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Newspaper
Lawrence Journal World
Location
Lawrence, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Feb 16, 2006
Page
11
The Journal World finds gas prices as low as 1.99 at several stations in town. If you find a lower price call Pump Patrol at 8327154.
Driving sewer line repair will disrupt traffic this weekend as crews close the 800 block of Kentucky Street and Eighth Street from Vermont to Tennessee to fix a collapsed line and sinkhole. Detours divert traffic at Ninth Street. Lawrence Transit reroutes bus Nos 3 4 and 6 counterclockwise. Riders boarding near the library or on Eighth should move to Seventh Street for pickups.
Douglas County's top prosecutor will join an online chat this afternoon on the Journal-World site. Dist Atty Charles Branson will answer readers questions at 1 p m on www jworld com A transcript will be posted during and after the chat. A joint meeting on the South Lawrence Trafficway was canceled due to Sally Howard's testimony schedule.
Lawrence High School edged Wichita East High School to capture the 6A state Scholars' Bowl championship. Lawrence Free State finished fourth, while Leavenworth narrowly beat Free State for third place. LHS also won the event in 2000 and 2002.
City editor Mike Shields can be reached at 832 7154 or mshields ljworld com for press inquiries and editorial questions.
Kansas Attorney General Phill Kline's office will seek a second trial to commit Randy Foster to a state program at Larned State Hospital after the Kansas Supreme Court overturned his 2003 conviction. A Douglas County hearing is set for Tuesday to refile the case, with prosecutors arguing the previous trial was unfair.
Kansas University music therapy students visit the Lawrence Senior Center to practice skills and brighten seniors days. The one hour Monday sessions help participants cope with illnesses and disabilities as students gain hands on experience under faculty supervision.
Kansas officials weigh lowering the 45 mph limit on Sixth Street between Comet Lane and Folks Road to match the 40 mph work zone limit west of Wakarusa Drive. KDOT spokesman Blubaugh said the project was designed for 40 mph after feedback from the city, even as the widening nears completion. Drivers have criticized the slower pace as the area recovers from the rural highway past.
Richard Lariviere, 56, is welcomed as Kansas University's new provost designee and will assume the post in June. He notes he is still a rookie and faces broad duties from faculty hiring to campus operations and student parking.
The Lawrence Journal-World received the inaugural Above and Beyond award from the Kansas Sunshine Coalition for Open Government for public-interest reporting. The paper disclosed a school athletic director's taxpayer funded salary and helped open governmental records after a deadly police chase, at a ceremony at the News Center in Lawrence.
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