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Newspaper
Lawrence Journal World
Location
Lawrence, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Mar 26, 2011
Page
1
Three Kansans, including powerlifter Brady Tanner, were named as nominees to join Team USA for the Special Olympics World Games. The feature highlights Tanner as an aspiring gold medalist among the select group from Kansas.
Tomohiko Abe, 45, a machinist in Onagawa, describes the disaster as worse than any movie as he scavenges through his ruined car. The Friday scene comes two weeks after the magnitude 9.0 earthquake and tsunami that devastated Japan's northeast coast.
Sunday feature offers an up close look at Tarik Khatib as he assumes leadership of the Lawrence Police Department. The piece examines his background, plans, and goals for the city’s law enforcement.
A Topeka advocacy group delivered petitions signed by nearly 60,000 people to the Statehouse on Friday calling for Rep. Virgil Peck to resign after he said shooting immigrating feral hogs could be a solution to illegal immigration. They urged Gov. Brownback and House Speaker O Neal to demand his resignation.
Jefferson County authorities report Luke Forsberg a 34 year old Oskaloosa man died Friday afternoon after being struck by a semitrailer in the Hamm Quarry parking lot off U.S. 24 59 near Williamstown while crossing from behind another truck. The Kansas Highway Patrol is investigating. Forsberg died at the scene. The site previously saw an industrial fatality in October 2010.
Former Lawrence youth leader Christopher Cormack, convicted in 2008 of aggravated indecent liberties with a child, will be retried within three months after the Kansas Court of Appeals ruling. He previously served part of a 59 month sentence and has been free on appeal bond. The victim, who was 15 when the relationship began in 1999, testified to ongoing activities in Trinity Lutheran’s youth ministry.
City hosts 7 p.m. Monday forum on an 18 million dollar library expansion. Architects from Gould Evans present a pencil draft of the main level and questions arise about a parking garage connection, entrances, and garage height. Local residents voice concerns over access, security, and footprint adjustments amid ongoing design tweaks.
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