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Newspaper
Lawrence Journal World
Location
Lawrence, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Dec 22, 2001
Page
12
National weather summary reports five day forecast with overnight 21 degree low and windy showers. Holiday travel in extreme northeast Kansas and adjacent Missouri and Nebraska paralyzed by 5 to 15 inches of snow and drifts up to 10 feet. Planets evening show Mars Jupiter Saturn.
Central Bank and Trust Co announces an interest free loan program for Reno and Sedgwick county workers laid off after Sept. 1. The 75 percent tuition loan up to $1000 is offered with partners Hutchinson Community College and Workforce Development Center in Hutchinson and Workforce Alliance of South Central Kansas with Wichita Area Technical College. Eligible students must be laid off, enrolled in an accredited postsecondary program in specified counties, and begin classes before March 1 2002. Payments start six months after class start.
The city of Lyons reduces a $26,650 federal labor fine to $5,000 for its teen summer job program. Settlement requires changing how tasks are assigned to 14 to 17 year olds who worked in construction in 1999. Mayor Jerry Minix notes future hires will avoid under 16 while still employing 16 and 17 year olds.
The Kansas City Council approved a resolution renaming Downtown Airport the Charles B. Wheeler Downtown Airport. Wheeler served as mayor of Kansas City from 1971 to 1979.
In Wichita AP report jurors view a videotaped confession by Cornelius Oliver in a capital murder case. Oliver and Earl Bell Jr. are accused of the Dec 7 killings of Oliver's girlfriend Raeshawnda Wheaton 18, roommate Odessa Ford 17, Ford's cousin Quincy Williams 17, and Jermaine Levy 19. Oliver details the shootings, while Bell faces first degree murder as an accomplice. Burgess testified he was present but faced no charges.
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