Leash rule and camping policy for Burcham Park
City official Megan Gilliland states dogs must be leashed in all public areas including parks. Park camping is prohibited without a pre approved permit from Parks and Recreation. Parks hours are 6 am to 1130 pm.
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Burcham Park
Megan Gilliland
Lawrence
Clinton Lake
Riverfront
North
Parks and Recreation
On the Street Field Trip Memories Question
A reader prompts opinions on memorable field trips on Massachusetts Street. Georgia Clark of Topeka, a hypnotherapist, recalls playing in parks as a child while the story directs readers to page 3A for full coverage and responses.
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Massachusetts
Georgia Clark
Topeka
Kansas awards Medicaid contracts to 3 companies
Kansas will shift its Medicaid management to three out of state bidders Amerigroup Centene Corp and UnitedHealthcare under the KanCare plan. The overhaul aims to curb costs and improve care coordination over five years with potential extensions to the contracts.
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Topeka
Kansas
Sam Brownback
Robert Moser
Amerigroup Corp
Virginia Beach
Centene Corp
St. Louis
United Healthcare
Minneapolis
Inno
Brownback
Tom Laing
InterHab
Sig
DMV waits rise with summer rush and student traffic
Kansas drivers endure two to three hour waits as summer rush and student breaks strain DMV offices. Officials say a $40 million computer upgrade is not to blame. many offices report wait times under an hour, though local conditions vary. One clerk described the scene as like a family, while a veteran greeted newcomers with a grim warning: welcome to hell.
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Jeannine Koranda
Kansas Department of Revenue
Koranda
Cataudella
Hell
Bomb squad called to remove WWII grenades in west Lawrence
Police and fire units were called to the 4700 block of Carmel Court Wednesday afternoon to remove three World War II era grenades found by a resident. Two were inert, and law enforcement said the bomb squad took possession as routine safety procedure.
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Lawrence
Leavenworth
Carmel Court
West Lawrence
Trent McKinley
Lawrence-Douglas
Topeka
Alexander James McKinsey
McKinsey
Eudora
Matthew Terrace
Cheryl Wright
Douglas County District Attorney’s Office
U.S. Highway 40
Hartford Court
McKinley
Haskell Indian Nations University
West 23Rd Street
Lawrence County births list shows multiple newborns over days
Mae Emily Rader and Zachary Walker in Perry welcomed a boy. Huiying Xiao and Josh Jur in Lawrence welcomed a girl. Braska Shoemaker and Amber Mendez in Lawrence welcomed a boy. Alicia Schwindt in Lawrence welcomed a girl. Whitney Harper and John Michael Crader in Lawrence welcomed a boy. Weekday naming indicates births occurred midweek and Monday or Wednesday dates varied.
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Emily Rader
Zachary Walker
Perry
Huiying Xiao
Josh Jur
Lawrence
Braska
Pump Patrol Shows Gas Prices As Low As 3 39 At Stations
The Journal- World reports gas prices dipping to 3.39 at several stations. Readers are urged to call 832-7154 if they find a lower price, and the notice invites price comparisons.
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Journal-World
The
Journal- World
Health care in Kansas and uninsured residents
Kansas faces 350000 uninsured residents about 13 percent of the population. The GOP led state government remains hostile to the 2010 federal health care law and has not set up a state exchange. If the full law stands the state cannot create an exchange on time. if that portion survives it must decide on a federal partnership. if the whole law is struck down Brownback officials may celebrate without action.
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Brownback
Laing
U.S. Department of Health and Human Services
Coventry Health Care
Bethesda, Md
Well- Care Health Plans Inc
Tampa
Fla
GOP
Sam Brownback
Kansas
State Insurance Department
Barack Obama
Gov Col
Linda Sheppard
Insurance Department
Sheppard
Department
Accident and Health
Kerri Spielman
Kansas Association of Insurance Agents
Jeff Colyer
House Insurance Committee
Clark Shultz
Lindsborg
Sandy Praeger
Joan Wagnon
Kansas House
U.S
U.S. Supreme Court
Kansas debates health exchange amid 2010 law clash
Kansas politics remain divided over a state exchange under the federal health law. Gov Brownback returned a 315 million dollar grant for IT setup and faces a November 16 plan deadline, with options for partnership or federal management and concerns about a burdensome federal framework.
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Ljworld.com
Jack Campbell
Bobby Schmank
Lawrence “Exchange City
Paige Clark
Lowe's
Union Station
Kansas’ Secretary of Health and Environment
DMV
Shaun Hittle
Twitter
Shaunhittle
Ecita Rto and
LAW Enforcement
Easy Living Mobile Home Park
Iowa
Curt Floetchinger
Black Hills Energy
Lawrence Douglas County Fire
Eve Tolefree
Black Hills
Floetchinger
Mae
Brighton & Hobo
Brighton
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