Pro business PAC enters Lawrence City Commission race
A new pro business political action committee Lawrence United backed by a $5,000 Penny's Concrete donation supports candidates Rob Chestnut Jeremy Farmer and Terry Riordan. Leader Casey Meek says the group will recruit voters and promote a favorable business climate while planning a future board and ongoing activity for local elections.
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Election advance voting continues at Douglas County Courthouse
Advance voting continues through noon April 1 at the Douglas County Courthouse. For more City Commission election coverage visit the provided link.
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Oread Sous Chef Carves Edible Art
Michael Davis, the Oread hotel's sous chef, carves edible art from fruit. He has practiced for five and a half years, shaping honeydew, cantaloupe, and watermelon into flowers and other designs, with ability to craft various fruits and vegetables.
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Michael Davis
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Eisenhower Memorial debate voiced by Susan Eisenhower
Susan Eisenhower criticizes a planned Dwight Eisenhower memorial saying a grand design misses the essence of his story for the American public. She compares the period of austerity to the 1950s after World War II. The remark appears on page 5A.
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Susan Eisenhower
President Dwight Eisenhower
Firefighter recalls early Royal College blaze and changing era
Allen Johnson, a Lawrence firefighter in 1977, recalls the Royal College shoe store fire at 835 Massachusetts Street. He was 20, fought flames on the roof, and woke in hospital after a teammate fell. His father Sheriff Rex Johnson arrived as smoke inhalation cases were treated. The incident preceded later fires and the adoption of air packs.
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Lawrence
Lawrence-Douglas County
Stewart Ave
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Royal College
Massachusetts St
House rejects late abortion exception for rape incest
Kansas House on Tuesday defeated a proposed amendment allowing late-term abortions for rape, incest, or child sexual abuse victims. The plan would have exempted related health insurance restrictions, amid debate over existing 22 week limits unless life danger or irreversible health harm.
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Topeka
Kansas House
John Wilson
D-Lawrence
Wilson
Fraternity lawsuit alleges drinking led to head injury
University of Kansas student Andrew Charles Johnson sues Sigma Phi Epsilon claiming underage drinking at the KU chapter and its alumni board contributed to a severe head injury suffered at the 1645 Tennessee St house in March 2011. The suit names the KU chapter, alumni board, national organization, and two members, including Rashid Franklin Mebarek.
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Andrew Charles Johnson
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John
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