Snow sticks as cold snaps linger in northeast Kansas
Meteorologist Emily Heller of the National Weather Service in Topeka says a half inch of snow from Tuesday remains and will not melt quickly. Temperatures will stay near or below freezing with a warming trend only on Thursday and Friday reaching the 20s before a return to mid teen highs over the weekend, with a chance of more snow Saturday into Sunday.
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Kansas
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City floods Watson Park for temporary skating rink
Subfreezing temperatures allow flooding of Ford M. Watson Park at 727 Kentucky St to create a temporary ice rink. Parks and Recreation Director Derek Rogers says residents will get a rare chance to skate outdoors in Lawrence, with the rink planned as a winter attraction after several years without one.
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Kansas infant death gap widens for African Americans
KDHE reports Kansas infant mortality at 5.9 per 1000 live births in 2016, near the national average. White non-Hispanic infants die at 5.2 per 1000, Hispanic at 5.1, while African-American infants face 15.2 per 1000, in both neonatal and postneonatal periods. KDHE spokesman Jerry Kratochvil cannot explain the disparity.
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Sprint Wireless replacing Taco John’s at 1626 W 23rd St Lawrence
Plans filed with Lawrence City Hall to tear down the Taco John’s at 1626 West 23rd Street and replace it with a new Sprint Wireless retail store. The move ends a longtime Taco John’s site in the city.
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Lawrence City Hall
Taco John’s
W. 23Rd Street
Sprint Wireless
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