Campbell named general manager of KU public radio station
Janet Campbell of Eudora was named general manager of KANU-FM after a national search. She will also continue as director of the Kansas Audio Reader Network. Campbell takes over June 15, following an interim period since December 1996 amid a university budget crisis and prior leadership changes at the 100-watt NPR affiliated station.
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Janet Campbell
Eudora
Kanu-Fm
Kansas Audio Reader
KANU
Campbell
Howard Hill
Robert Hemenway
National Public Radio
University
Federal Communications Commission
Manhattan
Emporia
Animal cruelty defendant misses parole hearing in court
Ernest C. Martin serving a year for keeping malnourished pit bulls failed to appear for a parole hearing in Douglas County District Court. His attorney said Martin is on work release and lacked transportation to the hearing setting.
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Ernest C. Martin
Douglas County
Michael Malone
Martin
Lawrence Humane Society
Lawrence Humane Society Animal Shelter
Letter Carriers Picket Over Pay and Automation Impacts
Dozens of Lawrence letter carriers join a national picketing effort to protest insufficient pay amid automation gains. They seek a four year contract with 3 percent annual raises totaling about 950 dollars yearly, arguing current offers fail to honor profits seen by USPS. Picketing occurs outside the Lawrence post office and will not disrupt mail delivery.
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Lawrence
U.S. Postal Service
Sam Segraves
National Association of Letter Carriers
Segraves
Carri
Ers
Postal Service
Lawrence Post Office
Demolition set for old city hospital and plans for substation
Lawrence commissioners approved Royal Environmental to demolish the old Lawrence Memorial Hospital wings at Fourth and Maine for 181 560 dollars with 2 000 dollars for select demolition. Work to begin in September, with a 14 1 million new health facility planned nearby and a future hospital site on the reclaimed parcel. The city also advances barbed wire factory redevelopment with a ramp and outdoor deck as part of a broader arts venue plan near Sixth and New Hampshire.
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Old Hospital
Lawrence
Royal Environmental
Old Lawrence Memorial Hospital
Fourth and
Maine Streets
Lawrence-Douglas County Health Department
Bert Nash Community Mental Health Center
Douglas County Visiting Nurses Assn
Maine
Mike Elwell
Sixth
New Hampshire
Kansas River
Elwell
North Second Street sewer repair planned at $52000
City officials approve Institutorm Inc to restore the damaged storm sewer along North Second Street near the Maple Grove Pump Station in North Lawrence. The project aims to prevent erosion and avoid a repeat of the 1993 shutdowns that cost about $600,000, with completion hoped as soon as possible.
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North Second Street
Institutorm Inc
Maple Grove
North Lawrence
North Second
Mike Wildgen
Locust
Wildgen
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