Man accused of killing wife to be involuntarily committed
Douglas County Court began involuntary commitment proceedings for Chad Joseph Marek 28 in the May 16 2022 killing of Regan N Marek 25 at West Sixth Street. Marek has spent months at Larned State Security Hospital to restore trial competency. Judge Stacey Donovan found him unfit for trial and ordered further hospital time. a new order says commitment proceedings will be handled by Kansas aging and disability services secretary.
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Douglas
Chad Joseph Marek
Regan
West Sixth Street
Marek
Larned State Security Hospital
Stacey Donovan
State Hospital
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Donovan
Larned
Kansas Department For Aging and Disability Services
Man charged to stand trial in teen’s fatal shooting
In Douglas County, Dawson Edward Paine 21 is ordered to stand trial on a second degree murder count for the March 5 shooting death of Davin Kerr 18 in the 2900 block of Crestline Drive Lawrence. Witness Hunter Gaines 18 testified Paine played with a 9mm pistol, pointed it at them, and it fired hitting Kerr in the abdomen. Gaines said Paine apologized and left after calling 911. The 911 recording showed a distressed Gaines describing Kerr’s critical condition as medics arrived.
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Dawson Edward Paine
Davin Kerr
Lawrence
Crestline Drive
Hunter Gaines
Paine
Kerr
Gaines
Joshua Seiden
Lawrence Rampage and area events highlight weekend lineup
Special to the Journal-World reports a busy Lawrence weekend with events across arts, culture and nature. School of Dance showcases at Lawrence Arts Center. Lawrence Farmers Market and Family Fun Day at Baker Wetlands. Grassland Heritage native plant sale at Trinity Episcopal. Watkins Museum poster sale. Art Cart Jacob Lawrence at Spencer. Fossil Shark Teeth at KU Natural History Museum. vertical skateboarding Lawrence Rampage at Centennial Park. Woodlawn 100th Celebration open house with live music and food.
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New Hampshire St
Baker Wetlands & Discovery Center
North 1250 Road
Operation Wildlife, Astronomy Association
KU Biological Survey
Grassland Heritage Foundation
Trinity Episcopal Church
Vermont St
Watkins Museum of History
Massachusetts St
Watkinsmuseum.org
School of Dance
Llam
Lawrence Arts Center
Jacob Lawrence
Spencer Museum of Art
Mississippi St
KU Natural History Museum
Jayhawk Blvd
Centennial Park
Rockledge Road
Woodlawn
Woodlawn Elementary
Elm St
City hosts electronics recycling drive at Free State High School
The City of Lawrence with Teknix Solutions will run a free electronics recycling event from 9 a.m. to 1 p.m. June 8 at Free State High School 4700 Overland Drive. Items such as computers printers TVs and small appliances are accepted with a $40 fee for CRT TVs and monitors paid in cash. Secure on site destruction follows NIST SP 800-88.
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Teknix
Free State High School
Overland Drive
Lawrenceks. Org
Msc
Wakarusa Drive
Folks Road
Teknix Solutions
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