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Newspaper
Lawrence Journal World
Location
Lawrence, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Aug 21, 2015
Page
2
The Journal-World outlines its obituary policy and contact for running obituaries. It notes obituaries run as submitted by funeral homes or families and provides the telephone line 832-7151 for information about running them.
Cassandra Adelle Fox, 27, of Lawrence, died Thursday. Funeral arrangements are pending and will be announced by Rumsey-Yost Funeral Home.
Frank Gifford Jones of Lawrence, aged 94, died Tuesday. Memorial arrangements are pending at the Funeral Home with Rumsey-Yost listed as the contact.
A celebration of life for John Leasure is scheduled for 2 p m Saturday August 22 at Arteria Event Gallery in Lawrence. For more information visit warrenmcelwain com.
Irene E Yohe 91 of Lawrence will have a memorial Mass at Corpus Christi Catholic Church at a.m. on Monday August 24. The service honors Irene Evangeline Larson Yohe with information and a memorial page at warrenmcelwain.com.
Kansas Republicans debate ending the death penalty amid a generational shift. Eric Pahls of the KU College Republicans argues pro life means birth to natural death. Since 1992 repeal efforts have stalled in a legislature divided by party lines and cost concerns. The last execution in Kansas occurred in 1965. Peter Hancock.
Lawrence historian Katie Armitage notes Quantrill band targeted leaders including Rev. Richard Cordley and Charles Robinson. New evidence places Mayor George Col l amore at the northeast corner of Sixth and Louisiana streets when he died in the raid and well. Tom Arnold confirms the home was 515 W Sixth St, not 646 Louisiana. The finding links to Lawrence’s rebuilding era and local heritage as historians stress memorializing Col lamore and learning from the past.
North Carolina based Collet real estate plans a 250000 square foot retail center at the SLT and Iowa Street interchange with Academy Sports Old Navy Marshalls Home Goods Designer Shoe Warehouse and other stores. Planning staff backs approval but Lawrence City Commission must decide rezoning. Planning commissioners meet 6:30 PM Monday at City Hall.
The Lawrence Journal World lists contact options for story ideas and department areas including Arts and entertainment, County government, Courts and crime, Datebook, Kansas University, Lawrence schools, Letters to the editor, Local news, Obituaries, Photo reprints, and Soundoff, with subscription and delivery help lines and a post office address for changes. The notice provides general manager contact details and directs readers to email news at ljworld com.
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