Fire destroys rural De Soto two-story house
Crews from Northwest Consolidated, Eudora and Lenexa battled a rural De Soto house fire at 8225 Ravenswood Lane, arriving at 1:33 p.m. and gaining control by 3 p.m. The vacant residence was extensively damaged. cause under investigation. no injuries reported.
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Johnson County
de Soto
Ravenswood Lane
Mark Billquist
Northwest Consolidated Fire District
Northwest Consolidated
Eudora
Lenexa
Meth suspect transferred to federal custody in drug case
A 49 year old Overland Park man William Arthur Sheldon Jr faces federal methamphetamine and firearm charges. Federal complaint says on August 24 he possessed with intent to distribute five grams or more of meth and carried a pistol during a drug trafficking crime. An informant said Sheldon was in Lawrence selling meth. Lawrence police stopped him on 23rd Street and a Shawnee K9 unit found meth and a gun in the pickup. Sheldon told police the gun and truck belonged to his fiancee and he did not know drugs were present. He reportedly failed to register after a 1981 Arizona conviction.
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Overland Park
William Arthur Sheldon Jr
Douglas County
Sheldon
Lawrence
23Rd Street
Arizona
Safe holiday weekend safety tips from Corps of Engineers
Park manager David Rhoades warns of fire risk amid hot dry conditions and a Douglas County burn ban affecting state parks. He urges campers boaters and fishers to share exact location and camp area, ensure life jackets lights and distress signals, and follow pit or grill fire rules on Corps property.
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David Rhoades
U.S. Army Corps of Engineers
Douglas County
Clinton Lake
Rhoades
Hy-Vee to open LEED certified gas station and store
Hy-Vee opens a new gasoline station and convenience store at Clinton Parkway and Crossgate Drive at 6 am. It will be the first gold level LEED certified Hy-Vee convenience store in Lawrence, reflecting the company’s environmental focus. Store director Andrew Yochum notes Lawrence as a fitting test site for this format. Solar panels are among the features.
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West Lawrence
Hy-Vee
Clinton Parkway
Crossgate Drive
Lawrence
Hy-Vee Corporation
Andrew Yochum
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