Desert Storm veterans honored at Lawrence ceremony
About 30 people attended a Lawrence ceremony praising Desert Storm veterans. Participants included Matthias, a sergeant who led a signals interception platoon, and Lt Col Larry Dillon of the Kansas National Guard. Speakers praised the short war and few casualties while veterans shared reflections on homecoming and gratitude.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Matthias
Lawrence
Bob Schulte
Desert Storm
Don Binns
Kansas National Guard
Kansas
Richard Gwin
Larry Dillon
Dillon
Lawrence Senior Center
Lawmakers approve tense Kansas tax vote amid storms of dissent
Lawmakers described the moment as tense as the Kansas Senate, by a 21-19 vote, approved a school finance plan and a 126 million sales and income tax package to raise 120 million for education and state programs. Winter praised the outcome while Solbach Praeger and others warned of remaining gaps before a final agreement.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Topeka
Wint Winter Jr
Kansas Senate
Winter
Senate
Lawrence
House
Solbach
Jurors hear conflicting accounts in Sevier shooting trial
Bordman testified he ordered Sevier to drop the knife and fired when Sevier lunged. Phillips said Sevier held a knife and charged, firing three shots. Autopsy showed six bullet wounds and poison blood alcohol at .278. Sevier’s family recalled knife threats to Hoffman and past abuse claims in the timeline.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bordman
Sevier
Phillips
Gregg
Bordmman
Maddrell
Kris Sperry
Atlanta
Kansas
Willie and
Orewe Sevier
Willie Sevier
Judy Hoffman
Craig Shanks
Lawrence
Hoffman
Hospital Dismissals and Local Birth Announcements
Dismissals listed for Zachary Mehl Lawrence and Joan Thompson Lawrence. Births include Floyd and Crystal Craig Lawrence with a girl born Tuesday. Mr and Mrs Ping He Lawrence welcomed a boy Tuesday. Carlin Ground and Doug Crow Ghost Lawrence welcomed a girl today.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Zachary Mehl
Lawrence
Joan Thompson
Floyd
Crystal Craig
Ping He
Carlin Ground
Doug Crow
Deaths SELDEN and Tonganoxie
Death notices for Don Curtis Emigh 84 of Lawrence with services in Selden and burial at Selden Cemetery. Born 1907 in Raymond Nebraska, he lived mostly in western Kansas and died at Lawrence Presbyterian Manor. Also notices Esther E Bleam 93 of Tonganoxie with services in Quisenberry Chapel and burial at Hubbel Hill Cemetery. Bleam born 189? in Osborne. homemaker and church member. survivors listed. visitation planned.
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Selden
Don Curtis Emigh
Lawrence
First United Methodist Church
Mr. Emigh
Lawrence Presbyterian Manor
Raymond
Neb
Kansas
Selden Four Years Ago To Spend Time With His Two Daughters. Mr. Emigh
Masonic Lodge
Af&am
Hoxie
Order of the Eastern Star
Florence Pope
Donna Meyers
Connie Keasling
Fayetteville
N.C
Tonganoxie
E. Bleam
Quisenberry Chapel
Norman Brooks
Hubbel Hill
Wilbert
Junction City
Donald
Walnut
William
Texarkana
Tex
Edwin
Marvin
John
Leavenworth
Rachel Sears
Grandview
Esther Brenner
Sedalia
Quisenberry Funeral Home
Unconscious inmate taken to hospital after jail incident
A 38 year old transient in the Douglas County Jail was found unconscious in a shower area and taken to Lawrence Memorial Hospital where he was admitted for observation in fair condition. Dallas Murphy said he remained under monitoring as jail staff reported the incident. Police investigations also covered a stabbing at the hospital, a rifle report, and a three car collision near 21st and Iowa Streets with two treated and released.
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Douglas County
Lawrence Memorial Hospital
Dallas Murphy
Lecompton
Kevin Harmon
Morningside Drive
Harmon
Randall Road
Lawrence
Brian L. Jimenez
Rt.1
Tammy M. Dearborn
Iowa
Jimenez
Philip A. Dearborn
Robert L. Curran
Great Bend
Tammy Dearborn
Philip Dearborn
Senate plan would cut school tax hikes but aid Lawrence
Under a Senate proposal passed late Tuesday, statewide property taxes would be reduced by 141 million next year if districts spend the full allowed budget. Lawrence would gain 95,499 in state aid and face a 6.45 mill levy increase, with district leaders warning a higher local levy may still occur without more aid. Lawrence board member John Tacha calls the proposal encouraging but stresses prudent use of funds amid tight finances.
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Winter
Douglas County
South Lawrence
John Solbach
Senate
House
Solbach
Sandy Praeger
R-Lawrence
Praeger
Lawrence
John Tacha
Tacha
Native healing tepee vigil in Lawrence South Park
Lawrence residents raise a tepee in South Park to hold a sunrise Thursday through Saturday healing ceremony and prayer vigil. Victor Clark says the event aims to unite the community and honor Native Americans who died in Lawrence, inviting local churches to join and hold services.
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Lawrence
South Park
Kansas
Victor Clark
Haskell Indian Junior College
Clark
Haskell
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David Aanonson
Steve Archer
Army
Archer
Lafayette
Ind
Vietnam
Bush
Federal Civil Service
Glacier National Park
Montana
Timhout
Don Emigh
Warren McElwain Mort
Esther E. Bleam
Law Enforcement
Sheriff's Reports
He In
Joseph R. Pearsuit
Kansas Univerity
Alice
Wichita, Shawnee Mission
Olathe, Kansas City, Kan
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