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Newspaper
Lawrence Journal World
Location
Lawrence, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Jan 31, 2015
Page
2
Obituary policy states information for submitting obituaries to the Journal-World. Contact number 832-7151 for running obituaries. Notices run as submitted by funeral homes or families of the deceased.
DeAnna Dee Lynn Hunt-Giles died January 30 at KU Medical Center. Warren McElwain Mortuary will announce her funeral arrangements.
Funeral services for Naomi May Markley 82 of rural Baldwin City will be held Monday at Willow Springs Old German Baptist Brethren Meeting House. Burial follows at Pleasant Hill Cemetery. She died at her daughter's home Thursday. Memorials to Grace Hospice.
Lawrence Public Schools said a woman was arrested Thursday night after bringing a handgun to a West Middle School event. An off duty officer in attendance made the arrest with no incident or threats reported. Further details were not immediately available.
Gov. Sam Brownback’s office refuses to release names of candidates passed over for the Kansas Court of Appeals. The AP’s open records request seeking applications and communications was denied. Brownback nominated Kathryn Gardner of Topeka for the seat, pending Senate confirmation.
Kenneth Reese, a 50 year old former Sedgwick County jailer, received three years of probation for sex crimes involving inmates at the county jail. He pleaded guilty to offenses from 2012 and 2013, following arrests after two female inmates reported inappropriate sexual contact. A probation violation could bring 32 months in prison.
Gov. Sam Brownback's budget plan faces pressure as November estimates predict a about 279 million gap and month to month tax receipts worsen the deficit. Senate leader Laura Kelly and House Democrat Tom Burroughs harshly criticized the figures calling for urgent action. Republicans defend 2012 2013 tax cuts while acknowledging need for deeper cuts and new revenue in the current session.
UltraViolet accuses the University of Kansas of a rape problem citing a Department of Education OCR investigation list of 95 schools. KU says ads lack detail but sexual assault remains a national issue. Princeton Review has not commented.
Do niphan County Conserva tion District chairwoman river Judy Wegener-Stevens opposes the plan saying it would take prime farmland in northeast Kansas to irrigate the southwest. Gov. Brownback warns of Ogallala Aquifer decline, urging calm action. Critics cite legal and tribal rights, tribal burial grounds near White Cloud, and unresolved financial environmental legal questions. Missouri Gov. Nixon brands the project hare brained. The Ioway Tribe cites sacred sites affected by the site.
Friday markets show the Dow at 17 164.95 with a 251.90 gain while the Nasdaq stands at 4 635.24 and the S P 500 at 1 994.99. Treasury yields edge up with 30 year at 2.22 percent and corn at 3.70, soybeans at 9.60, wheat at 5.43. Oil trades around 48.24 while gold gains 23.90 to 1278.50 and silver moves.
The Lawrence Journal World announces editors and contact numbers including Julie Wright as managing editor Tom Keegan sports editor and Ann Gardner editorial page editor. It lists circulation phone numbers classified ads delivery inquiries and publication office hours with the main office at Sixth and New Hampshire in Lawrence Kansas.
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