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Newspaper
Lawrence Journal World
Location
Lawrence, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Feb 05, 2013
Page
4
Megan Gilliland says the development code permits vertical play structures up to 30 feet tall in private yards. If a tree house exceeds 30 feet, it cannot be placed within required setbacks.
A reader instruction lists the contact method for questions, providing a phone number 832-7297 and an email address soundoff ljworld.com for correspondence. It reads as a prompt to reach out with queries or comments to the newspaper.
On Massachusetts Street in Lawrence residents discuss preference for tap versus bottled water. Nicole Roché, KU English lecturer, says the tap is not great but avoids plastic waste. others lean toward bottled water for better taste.
Topeka lawmaker backs House Bill 2095 to cap terms at four years for Kansas Governmental Ethics Commission members. Supporters say it prevents entrenchment. opponents argue experience improves ethics rulings. The panel has nine members with staggered two-year terms and mixed party balance.
Critics question hard data on school funding impact while Augenblick and Myers study is labeled subjective. Democrats defend it as legislatively ordered and updated by the Legislative Division of Post Audit to reflect costs of meeting state accreditation standards. The three judge panel ordered base state aid per pupil rise from 3838 to 4492, with the state appealing to the Kansas Supreme Court.
A 19-year-old Lecompton man Brandon Michael Helm was arrested after a high speed chase that started when a trooper tried to stop a silver Chevrolet believed stolen. The car fled into two counties before Helm was taken into custody. a second suspect remained at large Monday night. Law officers evacuated three Eudora schools as a precaution while continuing the search. Helm faces multiple charges including fleeing, drug offenses, theft, criminal damage, and weapons possession by a felon. A separate domestic disturbance in Lawrence led to the arrest of Ronald Dwayne Walters on aggravated kidnapping and domestic battery after a suspect resisted contact. A third man from Fort Wayne was jailed in Lawrence on electronic solicitation of a minor, with a $175,000 bond. state law carries up to 54 years. The Journal-World notes it does not name suspects in sex crimes unless convicted.
A daughter was born to Joseph Campbell and Misey Campbell of Lawrence on Monday at the hospital.
A 21-year-old Kansas City Kansas man faces felony gun possession charges after a Sunday arrest at Magic Lounge at 804 West 24th Street. Police found a Glock under a car seat during surveillance, leading to the arrest of Dion Marcell Jones, who is on probation from a 2012 Wyandotte County drug conviction and is now in federal custody.
City commissioners hear a city auditor report on taste and odor in drinking water while weighing an $18 million upgrade to water plants and potential rate increases. A survey of about 1700 customers shows 56.8 percent satisfied with taste, 60.7 percent with smell, 92.2 percent satisfied with reliability, and mixed views on value for water and sewer rates.
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