Cultural Plan for Lawrence to be reviewed by commission
City consultants present the final draft of Lawrence's Cultural Plan at today's City Commission meeting funded by a Kansas Creative Arts Industries Commission grant. The plan highlights art as vital to quality of life, cites a nearly 500 response survey, and calls for more artist funding, studio and housing space, investment, education, and incubators.
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Lawrence
Kansas City
City Commission
Kansas Creative Arts Industries Commission
Christine Harris
Christine
Harris Connections
Tom Borrup
Creative Community Building
Minneapolis
Lawrence Cultural Arts Commission
Man allegedly sets car on fire over dumpster beer dispute
Lawrence police say a 55-year-old man Bernard Jerome Ellis poured a liquid on a 2007 Toyota Camry in the lot of Presto Convenience Store at 1030 N Third St and set it ablaze after a dispute over dumpster beer. The car owner, inside Subway next to the store, extinguished the flames with a fire extinguisher before officers arrived.
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Presto Convenience Store
Third St
Lawrence
Trent McKinley
McKinley
Bernard Jerome Ellis
Beer gift sparks arson arrest and a separate meth bust
Ellis allegedly poured vodka on a victim’s car and set it ablaze after a disputed beer gift. In a separate stop, Stephen Allen Wisinger, found with methamphetamine, drug paraphernalia and fake IDs, faced multiple charges after an outstanding Fort Worth warrant was confirmed. Police urged vigilant reporting of suspicious activity.
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Kim Murphree
Murphree
Stephen Allen Wisinger
Fort Worth
Texas
Wisinger
Dispatch
Westar rate rise proposal urged by regulators and others
Kansas regulators heard a 90 minute session on a ToPERA-An agreement that would let Westar Energy raise rates about 4 percent. Attorneys said the plan is reasonable for customers and covers power plant upgrade costs. If approved, annual company revenue would grow by 78 million, with typical households paying 5 to 7 dollars more monthly.
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Topera
Kansas
Kansas Corporation Commission
Westar Energy Inc
ECC
Westar
Jay Emler
Senate
KU Lawrence bus route 710 resumes for school year
The K-10 Connector Route 710 between Lawrence and Overland Park restarts Monday for the KU Lawrence campus school year. Service runs 6 a.m. to 7:20 p.m. weekdays with morning and afternoon rush, hourly mid day, hourly 7:10 p.m. to 11:20 p.m. evenings Monday through Thursday. Stops include KU Lawrence campus East Lawrence Edwards Campus and Johnson County Community College. More details at jocogov.org/dept/transit.
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Lawrence
Overland Park
Kansas University
Johnson County Transit
Kansas City Area Transportation Authority
East Lawrence
Ku’s
Edwards
Johnson County Community College
Jocogov. Org
Dept
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Bob Billings Parkway
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Ljworld.com
Caitlin Doornbos
Cvdoornbos
Johnson County
Quality Structures, Inc
PMU
UT TV
Qualitystructures.com
Morton
morTonbuildings.com
Eric Sakamura
W. 6Th Street
Suite B
Lawrencepiano.com
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