North 400 Road closure for drainage culvert repair
A portion of North 400 Road northwest of Baldwin City will close starting Monday to replace a drainage culvert. The site is about one third of a mile west of Douglas County Road 1055, known as Sixth Street in Baldwin City. The closure is expected to last about one week, according to Douglas County Public Works Director Keith Browning.
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South Middle School penny war raises funds for Sandy victims
Sixth graders at South Middle School raised 500 in a penny war coordinated by Chris Cobb. Olympians and Titans competed with pennies as positive points and larger coins or bills as negatives, aiming for the largest negative score to win. The plan included presenting a Red Cross donation, but snow forced the Dec. 20 assembly cancellation. Cobb said the school will send the check directly.
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City seeks stimulus grant for CNG vehicles in Lawrence
City leaders plan to apply for about 162 000 dollars in federal stimulus money to outfit three city vehicles a street sweeper and two trash trucks with compressed natural gas and to build two fueling stations. If funded the project aims to test real world performance and feasibility before broader investment.
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Chuck Soules
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Soules
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State seeks child support from sperm donor in Kansas case
A Kansas man who donated sperm to a lesbian couple after answering an online ad fights a state effort to compel him to pay child support for a now three year old. The dispute centers on an informal, unwritten agreement and a non clinic insemination.
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William Marotta
Angela de Rocha
Kansas Department For Children and Families
Marotta
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Angela Bauer
Jennifer Schreiner
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Bauer
de Rocha
Kansas Supreme Court
Kansas to host National Bio and Agro-Defense Facility near Manhattan
DHS officials sign land transfer for a 46 acre site near Kansas State University in Manhattan to house a $1.14 billion national lab replacing Plum Island facility. Completion planned 2018 with commissioning and vaccines trials slated for 2020, creating 300 plus bioscience jobs.
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