Laundry run leads to armed home invasion in Lawrence
A 24-year-old Lawrence man faced three assailants with a handgun during a 245 a.m. basement laundry room intrusion at Southridge Apartments. No one injured. Suspects described as two men in their 20s, one black in a dark basketball outfit and one white or American Indian in jeans and an olive tee. Police seek tips at 832-7530 or Crime Stoppers at 8477.
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Lawrence
Lawrence Police
Southridge Apartments
Lawrence Police Detectives Division
Parolees eyed closely by state
Auditors report the state returned more parolees to prison after tighter supervision. In the year ending June 30 about 1,700 former inmates were sent back for violations, about 15 percent of the prison population. The audit notes increased supervision and drug testing, plus tougher parole enforcement.
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Torexka
Department of Corrections
Charles Simmons
State Parole Board
Ir Department
Division of Post Audit
County upstate for new jail faces higher budget
Douglas County commissioners approved a 21.86 million total for a 196 bed jail on a 22.4 acre site east of Lawrence. They awarded two of six bid packages as construction will start this month with opening planned for early 1999.
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Douglas County
Tom Taul
Craig Killmer
Universal Construction
Killmer
Lawrence
Taul
Commission
Mark Buhler
Baldwin hardware sale marks pace change for merchant
Ted Brecheisen Jr owner of Brecheisen Hardware & Shoe Repair in Baldwin Kansas plans to sell the hardware portion of his downtown store to slow down after 27 years. He will continue shoe repair while the hardware portion is sold to create more free time. Chamber president Mark Eldridge ties the move to a statewide shift in rural towns toward professional services and away from traditional downtown shops.
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Ted Brecheisen Jr
Brecheisen
Baldwin
Mark Eldridge
Baldwin Chamber of Commerce
Kansas
Mike Youer
Journal-World Photo
Ted Brechelsen
Olaf Eckman
Eckman
Brecheisen Hardware & Shoe Repair
Audit opened into three venture capital funds by Kansas legislators
Legislators ordered a Post Audit review Monday of three venture funds Ad Astra I Ad Astra II Sunflower Technology Ventures to assess state investments in high tech. The state holds 72 percent in Ad Astra funds with 4.7 million dollars in state funds 1 6 of it from Kansas Lottery sales. The panel also probes a 1995 appropriation of 3.3 million for Sunflower Tech Ventures aimed at securing an additional 26.7 million in private and federal funds. Uproar over Ad Astra investments includes BioCore tied to Rep. Greg Packer ethics probes over alleged excessive contributions in 1994.
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Companie
Division of
Post Audit
Kansas
Sunflower Technology’ Ventures
Ad Astra
BioCore, Inc
BioCore
Greg Packer
R-Topeka
State Ethics Commission
Packer
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East Heights School
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Ric Anderson
Journal-World Writter
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Ad Astral Funds
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