Harper Street Fire Station Staffing Question Answered
The Harper Street Fire Station at 2128 Harper St known as Station No. 2 is fully staffed according to Lawrence Douglas County Fire Medical Officials. The department maintains a training facility at 1941 Haskell Ave that normally has no personnel but may house vehicles. An unused 1839 Massachusetts St building holds two department vehicles including an antique fire truck.
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Call or email soundoff for questions at LJ World
Readers are invited to ask questions by calling 832-7297 or emailing soundoff at ljworld.com. The notice encourages public input and outlines available contact methods for inquiries.
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On the Street by Ian Cummings
LJWorld readers weigh in after a Mizzou basketball game in Allen Fieldhouse. A commenter calls the moment a lifetime achievement and shares impressions from the front row.
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Battery charge and juvenile robbery reported in Lawrence
A 27 year old Lawrence man Carlos Wodez Ruiz is jailed on a 40000 bond on a battery with intent to cause great bodily harm charge. A 15 year old and a 14 year old were taken into custody after a Dollar Tree robbery in progress at 2108 West 27th Street, with no weapon shown and no money taken.
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Douglas County
Carlos Wodez Ruiz
Dollar Tree
27Th St
Kim Murphree
Juve
Niles
Baldwin City
Bradley William Clark
Souper Bowl Saturday Date Corrected at Lawrence Arts Center
The Lawrence.com travel corrections note fixes the date for this year's Souper Bowl Saturday at Lawrence Arts Center. The event is now listed as February 2.
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Lawrence.com
Lawrence Arts Center
Escaped Leavenworth inmate recaptured after two days on run
Raheem Keron Armstead, 29, escaped from Leavenworth County Jail Saturday afternoon while emptying a trash bin and was recaptured Monday in Leavenworth. He had been jailed on felony drug charges and faces additional counts. he previously served time for robbery and aggravated burglary in Douglas County.
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Raheem Keron Armstead
Armstead
Douglas County
Kansas to Recognize Volunteers with January Program Start
The Kansas Department for Aging and Disability Services announced a Volunteer of the Month program to reward state residents for good deeds. Department Secretary Shawn Sullivan said the program will begin in January.
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Victims identified in double murder death by own action
Wichita police identified 78 year old Bertha Ellis and 77 year old Daryle Ellis as the victims in a double homicide followed by the suspect Adrian Urbano 39 shooting himself The handgun was recovered at the scene and authorities have a suspected motive but will not disclose details The shootings reportedly occurred Thursday evening and the bodies were found Saturday by Wichita Eagle reporters
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Scott Heimerman
Adrian Urbano
Bertha Ellis
Daryle Ellis
Ellis
Urbano
Heimerman
Wichita Eagle
Derelict mother found competent for trial in Leavenworth
A Leavenworth County judge ruled Elizabeth A. Michaud competent to stand trial on a charge of aggravated endangering a child after allegedly leaving her baby son in a Leavenworth alley on May 3. Prosecutors said she was under the influence at the time. a pretrial conference is set for January 25.
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Northeast Kansas
Elizabeth A. Michaud
Michaud
Leavenworth Times
Eudora names new fire chief Ryran Cummings hummings
Retired Olathe battalion chief Ken Keller will become Eudora fire chief, taking over after Chris Moore. Keller, who joined Olathe in 2001 and served as fire inspector for Johnson County before retirement, starts Jan. 14. He was selected from 50 applicants after a Dec. 21 interview panel.
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John Harrenstein
Ken Keller
Johnson County
Keller
Chris Moore
Moore
Pete Feyerabend
Grady Walker
David Burger
Johnson County Sheriffs Office
Bill Edwards
Park City
Wichita
Harrenstein
Ottawa man Gregory Price found in De Soto fridge death
No arrests in the Gregory Price homicide case as Johnson County investigators pursue leads. Price, aged 34, was found April 19 stuffed in a refrigerator near 103rd Street and Kill Creek Road south of Kansas Highway 10. Coroner labels manner undetermined with advanced decay. tox reports show methamphetamine and acetaminophen. Federal authorities and a Douglas County connection are noted in the ongoing inquiry.
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de Soto
Gregory Price
103Rd Street
Kill Creek Road
Kansas Highway 10
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Johnson County Sheriffs Office
Tom Erickson
Douglas County
Kansas politics and Boeing layoffs shape state events
Stories note Kansans scramble over voter proof of citizenship rules and photo ID at polls while Boeing announces Wichita plant closures costing 2160 jobs by end of 2013. KU men win Final Four then lose title to Kentucky as state faces a troubled driver license system rollout and a Senate feud blocks redistricting moves by federal judges.
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Kobach
Mitt Romney
Kansas University
Ohio State
Kentucky
Department of Revenue
Senate
Speaker backs Nuss speech limit in Legislature clash
Merrick, a conservative Republican from Stilwell, chose to block Chief Justice Nuss from a live address to lawmakers for two years after conversations with Senate President Susan Wagle. Democratic leaders lament the move as signs of growing GOP conflict with the courts, highlighting past funding tensions and a 2012 budget stalemate that led to a court closure.
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Stilwell
House
Nuss
Kansas Supreme Court
Bill Graves
GOP
Paul Davis
Lawrence
Senate
Susan Wagle
Wichita
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