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Newspaper
Lawrence Journal World
Location
Lawrence, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Dec 18, 2011
Page
5
NORAD tracks Santa Claus on Christmas Eve for 56 years. The NORAD Tracks Santa site noradsanta.org went live December 1 and offers a Countdown Calendar Kids Village with daily games and activities plus video messages from students and troops worldwide.
Readers are invited to call 832 7297 or email soundoff at ljworld com with questions or comments. The notice urges audience participation and directs contact methods for feedback or inquiries.
Harrison Hems of the Department of Transportation in Lawrence reflects on his student days when studying late led to tough moments on Massachusetts Street. He describes coping during those periods and the impact on his college experience.
BRIEFLY Kansas City Missouri AP oil companies SandRidge Energy Chesapeake and Shell are leasing thousands of acres in south central Kansas to drill using horizontal hydraulic fracturing. The EPA notes possible groundwater contamination links from fracking in Wyoming. Kansas Rep Vince Wetta says leasing could boost the local economy.
Police say Derrick Jones aged 25 and Marshall Jones aged 28 were shot outside First City Barbershop in Leavenworth. Derrick died at a park after the incident. Marshall died later at KU Hospital. A third man found in the car may have tried to transport the brothers to a hospital after a crash near a local park.
Overland Park police search for Aisha Khan, a 19-year-old Johnson County Community College student last seen at the University of Kansas Edwards campus. She was wearing a black sweat suit and a yellow black shirt with a black and white outer jacket. She is 5 foot 2, 120 pounds, with dark hair and brown eyes. glasses possible. Tips to police or TIPS Hotline.
A man died in a Saturday 2:15 p.m. single vehicle crash on I 435 near Johnson Drive Shawnee. The vehicle drifted into the median struck a bridge pillar. Kansas Highway Patrol investigating with family notification pending. In Lawrence a 39 year old man was struck by a 27 year old woman on 26th and Iowa, taken to Stormont Vail Healthcare with injuries described as minor by Sgt. Bordman. no citations issued. The Journal World notes it does not print all police reports and limits names to charged individuals or major injuries.
The Journal-World reports gas prices as low as 3.05 dollars at several stations with a call-in number 832-7154 for reporting any lower prices.
Stacey and Vernon Kehoe of Lawrence welcomed a girl on Saturday at the local hospital. Ben and Lindsey Shepley were listed as relatives.
Lopate and RS state the Journal-World policy to correct significant errors brought to editors' attention. Readers are urged to call 785-832-7154 or email news@ljworld.com with corrections.
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