Senior advocate lauded for civic involvement
Mitzi McFatrich executive director of Kansas Advocates for Better Care receives the Lawrence Douglas County League of Women Voters Helen Fluker Open and Accessible Government Award for promoting open government. A luncheon at the Smith Center Brandon Woods on Saturday honors her work with KABC the Douglas County Coalition on Aging and Kaw Valley OWL.
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Kansas Advocates For Better Care
Lawrence- Douglas County
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Lawrence
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KABC
McFatrich
Douglas County Coalition On Aging
Kaw Valley Owl
Smith Center
Brandon Woods
Inverness Drive
Survivor's testimony prompts repeal of rape statute
Cindy Hillebrand duress case from 1985 prompts change as Kansas lawmakers pass bills to abolish the five year limit on rape prosecutions. The reform would allow prosecutions for rape and sodomy at any time and permit charging a sexually violent crime after discovery of DNA evidence.
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Topeka
Joel L. Russell
Kansas
House
Senate
Ninth Street Baptist Church celebrates 150 years in city history
The Ninth Street Baptist Church marks 150 years in Lawrence with a week of festivities starting March 13. Founded by the New England Emigrant Aid Society as Second Missionary Baptist, the church moved to its present site in 1865 and later became Warren Street Baptist before adopting its current name.
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Lawrence
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Josephine White
Kansas University
Pi Beta Phi Sorority
Reporters Attend Lawrence Police Citizens Academy
Two Journal-World reporters recently joined the Lawrence Police Department Citizens' Academy and documented their experience. The hands on program covered patrol procedures, investigative basics, and community policing efforts in Lawrence.
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Lawrence Police Department
Citizens’ Academy
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