Haskell students tour downtown Lawrence to ease ties
About 200 Haskell students joined a Massachusetts Street walking tour organized by Downtown Lawrence Inc and the Lawrence Alliance to connect students with local businesses and counter past racial tensions. Native residents recall discriminatory incidents, while Haskell officials and city leaders emphasize progress and welcoming signs now seen around town.
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Haskell
Downtown
Lawrence Inc
Lawrence Alliance Business Coalition
Massachusetts Street
Lawrence
Becky Bowers
U.S. Bureau of Indian Affairs
Anadarko, Ohia
Akshapanek
Cat Williams
Sales Peo
Bob Martin
Kansas University
New School Buses to Feature Eye-in-the-Sky Cameras
Mayflower district expands bus fleet to meet state standards and safety goals. Cameras aboard three per bus will monitor student behavior and driver procedures, cost about 110 per box and 800 per camera. District plans policy on discipline and usage while adding emergency features.
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Mayflower
Russell
Tim Dennis
Dennis
Fiegel
Goods stolen from storage center prompt police search
Lawrence police reported a theft from a storage facility in the 2900 block of Lakeview. A glass trimmer a refrigerator a washer and dryer set a propane gas grill and a box of miscellaneous wedding gifts were taken between noon August 13 and early Wednesday. Totals on the police report value the items at 5569 dollars.
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Lakeview
Lawrence
FEMA official urges disaster readiness
FEMA official urges Lawrence area residents to create a family disaster plan amid flood news. Tips from FEMA guidelines cover safety, evacuation, contacting relatives, housing pets, workplace plans, and testing detectors. Call Topeka office at 1-800-462-9029 for more tips and supplies.
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Lawrence
Federal Emergency Management Agency
FEMA
Ben Frizzell
Topeka
Elwood
Leavenworth
Frizzell
IRS refund check bounces in Wilkinsburg Bank dispute over signature error
In Wilkinsburg Pennsylvania a $609.41 IRS tax refund check bounced due to missing both signatures. The bank mischaracterized the issue as insufficient funds and blamed the Treasury. The couple say both signed the check and want answers while the IRS notes checks come from another government office.
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Wilkinsburg
Jennifer Mayo-Deman
Mayo-Deman
Suresh Deman
U.S. Treasury Department
Mayo Deman
Internal Revenue Service
Financial Management Service
Mike Colarusso
Deman
Bert Nash Center to receive FEMA funded crisis counseling
The Bert Nash Community Mental Health Center and 10 other Kansas health centers will provide a 60 day emergency crisis counseling program for flood victims under a $183,783 federal grant approved by the Federal Emergency Management Agency. Outreach oriented counseling aims to reach disaster victims unlikely to seek traditional mental health services.
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Bert Nash Community Mental Health Center
Federal Emergency Management Agency
Kansas
Kansas Department of Social and Rehabilitation Service
Mental Health and Retardation Services Commission
Bert Nash
Kansas Health
George Vega
Mental Health and Retardation Services
T Shirt Bandit sentenced in Topeka federal case
Robert Dee O Kane aged 40 known as the T Shirt Bandit received 10 consecutive prison terms of 12 1/2 years each for bank robberies in Kansas and Missouri, plus five year terms on two firearm counts. The Topeka case covered Fidelity Gage Center Bank he robbed on April 14 and other robberies from 1990 to 1993 across Overland Park Louisburg Shawnee Liberty Parkville Lee s Summit Kansas City and Kansas City.
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Topeka
U.S
Kansas
Missouri
Robert Dee O’kane
Dale Saffels
O’kane
Grandview
Fidelity Gage Center Bank
Overland Park
Louisburg
Shawnee
Liberty
Parkville
Lee’s Summit
Kansas City
Haskell group to sing on CBS This Morning
The Haskell Singers and Dancers from Lawrence will appear Monday on CBS This Morning. Trescilla Willis, a 20 year old Choctaw from Carthage Mississippi, performs Oh What a Beautiful Morning in Choctaw. The taping occurred earlier this month at Haskell Indian Junior College and aims to promote an upcoming powwow in Kansas City. It will air at 7:30 am on KCTV Channel 5 and WIBW Channel 13.
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Ein
Lawrence
Tracey Lewis
Gunsight
Ariz
Tohono
Seattle Supersonics
Haskell Singers and Dancers
Haskell Indian Junior College
Trescilla Willis
Carthage
Miss
Willis
Barbara Cunningham
Kansas City
Cunningham
KCTV
WIBW
Topeka
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Sweet Shoppe
Gregory Sevier
Sevier
Airess Bowker
Eagle Butte
S.D
23Rd
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Camera's Eye
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Ohio
U.S. Highway 2440
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Jayhawker Towers
Charles Rapp
Linda Carlson
Kenneth Retter
Susan Russell
Charles Richards
Sherry Dick
Brian Bolte
Brookville
Renee Wasinger
Carl Roubison
Eudora
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David Rice
Baldwin
Laura Pack
Christopher McKeel
Fort Riley
Chava Martens
John Crawford
Michelle McNulty
Stilwell
Jason Young
Amy Lackey
Marvin Adcox
Tonganoxie
Cynthia Silvers
Richard Reigle
Wamego
Sandra Huyett
Jerry Nelson
Debra Hitt
Cody Sullivan
Michelle Anderson
Clint Hoxie
Tahlequah
Okla
Becky Scharf
Richard Schintler
Stephanie Wagenblast
Estus Services
Leonard C. Estus
First United Methodist Church
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Dorothy C. Wilson
Columbus
Kan
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Holden
Mass
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Calif
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