City faces lighted flag rule and pool opening plans
Utilities director cites maintenance delays leaving flags dark at Third Street water plant. Sheriff’s deputy receives informal county recognition amid inquiry into awards. Memorial Day pool reopening targeted by May 27 with unchanged rates and family passes. Ryan Gray Playground remains accessible to Lawrence residents with safety cautions during Hillcrest School recess.
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Roger Coffey
Coffey
Tom Wilkerson
Wilkerson
Lawrence
Ryan Gray
Bob Arevalo
Hillcrest School
Hilltop
Hillcrest
Sound Off Contact Details for Journal-World Access Line
Instructions to call the Journal-World Access line at 865-5000 with category 7478 to leave a question. A recording guides listeners to submit their query.
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Journal-World Access
Sixth suspect booked in Ottawa plot
Kevin M. Rodgers, 32, of St. Charles Missouri, was booked into Franklin County Jail on a warrant charging one count of conspiracy to commit murder in a plot tied to the shooting death of Stephanie Perez. He surrendered in Jefferson City and is held on 250000 bond awaiting a court appearance.
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Ottawa
Franklin County
Stephanie Perez
Kevin M. Rodgers
St. Charles
Rodgers
Jefferson City
John Hemeyer
Cole County
Hemeyer
Russian astrophysicist to receive Schultz-Othmar medal at KU
Grant Kocharov of a St. Petersburg technical institute was named the first Schultz-Othmar medal recipient by the Institute for Tertiary-Quaternary Studies. The prize honors work linking past astronomical events to Earth records, with KU professor emeritus Wakefield Dort noting Kocharov’s development of a subfield using terrestrial evidence to study ancient skies.
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Schultz-Othmar
Kansas University
Grant Kocharov
St. Petersburg
Kocharov
Earth
Wakefield Dort
Datebook notes events in Lawrence Kansas
Friday events include after school story time at Lawrence Public Library 707 Vermont 7 p.m. panel discussion on Contract on Women at Ecumenical Christian Ministries 1204 Oread as part of African American History Month. Saturday features toddler storytime 10:30 a.m. at the library and a nail driving ceremony for Habitat for Humanity house at 219 North Seventh. Also a pancake feed by American Legion Dorsey Liberty Post 14 at 3408 West Sixth to fund four boys baseball teams and St Patrick’s Day dart tournament at Red Lyon Tavern 944 Mass. Monday brings a Lawrence school board meeting at district service center 3705 Clinton Parkway.
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Children’s Department
Lawrence Public Library
Ecumenical Christian Ministries
Oread
Habitat For Humanity House
Lawrence
Legionaires
American Legion
Dorsey-Liberty Post
Red Lyon Tavern
Mass
Burglary and Theft Reports Across City Neighborhoods
Law enforcement records detail thefts of watches jewelry and currency totaling 1030 and a trailer valued at 2000 stolen from residences on East 19th and East 22nd Terrace. Police also report marijuana smoking arrests in Brook Creek Park and multiple fire and ambulance calls across various Kansas University and city locations with minor injuries and no major damages.
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East 19Th
East 22Nd Terrace
Lawrence
Brook Creek Park
East Lawrence
Medical emergencies and accidents reported on Davis to New Jersey
A series of incidents includes multiple medical emergencies across Davis Road West 31st Melrose Orchard Lane Baldwin Massachusetts East 19th and East 900 Road Home and Eudora with times from 11 42 a m to 6 15 a m plus a work accident at 2 56 a m and an admission note indicating hospital intake figures. Patients refused transport in one case.
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Davis Road
West 31St
Melrose
Orchard Lane
Baldwin
Massachusetts
East 19Th
Cardinal
Eudora
East 900 Road
New Jersey
Dismissals and Birth Announcements From Lawrence and Ottawa
June N. Keffer of Lawrence reports dismissals while Ottawa records Sharon Schrepfer and baby boy and Marcia Toalson and baby girl. Mr. and Mrs. Bill Robbins of Lawrence welcome a boy and Mr. and Mrs. Kent Wingert of Perry welcome a boy this Tuesday.
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Sharon Schrepfer
Ottawa
Marcia ‘Toalson
Lawrence
Bill Robbins
Kent Wingert
Perry
Osawatomie man arrested in meth seizure after undercover buy
Kansas Bureau of Investigation agents arrested 49 year old Denzil Martin West of Osawatomie after an undercover buy near Baldwin Junction south of Lawrence. West was booked into Douglas County Jail on charges of possession with intent to sell methamphetamine and related counts, with $27,000 cash and a late model Ford seized. Federal charges possible. no federal filing as of Wednesday afternoon.
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Kansas Bureau of Investigation
Osawatomie
KBI
Floyd Bradley
Baldwin Junction
Lawrence
Denzil Martin
Douglas County
Bradley
West
FBI
Lawrence composer premieres new work for Nebraska Wesleyan Band
The Nebraska Wesleyan Symphonic Band plans a Lincoln Rogers Center concert featuring James Barnes new piece A Very American Overture. The work is dedicated to communities hosting the band during its May Japan tour.
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Lincoln, Nes
Lawrence
Nebraska Wesleyan Symphonic Band
Lincoln
Rogers Center For Fine Arts
James Barnes
Japan
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