Downtown Lawrence Sidewalk Sale marks 59th year event
Downtown Lawrence Inc prepares for the 59th annual Sidewalk Sale on Massachusetts Street with shops displaying goods from Sixth Street to South Park. A neon brown bag concert at U S Bank Plaza, street performers, cooling stations, free water offers, and an Unmistakably Giving table of 18 local nonprofits accompany the downtown event.
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Huff
Lawrence Inc
Massachusetts Street
Sixth Street
South Park
U.S. Bank
Massachusetts St
DLI
Watkins Museum of History
Granada Theater
Pickleman’s
Eldridge
Waxman Candles
Social Service League
Ex-mayor Jeremy Farmer to be released July 20 from federal prison
Former Lawrence mayor Jeremy Farmer, sentenced for embezzling over 5,000 from Just Food, is due for release July 20 after a 10 month federal sentence. He serves at a Residential Reentry Center in Kansas City, Kansas, with two years of supervised release and more than 81,000 in restitution awaiting completion.
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Lawrence
Jeremy Farmer
Farmer
Federal Bureau of Prisons Office of Public Affairs
Bureau of Prisons
Kansas City
Kan
Office of Public Affairs
U.S
Kaw
Thomson
Just Food
QuickBooks
Just Food Board
Nick Krug
Journal-World
Robert J. Dole
Kansas
Colby
Dodge City
Ellinwood
Great Bend
Hays
Junction City
Liberal
Manhattan
McPherson
Osborne
Russell
Salina
Topeka
Victoria
Mobili J
FDIC
Police handle fireworks calls with no tickets issued
Lawrence officers logged over 100 fireworks related calls around the Fourth of July and preceding days but issued no citations this year. Municipal court records show no fireworks charges as of Thursday. Officers answered 79 calls on the Fourth, 18 the day before, and more earlier. enforcement has focused on education and confiscation, not ticketing. Stateside, 133 people were injured by fireworks during the holiday week.
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Journal-World
Derrick Smith
Smith
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