Kentucky Street pipe collapse prompts costly repair
City crews replace a 150 foot sewer section with plastic pipe along Kentucky Street. The job, estimated at 50 000 to 75 000, marks aging infrastructure challenges but not a growing crisis. Previous large failures include a 1993 storm sewer collapse on North Second and Locust Streets costing over 400 000.
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Sewer lining aims to halt downtown sinkhole spread
J CON Underground LLC of Lawrence will shore up pipes beneath Eighth and Kentucky streets with cured in place linings. The $100000 project covers 3650 feet of 15 inch sanitary sewer and 1067 feet along Eighth Street while a separate 450 feet of storm sewer will be lined in March. Work runs Monday to Wednesday with traffic largely normal and possible night shifts if unsafe conditions arise. City officials say lining was moved up to limit disruption from the sinkhole area.
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Downtown shooting claims life of Topeka man
Police arrest a suspect after a 2:15 a.m. downtown shooting at the Granada left 46-year-old Williams dead and a 22-year-old wounded. Investigators said witnesses were reluctant to talk and the murder probe may span multiple cities. LaTonia Coleman, Williams’s widow, said the clash stemmed from a family related dispute.
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Rose on trial as prosecutors lay out case for murder
Lawrence police testified that Jason Rose admitted setting as many as 20 fires after investigators linked the Boardwalk Apartments blaze to him. Detectives described Rose’s changing statements, background arrests, and a later confession about starting a fire on a balcony with a paper. Victims testified of smoke and escape, while supporters contended Rose’s innocence and that he was railroaded. Testimony slated to continue.
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Police ID suspects in double murder tied to duct tape receipt
Police traced a drugstore duct tape receipt to CVS video and arrested Samantha Bachynski and Patrick Selepak after a New Baltimore couple, Scott and Melissa Berels, were found suffocated in a robbbery related case. A third body in the suspects’ pickup was wrapped in plastic. Genesee County Undersheriff James Gage offered few specifics on the killing.
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