Sonic Drive In hold up leads to car burglary arrests
A Sonic Drive-In employee aided police in identifying three suspects hours after a masked armed robber stole cash at 3201 W Sixth. The same trio, Lawrence men aged 21 to 26, were later arrested nearby for breaking into a vehicle at Brookwood Mobile Home Park and recovering stolen items. All are in Douglas County Jail on $2,000 to $3,000 bonds.
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Shane Michael Williams
Douglas County
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Gibbs
Williams
Lawrence Civitan charter forms new volunteer club
Civitan, a global service group, chartered the Lawrence Action Civitan Club with about 20 charter members meeting at Fifi's Banquet Connection. The club aims to aid mentally and physically disabled individuals, fundraise through projects like Candy Box and support Special Olympics, Red Cross, and Salvation Army programs. Leta White leads contact efforts at 843-2055.
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Jack Bradford
Birmingham
Ala
Hutchens
Special Olympics
Salvation Army
American Red Cross
Ed Zeller
Zetler
Topeka Civitan Club
Fund Established for Family of Teen Killed in Wreck
A fund is set up to aid the family of Nichole M. Peda, 16, who died in a Saturday automobile crash east of Eudora on North 1500 Road. Sister Vanessa, 13, was injured and treated. driver Jonathan K. Cohen, 17, remains in stable condition. Donations go to Nichole Peda Emergency Fund at Douglas County Bank, Lawrence 66044.
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Nichole Peda
Douglas County Bank
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Vanessa R. Peda
Lawrence Memorial Hospital
Jonathan K. Cohen
Columbia-Overland Park Regional Medical Center
Post office clears testing confusion in Kansas city area
Lawrence Postmaster Bill Reynolds says the Battery Examination is free and not endorsed by the Postal Service. Private coaching ads exist, but the test is administered by the USPS. Call toll free 800-318-8442 for times and locations in the Mid-America District covering Lawrence ZIPs 640 through 662. two hour test with passing score 70. Entry jobs pay $11.29 to $13.27 per hour plus benefits.
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Postal Service
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Lawrence
Missouri
Kansas
Kansas board splits as tests and licenses stall progress
Division between moderates and conservatives deepens over Kansas student assessment and educator licensure reforms. Royal Valley Superintendent Marcela Reilly tells the board that a committee cannot finish new standards by April for communications arts tests. A 5-5 tie blocks licensure regulation changes, with action likely at the Professional Standards Board meeting January 26.
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Kansas
State Board of Education
Marcela Reilly
Royal Valley Unified
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Committee of Education
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Attorney General
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Professional Standards Board
AG to push castration clause in predator law bill
Attorney General Carla Stovall said her office is drafting a bill to add a chemical castration option for sexual predators under Kansas law. The bill, SB407, would also raise penalties for failing to register on the offender list and would replace misdemeanor registration violations with felonies.
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Senate Judiciary Committee
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Judiciary Committee
Kansas Supreme Court
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