Man convicted in Tinder beating
Lawrence man Shane Steven Allen, 31, was convicted Friday of beating a 20-year-old woman he met on Tinder. He confined her at his home for six days, leaving cuts and bruises and facing charges including kidnapping battery and drug paraphernalia possession.
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Zadie Smith discusses writing and identity at KU event
Zadie Smith, author of White Teeth, spoke at the University of Kansas about feminism and multicultural characters. She compared her writing process to Snapchat, noting she never rereads her novels and rarely recalls their contents.
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Fight over downtown Lawrence grocery project heats up
A Lawrence development group led by Doug Compton and Mike Treanor released renderings for a three story building with a grocery on the ground floor and 82 upper apartments on the former Borders site. Adjacent condo owners Brian Russell and Brent Flanders filed a suit alleging covenants limit footprint to about 20 000 square feet and bar a traditional grocery store. Attorney Bill Fleming dismisses the suit as meritless and says the group will fight.
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Christmas Parade Returns to Lawrence Downtown Today
Lawrence's Old-Fashioned Christmas Parade resumes this morning leaving Douglas County Fairgrounds at 9 a.m. and reaching Seventh and Massachusetts at 11 a.m. It travels down Massachusetts to 13th Street, then returns to the fairgrounds. Massachusetts Street from Seventh to 13th will close 11 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. per the city site.
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