Wheel bearing failure blamed for Grantville derailment
Union Pacific spokesman Mark Davis said a wheel bearing failure caused the November 12 derailment of a 119 car coal train near Grantville, 25 miles west of Lawrence. No injuries were reported though a four foot rail segment damaged a house, landing on a bunk bed.
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Woman receives probation in Lawrence burglary case
A 27-year-old Lawrence woman Ashley Dawn Houk received two years probation for a Sept 28 burglary on Florida Street and related drug charges. Plea included burglary theft marijuana and drug paraphernalia. She confessed entering a home and stealing a computer and was found with marijuana and a drug scale.
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City weighs move for weekday Lawrence Farmers Market
Lawrence officials will study relocating the Tuesday and Thursday markets to a greenspace east of the city parking lot on Rhode Island Street to align with the Saturday market near New Hampshire Street. Market organizers want closer proximity and a cleared site for about a dozen vendors while addressing concerns over landscape removal.
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Huelskamp withholds vote as Boehner wins bid
U S Rep Tim Huelskamp defied Speaker John Boehner and remained on the Senate Agriculture Committee after a leadership shift. Sen Pat Roberts was bumped from a chairing ranking but stays on the committee. Huelskamp cited leadership concerns over two years of conservative principles and denied links to past assignments.
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Lawrence Man Promoted to Brigadier General in Kansas Guard
Lawrence resident Col. Scott Cold, 51, chief of staff of the Kansas National Guard, will be promoted to brigadier general in a 2 p.m. ceremony Saturday at Nickell Armory in Topeka. His career spans Marines service since 1983, multiple overseas postings, KU degrees in political science, history and law, and leadership roles in the Kansas Air National Guard including senior legal adviser and wing mission support commander.
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