Lawrence City Commission race to include primary and debate on recreation center
Lawrence voters see a seven candidate field for the City Commission race triggering a Feb 26 primary to narrow to six. Incumbent Mike Amyx and attorney Reece Hays announced bids, both signaling focus on the proposed $25 million Northwest Recreation Center and concerns about process, funding, and shortfalls.
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Lawrence commissioners face turnover as Cromwell opts out
Cromwell will not seek re election joining Hugh Carter in exit from the Lawrence City Commission. He cites wanting a break and aims to decide his political future within two years. Cromwell led library expansion and recycling reforms and served a year as mayor.
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Go-fers win $5,000 in Giveback Charity 10 000 prize
St John Go-fers members Jim Beach Nora Murphy Bridget Murphy Nancy Jones and Kris Kohnke celebrate winning the $5,000 first place prize for their participation in the Giveback Charity 10 000. A total of $40,000 was donated to local charities as teams and individuals competed to earn money for their chosen causes. The prize benefits St John’s Church while Lawrence GiveBack, part of The World Company, promotes local economy and charity.
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Markets Update From Wednesday Trading Session
Industrial index fell 23.66 points to 13511.23 while Nasdaq rose 6.76 to 3117.54 and the S&P 500 gained 0.29 to 1472.63. Treasuries held steady at 3.02 percent. Commodities moved with corn up 0.75 cent to 7.31, soybeans up 23 cents to 14.37, wheat up 425 cents to 8.43, oil up 0.92 to 94.20, gold down 0.70 to 1683.20, silver up 1.3 cents to 31.54, with platinum at 1694.10.
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State Board of Ed eyes new social studies standards
Kansas Board of Education reviews a 18 month draft to guide history government geography and economics courses with added emphasis on racial and ethnic diversity Public comments are invited and a final vote is planned for March The 35 member committee included educators from all levels the Kansas Historical Society and community reps The draft highlights figures such as Langston Hughes Louis Armstrong and Woodrow Wilson and aims to better represent minority histories at the high school level for World War I and Roaring 20s eras
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City administrator resigns Eudora post
Eudora City Administrator John Harrenstein will resign effective March 1 after notifying the city council on Monday. He has accepted a similar role with North Mankato in Minnesota to be closer to family in Iowa, where he has served since 2009.
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Harrenstein Resigns as City Sees Leadership Turnover
Mankato with about 13 000 residents near the town border cites Harrenstein as the third top city official to resign in recent months. The city has hired a new police and fire chief while Harrenstein insists the turnover signals no negative reflection and the city is poised for great things.
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Mental health exam ordered in desecration case
Shelly D. Maytubby, 52, of Eufaula Oklahoma, charged with desecration of a human corpse after police found her mother Erlene McCune, 79, wrapped in a sheet in Maytubby's garage. She remains in custody on a $50,000 bond and will be sent to the Oklahoma Forensic Center for a mental health evaluation with a competency hearing set for Feb. 20.
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