Fire-EMS response goals and private ambulances standards
Law rence Douglas County Fire and Medical uses goals, not compliance standards, with a four minute 80 percent target and six minute 100 percent target for Lawrence and Baldwin City. Private American Medical Response aims for six minutes 90 percent in Topeka and twelve minutes 90 percent in Shawnee County.
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Lawrence-Douglas County
Ted McFarlane
Lawrence-Douglas
Shawnee County
Topeka
Sound Off Q&A Line Details for Journal-World Readers
Instructions for submitting questions to Sound Off direct readers to call the Journal-World Access line at 865 5000 and enter category 7478. A recording asks callers to leave their question, guiding engagement with the public advisory feature.
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Journal-World Access
Baby Delivered As Storm Flooded Lawrence Streets
A year ago Crystal O'Brien, pregnant at Lawrence Memorial Hospital, was induced under a tornado warning. Dr. Andy Goetting delivered her son Alexander at LMH as floodwaters rose around the hospital. O'Brien plans a surprise thank you with small gifts today.
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Crystal O’brien
Lawrence Memorial Hospital
Lawrence
O'Brien
Carolyn Johnson
LMH
Andy Goetting
O’brien
Alexander
Goetting
Perry
Tonganoxie
Daybook notices preview local events and meetings
A row of daytime and evening events in Lawrence and Douglas County includes storytime at the Lawrence Public Library Paretsky room at 4 p.m., a zoning appeals meeting at city hall, and a Garden Tour sponsored by Douglas County Master Gardeners with contact numbers for tickets. Also listed are memorial garden information, county commission and township meetings, and a Lawrence City Commission session at city hall.
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Paretsky Children’s Room
Lawrence Public Library
Lawrence Board of Zoning Appeals
City Hall
Sixth
Massachusetts
Mary Ann Dickinson
Douglas County
Master Gardeners
K-State Research and Extension
Wading Pool Opens at South Park
The South Park wading pool is open for children six and under with an accompanying adult. Open 3:30 p.m. to 6 p.m. Monday to Saturday weather permitting. Free admission. Last day Aug 16. Reservations cost 8 dollars per hour with two weeks notice, 9 a.m. to noon Monday through Friday and 10 a.m. to 1 p.m. Saturdays. Closed Sundays.
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South Park
Former Jayhawk charged with battery
Former Kansas University basketball forward Billy David BJ Williams JL, 22, faces domestic battery charges after a weekend dispute with his wife. A June 24 preliminary hearing in Douglas County District Court was set, with Williams released on a $500 bond and a judge lifting a no contact order after a court appearance.
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Kansas University
Billy David
Williams JL
Douglas County
Williams
Jack Murphy
Branson Ordered to Stand Trial for Misleading Dependent Adult
Angela M Branson faces a felony charge of mistreatment of a dependent adult with the Kansas attorney general s office handling proceedings. The Medicaid Fraud and Abuse Division has indicated she inflicted unreasonable confinement on the victim on July 14 1996. Branson was out of Douglas County Jail on a 4500 bond.
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Dence
Angela M. Branson
Attorney General’s Office
Branson
Douglas County
Beepers Reveal Suspect In Lawrence Theft Case
Lawrence police responded to a theft at J A Communications on East 23rd Street. A vehicle description led Douglas County officers to stop a car on Kansas Highway 10. a passenger was arrested for theft after beepers activated at the scene.
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Lawrence
J.A. Communications
Douglas County Sheriff’s
Douglas County Sheriff Reports Police and Fire Activity
The Douglas County Sheriff's office reported a 1995 Honda damaged in the 2300 block of Barker with front windshield and interior damage totaling 1050 dollars. Tri County Drug Enforcement Unit arrested Polly Anna Pacha and Mark Richard Pacha in Wellsville on drug and tax stamp charges with bonds set at 4500 and 1000 dollars respectively. Emergency calls logged multiple medical incidents, vehicle and home accidents, oven fire extinguished, and a diesel fuel spill. Marriage licenses issued to several Lawrence area couples.
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Barker
Douglas County
Tri-County
Wellsville
Polly Anna Pacha
Bord
Mark Richard Pacha
Engel
Oak Hill and Prairie
Mayfair
Haskell
Fisher-Dexter Births Prompt Local Notice
Daniel and Megan Fisher of Lawrence report a girl born Tuesday. Jennifer and Tony Dexter of Clearview City report a boy born Wednesday.
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Daniel
Megan Fisher
Lawrence
Jennifer
Tony Dexter
Clearview City
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