Neighborhood trees wear blue bows to honor police on Ohio Street
Caryn Scott in the 2100 block of Ohio Street has secured 16 homes to tie blue bows on trees along a multi block stretch to thank the Lawrence Police Department and the Sheriff’s Office. She notes shootings nationwide heighten the need to show support for officers and cites family ties in law enforcement.
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Judge to monitor Kansas on gay marriage compliance
US District Judge Daniel Crabtree extended monitoring of Kansas actions for three more years to ensure no discrimination against same sex couples in marriage rights or related benefits following the Supreme Court ruling. Civil liberties attorney Joshua Block commented on the court’s explicit ruling.
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U.S. Supreme Court
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Death penalty upheld in Sheriff’s killing case
Kansas Supreme Court on Friday upheld the conviction and death sentence of Scott Cheever for the 2005 shooting of Greenwood County Sheriff Matt Samuels during a drug raid. It marked the second time the court has upheld a death sentence since capital punishment was reinstated in 1994 amid political scrutiny of justices.
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SNAP benefits double at Lawrence area farmers markets
SNAP users can pay 25 dollars to receive 50 dollars in produce through the new Double Up Food Bucks program funded by a federal grant. The match expands to Lawrence markets and several others including Emporia Pittsburg Topeka Manhattan Leavenworth Perry Lecompton and Allen County. Eileen Horn of the county sustainability department spearheads the effort.
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Dinamite Discovery T. rex Hunt Spurs Crowdsourcing Campaign
Kansas University researchers teams with public help to locate a fossilized T. rex, leveraging a crowdsourcing effort described on page 5A. The collaboration combines university science with community participation to advance paleontological finds.
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