Editorial: More cooperation on police facility plans
The piece weighs a $30 million price tag for a new Lawrence police headquarters against the benefits of greater cooperation with Douglas County Sheriff's Office. It notes the current split between locations hinders coordination and suggests exploring a merged county law enforcement agency, citing examples like city and county fire and EMS merges and Riley County.
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Lawrence
Douglas County District Court
District Attorney
Douglas County
Bob Billings
Sheriffs Office
Kansas University Public Safety Office
Riley County
Kansas State University
Questioning Obama's Afghan exit plan and Plan B
Trudy Rubin critiques President Obama's 2014 Afghan withdrawal timeline, arguing key assumptions about Afghan forces and regional diplomacy are flawed. She notes fragility of unity in Afghan security, Taliban persistence near the Pakistani border, and uncertain future bilateral deals, raising whether Plan B is needed if Plan A fails.
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Obama
Osama bin Laden
U.S
Kabul
bin Laden
al-Qaida
United States
White House
Afghanistan
Soviet Union
Iraq
Taliban
Pakistan
Steve Coll
New America Foundation
Hamid Karzai
America
Coll
NATO
Trudy Rubin
The
Philadelphia Inquirer
What are we going to do to help him when he gets out
Leonard Pitts Jr. argues that the U S uses endless punishment and denies ex felons re entry, creating cycles of crime. He notes prison overcrowding, high incarceration rates, and barriers to jobs housing and voting. The piece calls for rehabilitation and second chances beyond debt paid to society.
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Russell
Joe Arpaio
Arizona
Troy Davis
America
CBS News
United States
CNN
U.S
Leonard Pitts Jr
The
Miami Herald
Public forum argues chick space rule needs change
Diane Chrislip of Eudora urges reconsideration of a ten square feet per chick requirement that prevents Orscheln Farm and Home from selling baby chicks. She defends small-quartely housing for chicks and calls for Chick Days restoration before next season.
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Orscheln Farm
Orscheln’s
Diane Chrislip
Eudora
Engineers Honor Drowned Classmate Ernest Van Dyke
Lawrence Daily Journal World reports 100 engineers bowed heads in tribute to Ernest Van Dyke drowned at Potter's lake Tuesday afternoon. The casket was escorted to the station and sent to Cherryvale Kansas. The scene reflects the somber mood of that day as classmates mourned the loss.
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Lawrence Daily Journal-World
Ernest van Dyke
Potter's Lake
Cherryvale
Kansas
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