screenplay outline. PBS’s American Masters has shown interest in airing the film.
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Lawrence Arts Center
National Endowment For the Humanities
Langston Hughes
Hughes
Lawrence
Dream
Kansas University
The
Arts Center
Randal Jelks
Madison Davis Lacy
John Edgar Tidwell
Darren Canady
Carmaletta Williams
Johnson County Community College
Tess Banion
Elena Lacy
Sarah Bishop
NEH
Free State
Val
PBS
Douglas County Courthouse agenda notice
Brief notice for the Douglas County Courthouse located at 1100 Massachusetts Street. For a full agenda, visit douglascountyks.org.
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Douglas County Courthouse
Massachusetts St
Douglascountyks.org
Lawrence attorney's license suspended by Kansas Supreme Court
Kansas Supreme Court suspends Lawrence attorney Joan M. Hawkins for 18 months over multiple rule violations. The order cites false pleadings, unearned fees, questioning court employee honesty, and delays in two cases. Costs of disciplinary proceedings are also imposed. Seven attorneys testified about communication problems with Hawkins.
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Kansas Supreme Court
Lawrence
High Court
Joan M. Hawkins
Hawk Law
Hawkins
Douglas County to Reclassify Land Near K-10 for Warehouses
The Douglas County Commission will hold a public hearing today on revising the K-10 and Farmer’s Turnpike Plan to reclassify 13.5 acres from residential and office to office and research, enabling mini warehouse construction between Kansas Highway 10 and East 902 Road. The Garber Enterprises Inc. property sits west of the Westar Energy substation and the plan comes with staff and Planning Commission approval. The commission will also consider a grant-funded health project contract with Sunrise Project to improve community health, under a proposal from the Health Department and Sustainability Coordinators. The County Commission meets at 4 p.m. Wednesdays at the courthouse.
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East 902
Garber Enterprises Inc
Westar Energy
County Commission
Lawrence-Douglas County Planning Commission
Lawrence-Douglas County Health Department
Douglas County Food Systems and Sustainability
Sunrise
Baldwin City Council keeps current ordinance approval process
Baldwin City Council discussed but did not pursue changing how ordinances are approved. They currently require two readings with a second reading after the first vote, a practice the majority supports despite occasional reversals in the past year.
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Baldwin
Marilyn Pearse
Fire Tree
Planning Commission
Rodden
Kansas lawmakers weigh scaling back Brownback tax cuts
Kansas Republicans oppose further tax cuts amid falling revenues. Gov Brownback defended the 29 percent top rate cut while lawmakers push to repeal tax breaks for farmers and business owners to raise 200 to 250 million annually. Budget plans hinge on new projections and possible adjournment.
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Kansas
Senate
Susan Wagle
Wichita
GOP
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