Enforcement works on Lawrence fireworks ban
Editorial notes continued enforcement on the Lawrence city ban against fireworks. Police Chief Tarik Khatib says extra officers on July 4 boosted enforcement, yielding 34 citations from June 30 to July 6, far above the prior average of about three per year. Officials consider public education and possible steps like relocating stands, but stress consistent enforcement as most effective.
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Lawrence
Tarik Khatib
Khatib
Denial of racism and Seigenthaler’s legacy
Leonard Pitts Jr reflects on racism, political rhetoric, and media responsibility sparked by The WestView News headline controversy. He honors John Seigenthaler, recounting his Civil Rights era work, and argues that collective blindness to racism is a choice while vision is possible.
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WestView News
White House
Obama
Eric Holder
Rush Limbaugh
Rob Portman
Ohio
Ronald Reagan
John Seigenthaler
Seigenthaler
Robert Kennedy
Leonard Pitts Jr
The
Miami Herald
Drones spark privacy fears over Amazon Prime Air
Mike Hoeflich argues that Amazon seeks FAA permission to deploy small delivery drones, raising privacy worries about surveillance and weaponized potential. He urges continued FAA limits, contrasts with USPS, FedEx, and UPS, and cites drones as powerful spies in military use.
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FAA
Prime Air
Kansas University
Google
U.S. Postal Service
FedEx
UPS
Mike Hoeflich
Kansas University School of Law
Journal- World
Public support urged for police facility in Lawrence
Nadine R. Hyde argues in favor of funding a modern police facility, warning that voting the measure down would harm public safety and the community. She invites readers to review city and police department materials and participate in the decision.
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Nadine R. Hyde
Lawrence
Great kids in Lawrence help clean up wind damaged tree
A Lawrence family shares gratitude for three teens Derrick Turner Jud King and Jake Hill who volunteered hours to saw chop and haul away a large tree damaged by a wind storm without accepting payment. Their friend Sandy Malik thanks them and says they will never forget the help.
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Lawrence
Derrick Turner
Jud King
Jake Hill
Sandy Malik
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