Letter signatures and unsigned claims spark policy note
June 17 editorial page discusses a letter signed by two couples and five other parents. Journal-World editor confirms nine real people with supplied names, noting policy allows up to three signatures. Also mentions questions about the Chi Omega fountain and an open house for the new Douglas County Jail before it opens in August.
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Ann Gardner
Journal- World
Gardner
Journal-World
Dean Nieder
Douglas County Commission
East 25Th Street
Call Sound Off: Journal-World asks for questions
Readers are directed to call Journal-World Access at 865-5000 and enter category 7478 to leave questions for Sound Off. A recorded prompt guides listeners through the process.
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Journal-World Access
Intruder in wrong apartment leads to aggravated burglary
A 21 year old woman awoke to a stranger in her 1100 block George Court apartment at 1:26 a.m. Tuesday. The man, described as a white male in his early 20s, jumped on her, then fled saying he was in the wrong apartment. Police classified the incident as aggravated burglary and sexual battery.
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George Court
George Wheeler
Journal- World
Wes Datebook: City meetings and events listed for Thursday
Health screening for seniors at Babcock Place. Lawrence City Commission meets at city hall. Douglas County Commission convenes at the courthouse. Planning Commission gathers at city hall. City Band concert at South Park Gazebo. Library bookmobile visits Prairie Commons Presbyterian Manor Brandon Woods Peterson Acres. Brown Bay concert at Eldridge Hotel garden. Submit Datebook items to the newspaper.
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Mass
Lawrence-Douglas County Health Department
Lawrence
Sixth
Massachusetts
Douglas County Commission
11Th
Lawrence-Douglas County Planning Commission
South Park
11Th and
Massachusetts Streets
Prose prosecutors push witnesses with promises in court
A street remark notes prosecutors pressuring witnesses by offering incentives in exchange for what they want. The quote reflects perceived coercion or bargaining tactics within the judicial process.
Sheriff disciplines officers after jail sexual assault probe
Douglas County Sheriff Loren Anderson disciplined two jailers after an internal inquiry into a sexual assault involving two inmates in a jail holding area. Four jailers were on duty April 18. one was cleared, one resigned for unrelated reasons, and two faced discipline whose measures were not disclosed. The incident involved a 24 year old woman and her alleged attacker, with questions on whether a corrections officer escorted him into the room. The case was referred to the Douglas County District Attorney Christine Kenney Tonkovich. The woman intends to sue the county.
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Douglas County
Loren Anderson
Anderson
Douglas County Dist
Atty
Christine Kenney Tonkovich
Jerry Levy
Burglary and theft reported in Lawrence area
A 38 year old Lawrence man reported his Hitachi E 1000 notebook worth 2600 stolen from a residence in the 1100 block of Oregon between Oct 13 and Oct 16. Emergency calls logged fire, ambulance and other responses across Lawrence with multiple incidents including medical emergencies and a traffic injury on US 40.
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Lawrence-Douglas
Maine
Troon
Inverness
Melrose
Kasold
Congressional
West Sixth
Orchard
Baldwin
U.S. Highway 40
Lecompton
Jayhawk
Birth Announcement for Maichel Couple’s New Boy
Mr and Mrs Jacob Maichel of Lawrence welcome a baby boy on Tuesday. Jamie Taylor and Casey Cress are listed among those noting the birth.
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Jacob Maichel
Lawrence
Jamie Taylor
Casey Cress
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