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Newspaper
Lawrence Journal World
Location
Lawrence, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Jul 09, 2014
Page
6
Schlitterbahn water park in Kansas City Kansas says the Verrticht slide will open Thursday after three delays. Guinness World Records certified the 168 foot tall ride as the tallest water slide in the world in April. Riders reach 60 to 70 mph on four person rafts amid testing delays.
Scottsdale has approved up to 290000 to defend itself in suits brought by two Kansas men injured in a January 2013 pedicab crash during the Fiesta Bowl trip. Michael Tylver and Cody Clark seek millions for head and spine injuries, along with parental trauma claims. Scottsdale denies liability.
Six months after United Airlines began flying to Chicago from Topeka Regional Airport ridership rose. Twice-daily flights to Chicago were about 64 percent full in June, up from 25 percent in January and 65 percent in May. Government funds provided about 2 million dollars in revenue guarantees if ticket sales fell short of the revenue goal.
CoreFirst Bank in Topeka said AT&T fiber cut disrupted its computer systems affecting thousands of customers. ATM services, card transactions, mobile apps and the website were impacted while balances were frozen to Monday's close. Deposits after the cut showed on internal servers but not to customers.
Storm brought high winds and large hail up to golf ball size near Nebraska with 136 inches of rain at Lawrence Airport. Westar Energy reported widespread outages across Lawrence Manhattan Topeka Leavenworth and Atchison dropping from 26 052 to 3 328 by Tuesday morning. In Douglas County 233 residents remained without power as crews repaired damage door to door. Alvamar Golf Course sustained about 100000 in damage with 500 downed trees and severe debris disrupting the Kansas Amateur qualifier. City crews cleared streets while residents were advised to use licensed tree services for private property debris and to use the brush site for drop off. Lawrence Memorial Hospital reported no storm injuries.
Strong Monday night winds over 60 mph felled trees and caused outages across Douglas and surrounding counties in central and northeast Kansas. Westar reported 26 000 customers without power, later down to about 3 000. Outages affected Shawnee Wyandotte Leavenworth Riley and Geary counties. U S 24 in Riley County was closed by downed lines and reopened Tuesday morning.
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