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Newspaper
Lawrence Journal World
Location
Lawrence, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Jun 22, 2012
Page
5
The city's communications manager Megan-Gilliland says it is unlawful to remove any contents from refuse containers or materials placed out by residents for recycling services, per city code.
A brief directive invites readers to call 832-7297 or email soundoff ljworld.com for inquiries or comments. The note provides a simple channel for engagement without additional context or details.
On the Street survey at Eighth and Massachusetts asks residents Evan Felker of Turnpike Troubadours shares a pig roast tradition at Babo Moore’s for the 15th or 16th year. Mike Burdge notes his family cooks hot dogs and hamburgers and watches kids play in the water.
A 58-year-old Topeka man Dennis K. Guist was injured when his 1997 Chrysler Cirrus swerved to miss a deer and struck a barrier on the Kansas Turnpike near the Lecompton interchange in the eastbound I 70 lanes. He wore a seat belt and was treated at the scene. In a separate incident on U S Highway 59 two people were extricated and taken to Lawrence Memorial Hospital for nonlife threatening injuries after a two car crash near County Road 460. Court records show Douglas County District Court Judge Michael Malone extended one year of probation for Joel Hernandez, convicted in 2010 for a 2009 hit and run that killed Rachel Leek, 20, as she rode a bicycle near 10th and Tennessee streets. Hernandez must pay restitution of about $16,000 remaining despite regular monthly payments.
The Jour nal-World reports gas prices as low as 3.55 dollars at multiple stations. Readers are urged to call 832-7154 if they find a lower price.
Chad and Annie Dark in Lecompton welcome a boy. Sunny Cavner and Dakota Wiggins in Lawrence greet a girl. Valerie Hoffsett and Patrick Bartlett in McLouth welcome a girl. Andrea and David Howell in Baldwin City celebrate a boy. Ryan and Rachel Green in Lawrence announce a girl.
Renowned piano competition nears as top pianists from around the world gather in Lawrence for the International Institute for Young Musicians Summer Music Academy July 7 to 27 at KU. Led by professor Scott McBride Smith the event features free semifinals and finals at Lied Center Pavilion with a winners concert and ticketed honors recital. Four Douglas County students from Lawrence and Eudora participate in the academy and competition.
An aerial Kansas study as part of a five state effort tracks lesser prairie chickens expanding northward with habitat gains and rising numbers over 15 years ahead of a new U S wildlife rule. The work accompanies a pending federal decision on the species status under the Endangered Species Act.
An outdoor blaze outside a Crawford County warehouse ignited six containers of rockets and other explosives. Federal state and county officials work to determine the cause after a Tuesday evening incident.
Arch Coal Inc will idle three high cost mining complexes and cut about 750 jobs across Kentucky, Virginia, and West Virginia as utilities shift to natural gas and cleaner power. The reductions cut nearly 600 Kentucky positions, boosting concerns in Perry County where unemployment nears 12 percent.
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