Theater opens with commission OK on 34th Street
Lawrence officials grant leniency to 21 acre project by 34th Street Investors led by Allison. Hollywood Theaters to debut seven screens Thursday with one traffic signal plan delay. 34th Street to be barricaded until signals operate.
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Hollywood
34Th
Iowa
John Nalbandian
Nickle -Worth Phare Hollywood
33Rd
Iowa Streets
Two LHS seniors win Merit Scholarship honors
Lawrence High School announced two seniors, Joel Karpowitz and Lilly Mason, as Merit Scholarship recipients for up to four years of undergraduate study. Karpowitz earned a Brigham Young University Merit Scholarship, while Mason received the Knox College award. The program funds $250 to $2,000 annually, with 2,500 winners from 200 institutions across 44 states and Washington, D.C. Mason plans medical school and obstetrics gynecology. Knox College in Galesburg, Illinois, enrolls about 1,000 undergraduates with an 11 to 1 student teacher ratio.
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Brigham Young University
Lilly Mason
Knox College
Washington, D.C
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Diane Karpowitz
Lawrence
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Dartmouth
Galesburg
Ill
Police release photo of rape suspect in KU student case
Lawrence police released a physical description and a computer generated image of the man they say abducted and raped a 20 year old Kansas University student after 11 p.m. May 11 in the Naismith Hall parking lot. He forced her into her car, drove to near Lawrence High School, raped her at gunpoint, then released her near the KU campus. The suspect is a white man in his late 20s or early 30s, about 5 foot 7 to 5 foot 9, slender, with dark brown hair, a mustache and beard, a strong cigarette odor, and yellow teeth. Call Crime Stoppers at 843 TIPS or the Lawrence police detectives at 832 7530 with any information. tips may be anonymous and Crime Stoppers pays up to 1000 dollars.
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Lawrence High School
Susan Hade
Lenexa
Johnson County
Lawrence Police Detectives Division
Jefferson County official withdraws SLT plan support
Jefferson County Commission chair Bill Rhodes said he would no longer actively back the northern leg of the South Lawrence Trafficway. He noted ongoing interest but suggested Douglas County should pick up the proposal, which lacked formal plans, costs, or funding. Lecompton residents opposed the link citing traffic impact, while Douglas County officials prioritized other projects.
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Douglas County
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Jefferson
Lawrence
Ottawa
Wal-Mart funds wetlands at Marion Springs Elementary
Wal-Mart approves a 10000 donation to build a wetlands area at Marion Springs Elementary School in Douglas County. The project will create a 30 by 200 foot natural laboratory with a lagoon and native grasses, using local runoff to fill the pool and attracting wildlife.
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Wal-Mart
Marion Springs
Douglas County
Charlene Potter
Lawrence Wal
Rockers
Potter
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