KU crime up to pre pandemic levels with theft spike
University of Kansas Public Safety data shows 2021 crime reports rising 41 percent from 2020 to 2021 to 474 incidents, back toward 2019 figures. Theft led with 171 incidents including 52 from buildings and 49 from vehicles. criminal damage was 102, drug violations fell to 32, assaults totaled 13, sexual offenses 3 rapes.
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Nelson Mosley
Save Our Schools Plan Rallies and Celebration in Lawrence
The Save Our Schools group announces Celebrate Our Schools at 2:30 p.m. in South Park with speakers music and food trucks and a video booth to show support for neighborhood schools. Two rallies are set at 5 p.m. at district offices ahead of Lawrence school board meetings including a Feb 21 session. The district faces a budget shortfall rising to as much as 7 million if priorities shift and potential school closures are reviewed.
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Lawrence School Board
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KU public affairs school leader departs for Illinois dean post
Stacey Swearingen White, longtime head of the University of Kansas School of Public Affairs & Administration, resigns to become dean of the College of Urban Planning and Public Affairs at the University of Illinois Chicago. Marilu Goodyear will serve as interim director, having led KU's urban planning program from 2007 to 2014.
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University of Illinois, Chicago
Stacey Swearingen White
College of Urban Planning and Public Affairs
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Illinois University
Marilu Goodyear
School of Public Affairs
Swearingen White
Construction at Ninth and Iowa Begins Monday
The City of Lawrence will start a three month construction project Monday at Ninth and Iowa streets affecting traffic and bus stops. Work will address traffic signals pedestrian and water main improvements with lane closures and sidewalk work on Ninth Street. New pedestrian access will be added on both sides west of Iowa Street and three sidewalk ramps will be replaced along with traffic signal poles and 1200 feet of old water main.
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Teen Waives Hearing in Central Lawrence Fatal Shooting
Javier I Romero eighteen appeared in Douglas County District Court after waiving his right to a preliminary hearing in the September 8 2021 shooting on the 1500 block of Kentucky Street. He faces first degree murder and marijuana with intent to distribute charges and was set for arraignment March 15. Andres D Spates Jr nineteen also faces murder plus distribution and felon in possession charges with a March 8 preliminary hearing postponed.
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Javier I. Romero
Douglas County District Court
Stacey Donovan
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Andres D. Spates Jr
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First architecture dean candidate to visit KU campus next week
Michael McClure, interim dean at University of Louisiana at Lafayette, will present at 3 p.m. Tuesday in Marvin Hall as KU begins its four candidate search for the dean of the University of Kansas School of Architecture & Design.
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Tulane
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