Wal-Mart plan quietly approved after settlement talks
The Wal-Mart plan, facing a lawsuit by the development group and Wal-Mart, was approved after elections altered the City Commission. The sides agreed on a smaller 100,000 square foot Supercenter with rights of way and easements, and the project moves toward a building permit. Mayor Hack said the city should move forward, while Newsome called it a community benefit. Boog Highberger was the sole dissent on the 4-1 vote.
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Lawrence
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City Commission backs plan for seven story hotel near KU
City panel sets February 12 as public hearing date to consider tax increment financing for The Dread Inn project at 12th and Indiana, funding parking and infrastructure. County and school boards have 30 days to veto. Southeast Area Plan advances 1,300 acres south and east of 23rd and O'Connell.
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Free parking approved at downtown garage
City commissioners unanimously approved converting the top deck of the Ninth and New Hampshire streets garage into a free 10 hour lot. Downtown Lawrence Inc leaders backed the move to draw employees to park there as a study showed the 135 space deck was vacant over 95 percent. The program will run for a year.
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Man jailed for mailing cow head to wife's lover
Pennsylvania man Jason Michael Fife received two years probation and 50 hours community service after mailing a frozen bloody cow head to his wife's lover in 2006. Prosecutors cited stalking threats and harassment. defense said the act stemmed from marital strife. Fife, 31, from Hunker, faced a first time offender program that could seal his record upon completion.
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Plan offers schools 65M increase in funding
The Education Board recommended a 65 million dollar funding rise, with Lawrence superintendent Randy Weseman expressing cautious optimism about locking in another year of funds. He noted the need for teacher salary dollars and praised the proposal as a starting point for discussion while questioning sufficiency.
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