Fireworks Permitted in Douglas County Unincorporated Areas
County administrator Craig Weinaug says fireworks will be allowed this year. Resolution 6-202-2024 sets times 7 a.m. to 10 p.m. July 1-2 and 7 a.m. to midnight July 3-4 for unincorporated areas. At Lone Star Lake, launches may occur from land but not water docks or campgrounds. bottle rockets are prohibited and state law limits apply.
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Douglas County
Craig Weinaug
Lone Star Lake
On the Street on Massachusetts Street
Caitlin Doornbos presents reader responses collected on Massachusetts Street. The piece invites public thoughts and reactions available at LJWorld.com as residents share views about local life and downtown happenings.
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Ljworld.com
Student Drew Bennett reflects on Facebook comments
Lawrence notes a mix of reactions as he surveys social feedback about a local issue. He mentions seeing a comment at home and a few responses on Facebook, indicating online engagement among peers.
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Drew Bennett
Lawrence
Maryland man sentenced for Lawrence convenience store robberies
Daniel C. Cisneros, 35, of Elkton Maryland, received 32 months in prison in Douglas County District Court after pleading no contest to robbery. Prosecutors tied him to Nov 25 Zarco 66 robbery and Nov 26 Kwik Shop attempted robbery in Lawrence, where witnesses described a white man with WVU hat.
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Maryland
Lawrence
Daniel C. Cisneros
Elkton
Douglas County
E. 23Rd St
Cisneros
West Virginia University
Births in Lawrence greet new Williamson Ellis Myers families
Josh and Sarah Williamson of Lawrence welcome a boy Friday. Keith and Elizabeth Hunsinger of Lawrence announce a girl. Jared and Beth Ellis of Lawrence celebrate a boy. Jennifer and Josh Myers of Summer Parks and Queen, Lawrence, welcome a boy Monday.
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Josh
Sarah Williamson
Lawrence
Keith and
Elizabeth Hunsinger
Jared and
Beth Ellis
Jennifer and
Josh Myers
Summer Parks
Firefighting Hotshots Die Keeping Faith In Yarnell Blaze
Twenty deployed emergency shelters as a Yarnell wildfire exploded from 200 to 2000 acres in hours. Nineteen Granite Mountain Hotshots firefighters perished with one survivor when trapped by a firestorm near Prescott Arizona. The tragedy, amid 80 years biggest U S firefighter loss, sparked mourning in Prescott and Yarnell with flags at half staff as bodies were transported for autopsies. Authorities investigate exact entrapment while meteorologists note sudden wind shifts contributing to the blowup.
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Prescott
Ariz
Granite Mountain Hotshots
Yarnell
Arizona
Phoenix
Jan Brewer
Prescott High School
Yavapai County
Southwest
Clay Templin
New Mexico
Arizona Forestry Division
Mike Reichling
End of registration for Games nears
Athletes must register for the 24th Sunflower State Games before a Friday deadline. Events run July 12 to 28 in Topeka with a wide range of sports including road races, archery, baseball, BMX, disc golf, swimming, tennis, track and field, volleyball, and many others.
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Topeka
Sunflower Games registration opens for multiple sports
Brief notice invites athletes in racquetball rowing sailing sand volleyball shooting soccer softball ultimate and wrestling to register by July 15 online at sunflowergames com or by mail or walk in at 820 S Kansas Ave Topeka KS 66612. Email responses follow. The filing also discusses a KDOT erosion lawsuit seeking daily fines for alleged inadequate sediment controls dating back to 2004 and post 2009.
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Sunflowergames.com
Kansas Ave
Topeka
Diately
KDOT
Feds sue Kansas over road construction water pollution
Federal regulators sue the Kansas Department of Transportation alleging Clean Water Act violations for stormwater discharges at three road projects on U S 69 near Lawrence and Manhattan and on U S 59 near Pleasanton. The action names KDOT in federal court.
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Wichita
Kansas
Kansas Department of Transportation
Clean Water Act
U.S. 69
U.S. 59
Kansas 18
Lawrence
Pleasanton
Manhattan
Kansas Attorney General’s Office
Bales family legacy endures at KU arts center
Polly and Dane Bales funded the Bales Organ Recital Hall opened in 1996 with gifts from the Bales family and the Dane G Hansen Foundation. Polly Bales supported KU through the arts and civic work, traveled widely with the Alumni Association, and remained devoted to Kansas life and university events.
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Seuferling
Bales Organ
Baleses
Dane G. Hansen
Polly
Dole Institute
Polly’s
Bales
Dane Bales
Logan
Dane
Dane Bales Jr
KU Endowment Board of Trustees
KU Alumni Association
Bob Dole
Alumni Association
Flying Jayhawks
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