Editorial: Review of State Inmate Housing in County Jails
The Ottawa County Jail escape by four state inmates highlights risks of housing state prisoners in county jails in Butler Cowley and Leavenworth counties. Officials moved murder and sex offenders back to state prisons after the incident. Kansas corrections seek funding to expand beds while reviewing safety standards and past program funding reductions.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Minneapolis
Kan
Ottawa County
Wichita
Kansas Department of Corrections
Butler
Cowley
Leavenworth
Department of Corrections
Kansas
Ray Roberts
Wichita Eagle
Shakespeare in Kabul sparks hope and cultural clash
Trudy Rubin reviews Shakespeare in Kabul, a book about an Afghan stage adaptation of Love's Labour's Lost. The project, rooted in post 2005 optimism, faced Taliban bans, funding hurdles, and gender barriers, highlighting Afghan hunger for knowledge amid conflict and Western indifference.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kabul
Afghanistan
U.S
Steve Landrigan
Landrigan
Corinne Jaber
Qais Akbar Omar
Omar
Kabul University
England
British Council
Congress
America
Pakistan
NATO
Shakespeare
London
Malem Shakespeare
Trudy Rubin
The
Philadelphia Inquirer
Public Forum Calls for Death With Dignity Right
In a letter from Lawrence’s Hilda Enoch, the writer urges physician assisted dying as a protected personal right in Kansas. She argues suffering and costly last months could end by respecting the dying patient’s wishes for a death with dignity.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kansas
Hilda Enoch
Lawrence
Journal-World
Ijworld.com
Triumph and doubt fill a letter page on Syria and the Court
In a set of letters Charles Krauthammer's call for intervention in Syria is challenged by a writer who questions feasibility without solid infrastructure and warns against overstretched military commitments. The writer opposes further U.S. involvement and urges bringing troops home while defending Supreme Court scrutiny and integrity.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Charles Krauthammer
Journal-World
Rwanda
Darfur
Syria
Krauthammer
Old Home Town Years Ago in 1987
About two dozen lawn items including wrought iron furniture statues and shrubs were recovered by police after being stolen from lawns. Lawrence police found the pieces at the Alpha Kappa Lambda fraternity house 2021 Stewart Ave and hauled them to a city storage for owners to claim. Fraternity members blamed unknown pledges for an upcoming party and the fraternity president denied knowledge of the lawn art. Severe weather caused power outages minor property damage and 1.70 inches of rainfall overnight with tornado warnings issued after funnels sighted in nearby Shawnee County.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lawrence
Alpha Kappa Lambda
Stewart Ave
Don Dalquest
Shawnee County
Also Mentioned on This Page
Journal- World
Lawrence Journal-World
W.C. Simons
Dolph Simons Sr
Dolph C. Simons Jr
Dennis Anderson
Edith
Susan Cantrell
Chris Bell
Ed Ciambrone
Ann Gardner
Caroline Trowbridge
the World Company
Dolph C. Simons III
Dan C. Simons
Electronics
Newspapers
Suzanne Schlicht
Dan Cox
Mediapharmedia
Ralph Gage
Malem
Taliban
Trudy Rubin Trubin
Phillynews.com
Ollege
Obama
Gen. Washington
Anne L. Haehl
U.S. Supreme Court
Bush
Florida
Poppycock
Supreme Court
Art Lamb
Old Home Town
Lawrence Daily Journal-World
State of Kansas
W. H. Johnson
Commercial Club
Williams Pantatorium
Riling
Sarah St. John
Readmore
Ljworld.com
Old
This is just the beginning! Our collection holds over 300 years of history, including rare newspapers, obituaries, marriage records, birth records, and so much more—most of which you won’t find anywhere else!