City OKs funds for K-10 Smart Corridor sign
Lawrence city commissioners approve $15,000 next year from the one cent county sales tax for a monument sign promoting Lawrence as a gateway to K-10 Americas Smart Corridor. The sign, placed near Interstate 70 and the South Lawrence Trafficway, is privately funded to total $100,000, with Lenexa Douglas County and private donations covering the rest.
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Lawrence
Hilda Enoch
el Dorado
Enoch
Bonnie Augustine
K-10 Assn. Inc
South Lawrence
Kansas Highway 10
Lenexa
Midland Railway plans expansion to Norwood and Baldwin
The Midland Railway will extend about two miles south from Nowhere to Norwood in Franklin County and extend about three-tenths of a mile north to US Highway 56. A $292,828 federal grant funds most of the project with the city contributing $8,000 and Railroad Salvage and Restoration Inc. of Joplin, Missouri the contractor. Work begins in September with completion targeted for January 1. The line will continue seasonal rides and include a new picnic area at the south terminus. the Midland Railway Historical Assn. and about 50 volunteers will support the effort.
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Baldwin
Midland Railway
Brian Wilcox
Mike Fox
Shawnee Mission
The
Midland Railway Historical Assn
Norwood
Franklin County
Fox
U.S. Highway 56
Federal Department of Transportation
Wilcox
Railroad Salvage and Restoration Inc
Joplin
Body found in Broken Arrow Park Lawrence
Lawrence police investigated an unattended death after a white female in her teens or early 20s was found hanging from a shelter at Broken Arrow Park in the southeast part of the city. Fire crews responded at 10:19 p.m. and no identification was found. Investigators sought to establish her identity.
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Lawrence
Lawrence-Douglas County Fire & Medical
Arrow Park
Dusty Gilges wins grand champion hog at county fair
Dusty Gilges, 16, a Worden Workers 4-H Club member, showed the grand champion market hog weighing 237 pounds at the Douglas County Free Fair swine show. The event drew large crowds to support a charity food sale as 4-H youth showcased top swine while handlers chased unruly pigs amid a bustling ring.
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Renée Knoener
Journal-World Photo
Douglas County Free Fair
Ting
Dusty Gilges
Worden Workers 4-H Club
Douglas County
Gilges
Radiation exposure from blasts not excessively high, scientist says
A Kansas public health physicist said most of the state, including Douglas and surrounding counties, received radiation within safe limits from nuclear tests in the 1950s and 60s. Douglas County recorded 5.5 rads, while Jefferson, Leavenworth and Franklin counties ranged from 4.8 to 5.6 rads. Russell peaked at 8.1 rads.
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Douglas
Ron Fraass
Kansas Department of Health and Environment
Douglas County
National Cancer Institute
Jefferson County
Leavenworth County
Franklin County
Russell County
Sherman County
Franss
Kansas
Fraass
Chernobyl
The
Cancer Institute
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