City relocates entrance to Lawrence homeless support site
Lawrence moves entrance from Maple to Locust Street at the citys homeless shelter site. A new temporary road and parking lot will be built behind Johnny's Tavern toward the Kansas River levee. The move aims to improve safety with direct access and reduced traffic interactions near North Lawrence.
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Old sorority house to host firefighter training before demolition
Lawrence firefighters will use the Tri Delta House at 1630 Oxford Road for training before demolition. The multi story 1955 building will be torn down in coming weeks. Training will not involve live fires, officials say.
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Man Fatally Struck By Train In North Lawrence
A 43-year-old man was hit and killed by a Union Pacific train in North Lawrence early Wednesday. He was found near Fifth and Maple streets and pronounced dead at the scene. An engineer reported attempting to stop a nearly two mile long train but could not avoid the fatal impact. Two engineers were aboard. police seek further details.
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Doctor dies saving daughter on Colorado River rafting trip
Dustin Harker, 47, a neurologist from Hutchinson Kansas, drowned after rescuing his young daughter when their raft capsized on the Arkansas River near Sunshine Falls. Four family members were aboard with friends from church when turbulent rapids overwhelmed the craft. Harker saved his daughter and others reached shore, but he became unresponsive and died despite CPR.
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Heritage grants fund 13 projects in Douglas County
Douglas County Commission approved 13 of 17 Heritage Conservation Grant Program proposals totaling 210000 to fund river bank restoration on the Kaw preservation of grave markers at a 169 year old Lecompton cemetery and tree removal at Black Jack Battlefield. Native Lands Restoration Collaborative Kansas Land Trust and Kansas City Wild Lands will receive 68430 for seed collection to aid ecological restoration.
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