Filing deadline shifts to June for local races 2017
Kansas lawmakers changed filing rules in 2015 making June 1 the noon deadline for city and school board candidates. No spring elections. primaries only if filings exceed three times seats. 2017 ballot includes Lawrence City Commission three seats and Lawrence school board three seats with incumbents listed.
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Kansas
Heather Dill
Douglas County
Cdidates
Dill
Lawrence City Commission
Lawrence School Board
Commission
Incum
Mike Amyx
Matthew Herbert
Lisa Larsen
Kristie Adair
Marcel Harmon
Vanessa Sanborn
Baldwin City Council
Marilyn Pearse
Christi Darnell
Kathy Gerstner
Baldwin School Board
Ivan Huntoon
Greg Kruger
Nikki Tiller
Eudora City
Eudora
Mike Kelso
Joe Hurla
Eric Wotan
Lecompton City Council
Sandy Jacquot
Tim McNish
Elsie Middleton
Lecompton School Board
Tiffany Ball
Jett
Traci Edd
Suspect held in Lawrence robbery case and dog death
A Kansas City man tied to a Lawrence summer robbery spree was transferred to Douglas County after Wyandotte County arrest. Pierre Percy Walker, 19, faces one felony cruelty to animals and three felony aggravated robbery counts. Bond stands at $150,000. police seek other suspects.
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Lawrence
Douglas County Sheriffs Office
Pierre Percy Walker
Wyandotte County
Walker
Douglas County
Top KU News Stories of 2016 Recalled for 2017 Start
A look back at 2016 KU headlines as students return to campus in 2017. Highlights include Carlton Bragg arrest and exoneration, diversity and DEI advisory actions, state budget cuts hitting KU, and Andrea Quenecette shooting incident with ongoing coverage and reforms anticipated.
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Legila ‘Ture
Carlton Bragg
Carlton Bragg Jr
Bragg
Kuss
The
Journal- World
Andrea Quencette
KU News Highlights From Heard on the Hill Column
Sara Shepherd’s Heard on the Hill column summarizes KU matters from the year including Andrea Quenette’s suspension outcome, a cheerleader Snapchat scandal with resignations, gender pronoun initiatives, campus concealment policy approval, the 2016 fiber cut, Santos winning the Nobel, a new provost, ongoing Title IX suits, Chancellor Gray-Little’s departure, and the KU Central District redevelopment with multiple new or renovated buildings and centers across campus.
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Asi Themeward
Andrea Quenette
Kkk
Price Computing Center
Ellsworth
Daisy Hill
Lawrence
Edwards
Overland Park
Juan Manuel Santos
University
School of Business
Neeli Bendapudi
Jeff Vitter
Bendapudi
Jayhawker Towers
Bernadette Gray-Little
KU Central District
Central District
Earth, Energy and Environment Center
Capitol Federal Hall
DeBruce Center
Spencer Museum of Art
Lawrence logs show multiple sex crime reports over weekend
Lawrence Police logs indicate separate sex crime reports on Friday Saturday and Sunday with times 2 36 pm 4 54 pm and 10 12 pm respectively. Locations are redacted and no arrests appear in Douglas County Jail or police statements by Monday morning. In Topeka lawmakers seek to undo a concealed gun provision affecting public hospitals and colleges with bills from Rep. Stephanie Clayton Sen. Oretha Faust-Goudeau and Sen. Barbara Bollier.
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Lawrence
Douglasounty
Topeka
Kansas
Overland Park
Stephanie Clayton
Wichita
Oretha Faust-Goudeau
Barbara Bollier
Mission Hills
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