15 Jan 2015
Page 1
This is just the beginning! Our collection holds over 300 years of history, including rare newspapers, obituaries, marriage records, birth records, and so much more—most of which you won’t find anywhere else!
This newspaper page contains 8 articles. Subscribers can read the full text of each article.
Newspaper
Lawrence Journal World
Location
Lawrence, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Jan 15, 2015
Page
1
Lawrence residents at a listening session criticized the Rock Chalk Park process and the timing of funding for a $28 million police headquarters. Nearly 90 minutes of comments cited protest votes and concerns about how officials handled the recreation project over the police proposal.
More than 60 percent of Lawrence elementary and middle school parents say schools do little to encourage walking or biking. At West Middle School, teachers, parents, city officials and engineers discussed a Safe Routes to School initiative aiming to improve street design and traffic enforcement over several years while education efforts may yield quicker impact.
Lawrence officials discussed a plan to expand the Free State Festival beyond regional reach to an international scale by 2016. City commissioners were briefed by the Lawrence Arts Center and partners on steps to grow the arts and film event into a global festival.
Town Talk plans a 200000 grant application to the National Endowment for the Arts to expand the festival. City commissioners may decide to fund part of the effort with about 60000 in city guest tax funds for 2015 and similar amounts for 2016 and 2017, with total two year costs near 630000. Organizers expect about 120000 from guest tax funds and the remainder from private donations grants and about 40000 in ticket sales. The Free State Festival is noted for the blues guitarist Renowned artist reference and municipal support.
LJWorld expands coverage by inviting readers to connect via Facebook and Twitter for updates and behind the scenes notes from the Inside 2A desk.
Hospital leaders led by Den nis Franks of Neosho Memorial Regional Medical Center testified Wednesday before the House Vision 2020 Committee, warning they face severe financial strain without expansion under the Affordable Care Act. Committee chair Rep. Tom Sloan aims to study long term issues in the 90 day session.
Topeka report to the Kansas Board of Regents shows over 95 percent of freshmen admitted to four year state universities met qualified admissions standards, a high rate. Some higher education officials questioned if the standards are too lax, and Oghancock.
A Kansas ethics official did not appear before a grand jury on Wednesday as part of an inquiry into loans made to Governor Sam Brownback's re election campaign. The testimony was sought to examine financial transactions tied to the campaign and potential ethics concerns.
We want people to find what they are looking for at NewspaperArchive. We are confident that we have the newspapers that will increase the value of your family history or other historical research. With our 7-day free trial, you can view the documents you find for free.
People find the most success using advanced search. Try plugging in keywords, names, dates, and locations, and get matched with results from the entire collection of newspapers at NewspaperArchive!
You can also successfully find newspapers by these browse options. Explore our archives on your own!
Browse by location and discover newspapers from all across the world.
Browse by date and find publications for a specific day or era.
Browse old newspaper publications to find specific newspapers.