Barker Ave House Fire Controlled. No Injuries Reported
Lawrence Douglas County firefighters responded to a Sunday morning blaze at a vacant single story home on Barker Avenue at 15th Street. Units arrived at 3:35 am, extinguished the fire by 4:12 am, with no firefighter injuries and ongoing investigation into the cause. damage estimate unavailable.
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Barker Ave
Douglas County Fire Medical
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Douglas County Fire Medical Division
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Kansas child death investigations kept secret by state agency
A Kansas City Star investigation shows welfare officials rarely release details after a child's death or serious injury under a 2004 law. Of 15 media requests covering 10 cases, the Department for Children and Families disclosed information in only one instance. Critics say secrecy hinders accountability and learning.
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Kansas
Kansas City Star
Kansas Department For Children
Department
Jim Ward
Wichita
DCF
Phyllis Gamore
Department For Children and Families
City considers tax funded sidewalk repairs in redesign
City officials discuss using tax dollars to fund sidewalk repairs, citing a complaint based system and 13 percent of the city’s 40 000 lots with noncompliant sidewalks. Estimated repair cost is 6.1 million dollars. The northwestern region will be inspected first over two to three weeks to draft a sidewalk repair policy for a March City Commission vote. LAN urges an equitable, citywide funding approach.
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Lawrence
Thiel
Lawrence Association of Neighborhoods
LAN
Candice Davis
Davis
Davis Sai
Tom Markus
Online portal launches local history with postcards collection
The Lawrence Public Library Watkins Museum and Douglas County Genealogical Society unveiled a collaborative online portal fplks org featuring historical postcards of Lawrence from the late 19th to early 20th century. The site also hosts Douglas County Genealogical Society materials and oral history content tied to Lawrence's 50th anniversary of the Fair Housing Ordinance.
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Lawrence Public Library
Watkins Community’ Museum
Douglas County Genealogical Society
Peter Carttar
Sally Postma
Charline Fitzpatrick
Watkins Museum
Lawrence
Lawrence Fair
Fitzpatrick
Postma
Carttar
Haskell Indian Nations University
University of Kansas
Kansas
Rosalea Carttar
Brad Allen
Lawrence Public
National Endowment For the Humanities
Kathleen Morgan
NEH
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