Tyson victim seeks damages in civil suit
Desiree Washington filed a civil suit in Indianapolis against Mike Tyson seeking punitive and compensatory damages for assault battery false imprisonment and emotional distress. Washington contends Tyson raped her in a hotel room last July and challenges his claims of consent while awaiting appeal.
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Tyson
Indianapolis
Mike Me
Cvi
Desiree Washington
Coventry
U.S. District Court
Indiana Youth Center
Plainfield
Ms. Washington
Deval L. Patrick
Inwauit
Washington
Patrick
Jury convicts man in toddler Eric's murder
A Douglas County jury found Bruce guilty of first degree murder in the death of toddler Eric after hearing Bruce describe how he spanked and shook the child and after pathologist Kris Sperry ruled the injuries could not have been accidental. The DA said the verdict signals a strong stance against child abuse and noted multiple prior current convictions in the district.
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Wells
Bruce
Lawrence
Kris Sperry
Eric
Sperry
Douglas County
Supreme Court halts St Paul hate speech ban ruling
Justices unanimously strike down a St Paul ordinance banning cross burning and swastikas as unconstitutional content based. Local leaders note gaps in hate crime laws while stressing existing discrimination statutes. Civil rights advocates warn that hateful expression remains on the rise and civility is eroding.
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St. Paul, Minn
Antonin Scalia
St. Paul
Ann Weick
Lawrence Alliance
City Commission
Welch
Court Rejects Tolerance Selectivity And Free Expression
The Supreme Court splits on First Amendment issues as Scalia reads a lengthy opinion. Justices White O Connor Blackmun Stevens dissented about the majority’s approach while other members support it. States have enacted hate crime laws and some cities criminalize displays of prejudice to curb bias motivated crimes against minorities.
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Diehl
Mike Wildgen
Dave Corliss
Mary Horsch
Kansas Attorney General’s Office
Scalia
William H. Rehnquist
Anthony M. Kennedy
David Souter
Clarence Thomas
Byron R. White
White
Sandra Day O’connor
Harry A. Blackmun
John Paul Stevens
Lke
St. Paul
City weighs EMF rules for power lines regulation
City council debates setting EMF exposure limits for KPL projects with a 2.5 milligauss cap at public exposure points. Nalbandian questions city readiness to judge science. KPL cites KCC oversight and offers public meetings with landowners to address construction impacts.
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Sion
PNA
KPL
Nalbandian
Shirley Martin- Smith
Michel’ Quakenbush
Kansas Corporation Commission
KCC
Stolen Native Blanket From Ecumenical Ministries
A yellow Native American blanket valued at $2,006 was taken from Ecumenical Christian Ministries in Lawrence between 8:30 a.m. and 12:30 p.m. Saturday after the building was left unlocked. The wall display blanket measured 6 by 7 feet and its loss was reported by a Lawrence police spokesman.
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Ecumenical Christian Ministries
Lawrence
Parra
Former MU star Anthony Peeler arrested for assault
Former University of Missouri basketball star Anthony Peeler turned himself in after a 21 year old woman accused him of punching her and wresting her to the ground near a park. Police said the incident involved a domestic violence assault and the case was continued in municipal court.
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Douglas County
Baldwin
Kansas City, Mo
University of Missouri
Anthony Peeler
Greg Mills
Peeler
Kansas City
Mills
Columbia
Nichols files for GOP bid in Kansas 4th District
Rep. Dick Nichols, a congressman without a district, formally opened his campaign for the Republican nomination in Kansas 4th District. He currently represents the eliminated 5th District and will run in the seat now held by Dan Glickman, facing rivals State Senator Eric Yost and former Wichita Police Chief Dick LaMungan.
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Wichita
Dick Nichols
McPherson
Dan Glickman
D-Kan
Eric Yost
Dick LaMungan
GOF
Death notices and services for multiple Kansas residents
Deaths wrap a string of memorials across Lawrence Salina Fredonia and Abilene with services scheduled for Thelma Johnson Amarillis Ruble Karl Smith and Gertrude Stoner. Johnson died June 21 1992 in Lawrence with services set in Salina and Lawrence. Ruble died in Fremont California with services in Vinland and memorials to Greenpeace or cancer society. Smith died in Jackson County Missouri in an automobile accident with funeral at Fredonia City Cemetery. Stoner a native of Abilene died June 19 1992 in Lawrence with services at Abilene Wesleyan Church and burial at Prairiedale Cemetery.
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Thelma Johnson
Lawrence
Ryan Mortuary
Salina
Walnut Grove Cemetery
Johnson
Sterling Heights Nursing Home
Bert H
Mary Elizabeth (Swisher) Hughes
Granada Cafe
University Cafe
Richard L. Johnsan
Corinne Geddings
Robert D
Carl R
Wayne L
Arnie L
Harold D
Wigham, Ga
Harold Hughes
Ralph Hughes
Bessie Brottan
Elsie Brunholtz
Blanche Werries
Douglas County
Warren-McElwain Mortuary
Amarillis Hansen Ruble
Fremont
Calif
Vinland Cemetery
Phyllis Counts-Casson
Ruble
Vinland
Fredonia
Graycastle
Karl Justin Smith
Fredonia City Cemetery
Jerry Quiring
Smith
Jackson County
Fredonia High School
Kansas City
Kan
Community College
KU Alumni Association
Jimmy
JoLene Smith
Henry
Bertha Reinhart
Paul R
Irene Smith
Greenpeace
American Cancer Society
Timmons
P.O
Abilene
Gertrude M. Stoner
Abilene Wesleyan Church
Morris Berry
Prairiedale
Talmadge
Stoner
Lawrence Memorial Hospital
Dickinson County
Fernando
Bessie Eckley Koelling
Lawrence Free Methodist Church
Jacob J. Stoner
Wakefield
Ruth Stoner
Martha Rice
Marilyn Lillibridge
Watford City
N.C
Harry Koelling
Oceanside
Hazel Foster
Lakewood
Virginia James
Long Beach
Warren-McElwain
Hospital dismissals and births reported in Lawrence Ottawa notes
Pamela Puckett and her baby girl were discharged. Tim and Joni Tucker of Ottawa welcomed a boy on Saturday. Tom and Deena Doyle of Lawrence welcomed a boy on Friday. Donald and Jannette Meyer of Lawrence welcomed a girl on Sunday.
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Pamela Puckett
Baby Girl
Lawrence
Tim and
Joni Tucker
Ottawa
Tom and
Deena Doyle
Donald and
Jannette Meyer
Board weighs timing for school bond issues in November ballot
Douglas County faces tight schedule to place bonds for two new elementary schools and a junior high. Clerk Patty Jaimes seeks final bond question by Aug 17 for 45 day overseas ballot mailings. reports due July 16, board meetings sparse. Location debates center on west Lawrence schools and India replacement site south of 23rd Street. financing raises annual levy questions. Stakeholders warn of need for public forums and potential special sessions. options include April or January standalone vote, or November ballot with added costs and election dynamics.
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Douglas County
Patty Jaimes
West Lawrence
India
23Rd Street
Harper Avenue
Harriet Shaffer
Mary Loveland
Loveland
Alice Fowler
Fowler
Lawrence
Jalmes
Shaffer
Tom Murray
John Tacha
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