City faces eminent domain threat over East Lawrence home
Lawrence officials threaten to use eminent domain to force sale of 1106 Rhode Island St as three week deadline looms for a buyer deal. Commission members express frustration over delays while preservationists push to save the dilapidated house and barn that sits near the Judicial and Law Enforcement Center. Architect Stan Hernly has organized an investment group to buy and rehab the vacant property converting the house into a three bedroom two bath home.
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Family Promise volunteer shares life with homeless families
Katherine Dinsdale volunteers for Family Promise of Lawrence reading to preschoolers, playing with teens, and comforting babies. She describes nights on the floor with sleeping children during crises and emphasizes building relationships between families in crisis and community volunteers. Dinsdale was nominated for the Wallace Galluzzi Outstanding Volunteer of the Year Award for her longtime advocacy and role in starting Family Promise nearly five years ago.
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Joe Williams
Dinsdale
Family Promise Day Center
Tennessee St
Lawrence
Ise
Becky Peters
United Way
Roger Hill Volunteer Center
Wallace Galluzzi
Peters
Kansas moves to ease knife laws across public spaces
The Kansas Legislature approved HB 2033 lifting bans on switchblades daggers and similar knives with Gov Brownback signing earlier. Knife Rights praised the measure as pre emptive statewide regulation while law enforcement officials warned about safety concerns. The law allows broader possession in most public places and limits local knife ordinances.
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Todd Rathner
Topeka
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Utah
New Hampshire
Georgia
Alaska
Tennessee
Kansas Association of Police Chiefs
Jim Ward
Wichita
Ward
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