Four-way stop at 11th and Connecticut dates to 1987
Historical records show the Lawrence City Commission installed a four way stop at the 11th and Connecticut intersection in July 1987. Traffic engineer David Woosley cites traffic volumes and accident history as the reason for the change. Residents questions about woodpeckers note drumming as communication, not nesting, with temporary barriers advised.
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Ation
11Th
Connecticut
Lawrence
David Woosley
Johnston
Journal-World Sound Off Access Line Details
Instructions for submitting questions to Sound Off by calling the Journal-World Access line at 865-5000 with category 7478. A recorded prompt invites listeners to leave their question.
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Journal-World Access
Lawrence datebook events at Lawrence Public Library
After school story time and family storytime at 707 Vt with a Floor Burns talk and book signing by Jerod Haase during National Library Week. Bookmobile visits at Dillons Edgewood Homes Pine Tree. Checkers Foods Wal-Mart and more with times, locations, and a fundraiser for Parents as Teachers.
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Lawrence Public Library
Jerod Haase
National Library Week
Dillons
Edgewood Homes
Pine Tree Apartments
Checkers Foods
Wal-Mart
Iowa
Motel robbed at Hamp ton Inn under investigation
Police search for a white male in his late 30s to early 40s who robbed the Hamp ton Inn at 2300 W Sixth around 10 50 p m. He fled with money in a plastic bag, wearing a red flannel shirt blue jeans and a red cap. He is described as 5 8 and 160 pounds with brown hair and a mustache. Call Crime Stoppers at 843 8477 with tips.
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Hampton Inn
Academic talks and recitals on organ works and defense counsels
Lawrence Brie presents Inhibition of Servine Esterases by Organophosphorus Compounds and Birth Defects in Avian Embryos at 3 30 p m today in 2032 Haworth. Charles Barland offers Registrational Practices in the Organ Works of John Knowles Paine at 3 p m today in Bates Recital Hall. Kendall Thornton discusses Self Protective Strategies in Fraser at 1 p m Friday. Galen Johnson presents The Defense Counsels at the Tokyo War in Alcove B, Kansas Union, April 30 at 10 a m.
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Ali Keshavarz-Shokri
Haworth
Charles Barland
John Knowles Paine
Bates Recital Hall
Kendall Thornton
Fraser
Galen Johnson
Tokyo
Alcove B
The
Kansas Union
Needle purchase with tax funds for addicts debated
Community members weigh using public money to supply clean needles to drug users to curb HIV spread. Officials cite health benefits and cost savings, while opponents fear enabling drug use and safety concerns linger.
Legal bills mounting in city's hospital fight
Lawrence faces a costly battle over a private hospital plan by Columbia Healthcare. The city has spent about $46,000 on legal fees, with Judge Paula Martin's ruling prompting an appeal to the Kansas Court of Appeals to defend LMH and protect city ownership and patient access.
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Columbia Healthcare Corp
Douglas County
Paula Martin
Columbia
Kansas Court of Appeals
Marty Kennedy
Lawrence Memorial Hospital
LMH
Sixth Street
Folks Road
Gerald Cooley
Cooley
Burglaries and Thefts Reported in Lawrence Area
Police logs detail thefts from apartments and vehicles on fireside and Overland Drive with items including a computer 36 rolls of toilet paper a Ping golf clubs a Sony Walkman clothes and Oakley sunglasses. A JVC car stereo and a compact disc player were stolen from two vehicles with damages noted. Kenneth Bernard Lee Jr was arrested on aggravated assault and drug possession warrants. Emergency calls include several fire and medical responses across Lawrence.
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Overland Drive
Apple Lane
JVC
West Sixth
Lawrence
Kenneth Bernard Lee Jr
Wyandotte County
Douglas County
Washing tion Evans Crowe family notices
Jimmy and Evette Washington Lawrence a girl Wednesday Michael and Ellen Crowe Lawrence a boy Wednesday.
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Jimmy and
Evette Washington
Lawrence
Michael and
Ellen Crowe
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