Shifting construction zones affect Lawrence traffic flow
Multiple ongoing road and neighborhood projects dot Lawrence this summer. Iowa Street reconstruction enters phase two with the Iowa Bob Billings 15th Street intersection closed and expected reopening July 31. A third phase will remake Iowa Street from Harvard Road to 15th Street with a projected completion by November 16.
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15Th
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After soggy spring drought grips Kansas farmlands
A Douglas County farmer faces drought after a wet spring and thin rainfall in June and July. Kermit Kalb, who grows wheat corn and soybeans near Baldwin City, hopes for rain as storms pass but avoid muddy fields. The U S Drought Monitor map shows Kansas in varying drought levels as of mid July.
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Accident on South Lawrence Trafficway Leaves One Dead
A pedestrian was struck by a vehicle on the South Lawrence Trafficway west of Iowa Street and died at the scene Sunday night. Authorities investigated the fatal accident and the incident was reported on Page 3A.
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Davis
Former attorney turns crime novelist who embraced new path
Joel Goldman, a former Kansas City trial lawyer and KU debate star, describes how a movement disorder ended his courtroom career and redirected him to writing. Since 2002 he has published nine crime novels and a novella, all set in the Kansas City area, with his experiences informing the fiction.
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The
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