Dispatch delays in Douglas County ambulance response questioned
Larry Maddox reviewed 911 tapes after a Feb 3 accident at US 40 and Douglas County Road 1029. The 6:25 a.m. crash was reported at 6:27, with an ambulance paged at 6:30 and arriving after 6:32. Clocks aren’t synchronized. dispatch handled the call promptly with an officer en route 11 seconds after the second call.
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U.S. Highway 40
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Larry A. Maddox
Emergency Communications Center
Douglas County Ambulance Service
Sheriff's Department
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Sound Off Call Instructions at Journal World Access Line
The Journal World provides a backdoor prompt instructing readers to call the Access line at 865 5000 and enter category 7478 to leave a question via a recorded prompt. The advisory explains how to submit inquiries through the phone service and describes the caller experience.
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Burglary and theft reports headline Lawrence police logs
Police logs show a 14 karat gold diamond band valued at 4500 missing from a Wellington Road home between Jan 27 and Saturday. A 24 year old Lawrence man was arrested for possession of stolen property after a stolen CBS Nissan Stanza valued at 4000 was linked to a tip. Fire, ambulance, and birth notices fill the day with multiple incidents across Lawrence and nearby areas.
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Lawrence
Rule Attives
Redbud Lane
Kansas City
NRC to discuss Wolf Creek shutdown at public meeting
The Nuclear Regulatory Commission will hold a 9 a.m. meeting at the Wolf Creek plant near Burlington to address weather related shutdown and refueling delay. L. Joe Callan will attend. plant tests for corrosion and cracks will occur during the planned shutdown.
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Eisenhower Learning Center
Topeka
Lawrence Preschool Plans Await Board Approval
The Lawrence school board continues to review a preschool plan to be housed in a local elementary school room. Board president John Tacha says full approval is pending and fund raising has not officially launched. Linda Robinson notes a gift was presented at a luncheon to the school business partnership. If approved, the preschool would start next fall and operate year round.
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John Tacha
Linda Robinson
School-Business Partnership
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School-Business Partnership Board
Weekday events and sports schedule for Lawrence area
A bustling weekday calendar lists health screenings at Babcock Place and Hillcrest School, open houses at Kansas University and the Lawrence Public Library, an older citizens issues seminar, and an after school immunization clinic. Later, county commission, college basketball at Allen Fieldhouse, and a dog show and charity auction fill the evening.
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