Only In Lawrence celebrates unsung local heroes
The Journal-World unveils the second annual Only In Lawrence honorees at a 5:30 p.m. reception in the News Center on Seventh and New Hampshire. More than 50 Lawrence residents are profiled across five categories community learning arts sports and history with a top overall honoree on Sundays front page.
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Helpful teen aids elderly couple on bluebird trail
In Lawrence Charline Freitag praises a teenage boy who rushed to help her husband when he collapsed on the Rotary Arboretum bluebird trail. She notes passersby in their 20s to 40s ignored the couple, but the teen offered aid and offered to accompany them home, though they declined.
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Illinois faces reality check on solvency and fiscal risk
George Will notes Illinois remains heavily taxed with high corporate and personal levies, ballooning bond debt, and underfunded pensions. He cites state fiscal choices prompting insolvency risks, calls for market discipline, and cites research linking pension costs to borrowing costs while urging reform and vigilance. Illinois policy institute report highlights unfunded retiree health liabilities and rising costs.
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Old Home Town Years Ago Reunion Of Local Pilots
About 65 pilots and former pilots were set for a reunion in the Lawrence area. The event recognized those who flew out of Lawrence Municipal Airport in previous decades. Organizers Russ Bartley Delbert Richardson Bill Hudson Jean Murphy and Lee Zimmerman planned a social hour and buffet at the Flamingo Club.
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Europe faces a euro crisis as France could shift fate
Washington columnist David Ignatius outlines a brewing euro crisis driven by austerity and debt across Greece Spain Portugal and Italy. If Francois Hollande wins the May runoff he may press Germany to ease fiscal rules, risking a broader clash over the euro and possible devaluation.
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