Major Street Closures Delay Traffic This Week
The Public Works Department warns motorists of delays on Tennessee Street Trail and Frontier roads Ninth Street and Ninth Street again, Kansas River bridges, North Second Street, and Trail Road. Work includes water sewer drainage pipe installs repairs resurfacing and curb drainage inlets with various lane or sidewalk closures and bridge restrictions.
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Public Works Department
Tennessee Street
11Th
14Th Streets
Trail and
Frontier Roads
Ninth Street
Ohio
Indiana
Ninth
Vermont
Massachusetts
Kansas River
Downtown
North Lawrence
North Second Street
Lyon
North Streets
Trail Road
Lawrence Avenue
Kasold Drive
Lawrence Topeka drive slows over two turnpike work zones
Motorists traveling from Lawrence to Topeka face two construction zones on the Kansas Turnpike between Interchanges 194 and 201. One lane traffic in both directions at the West Lawrence and Lecompton areas due to the East Topeka interchange project.
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Lawrence
Topeka
Kansas Turnpike
West Lawrence
Lecompton
East Topeka
Roadwork Detour Near East of Town on 24-40
Roadworks east of town along U S 24 40 will require detour at 178th Street in Kansas City. Kansas Highway 10 from Lawrence east city limits to Douglas Johnson counties will be closed to through traffic while an Earl overlay project proceeds. Traffic reduced to one lane in either direction during work, which will advance in two mile stretches.
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Lawrence
Kansas City
178Th Street
Douglas-Johnson County
Earl
Playhouse drawing boosts CASA training funds in Lawrence
Lawrence CASA draws winners for a log cabin and a Victorian playhouse to support training for 33 volunteers aiding 112 children in Douglas County. Winners were Jody Norcross and Anita Burton at Wal-Mart, with Michael Romero supplying construction and labor for the homes.
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Lawrence
CASA
Connie Keeling
Jody Norcross
Anita Burton
Wal-Mart
Iowa
Douglas County
Keeling
Norcross
Michael Romero
Romero Construction, Inc
Sherrer Serves as Graves Aide and Commerce Secretary
Former teacher turned business ally Gary Sherrer has grown from Graves Truck Lines employment to become lieutenant governor and secretary of the Kansas Department of Commerce and Housing. A longtime confidant since high school, he helps shape major decisions and cabinet transitions for Gov. Bil Graves.
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Graves Truck Lines
Capitol Federal Savings
Topeka
Fourth Financial Corp
Wichita
Sherrer
Department of Commerce and Housin
Bil Graves
Graves
Salina Central High School
Mike Matson
Gary
Commerce and Housing
Sheila Frahm
Bob Dole
U.S. Senate
Kansas
Shelby Smith
Bob Bennett
Statehouse
John Carlin
Paul Dugan
Tom Docking
Docking
Mike Hayden
Kansas University Medical Center
Jack Walker
Murder victims case linked to Grissom spans decade
Investigators pieced together evidence in a long running case tied to Grissom. A security photo shows Terri Busch or Miss Butler in Wichita, while Grissom’s past includes the 16 year old beating and killing a neighbor in Lansing. The 1990 Johnson County trial featured 600 jurors, over 100 witnesses, and four life sentences for murder and kidnapping.
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Morrison
Terri Maness
Wichita
Miss Butler
Grissom
Maness
Johnson County
Miss Busch
Miss
Grange seeks National Register listing for Vinland hall
Vinland Grange Hall, a central Vinland building with historical ties to voting and community events, is nominated for the National Register of Historic Places. The 10 page nomination, supported by architectural historian Martha Hagedorn-Krass, notes long local use and past fires and losses.
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Farmers’ State Bank
Methodist
Doudna
Oakes Temple
Vinland Grange
Martha
Hagedorn-Krass
Kansas State Historical Society
Kansas Historic Sites Board of Review
Washington, D.C
Hagedorn- Krass
Heritage Trust Fund
Marti Cushinberry private graveside services planned
Marti Kay Cushinberry 42 of Lawrence died Sunday June 13 1999 from injuries in a one car crash near Big Springs. She was born December 15 1956 in Lawrence to Don Dever and Doris Dever. She grew up in Lawrence and graduated from Roloff Christian High School in Corpus Christi Texas and worked as a licensed practical nurse at Great Plains Nursing Center in Olathe.
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Marti Kay Cushinberry
Lawrence
Oak Hill Cemetery
Cushinberry
Kansas University Medical Center
Kansas City
Kan
Big Springs
Don Dever
Doris
Norris) Dever
Roloff Christian High School
Corpus Christi
Tex
Great Plains Nursing Center
Olathe
Obituary for former hospital staff member in Topeka and Lawrence
The deceased had worked at Lawrence Memorial Hospital Watkins Student Health Center at Kansas University and Stormont Vail Medical Center Topeka She was married to Ronnie Cushinberry in Topeka who preceded her in death Survivors include parents Roger and Doris Quakenbush Lawrence a sister Kimberly Quakenbush Baldwin three brothers Michael Dever Ellsworth Marc Dever Oskaloosa and Mitchell Dever Saltville Va The family will receive friends 7 p m to 8 30 p m Tuesday at Warren McElwain Mortuary A brief on the accident appears on page 2B.
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Lawrence Memorial Hospital
Watkins
Kansas University
Stormont-Vail Medical Center
Topeka
Ronnie Cushinberry
Roger
Doris Quakenbush
Lawrence
Kimberly Quakenbush
Baldwin
Michael Dever
Ellsworth
Marc Dever
Oskaloosa
Mitchell Dever
Saltville
Warren-McElwain Mortuary
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James Francisco
Sedgwick County
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