Sunset Hill school speed zone under review for fall
Lawrence city traffic engineer David Woosley says Sunset Hill Elementary on Ninth Street carried a 20 mph zone in the past but was removed when adult crossing guards were deployed. A request to reinstate the zone will be reviewed before the next school year begins, reflecting traffic safety concerns on the busy street.
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Sunset Hill Elementary School
Ninth Street
City of Lawrence
Sunset Hill
David Woosley
Call Sound Off: voicemail for questions to Sound Off
Public call line directs listeners to call 832-7297 to leave questions for Sound Off, with an automated prompt instructing callers to record their message. The note provides the process for submitting inquiries and the listening sequence.
Ice cream and seafood cravings shared on street poll
A reader survey highlights overindulging in ice cream with a favorite Rock Chocolate Jayhawk at Silas and Maddy’s and mentions shrimp lobster or snow crab as rarer treats. The quotes include Chastity Richmond from Waterloo Iowa and note frequent shop visits and impulse scoops.
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Silas and Maddy
Chastity Richmond
Multicultural Resource Center
Waterloo
Iowa
Suspect in musician murder to appear in Douglas County court
Major C Edwards Jr 29 Lawrence faces one count each of first degree murder and possession of depressants stimulants or hallucinogenics plus seven counts of failure to appear He is to appear in Lawrence Municipal Court at 10 30 a m for four failure to appear charges and at 3 p m for the murder drug and remaining failure to appear charges He and Durell A Jones 23 Topeka Kan are charged in the murder of Lawrence hip hop musician Anthony Clace Vital 28 whose body was found October 2006 two miles west of Lawrence Vital a Da Bomb Squad member was shot Edwards also known as Ja Ja was identified as a person of interest and later arrested near Tupelo Mississippi on federal gun charges Jones was sentenced to 125 months for cocaine possession with intent Edwards pleaded guilty to unlawful possession of a sawed off shotgun in January and was sentenced to 63 months in federal prison Officials believe the two men are the only suspects in Vital's murder Vital moved to Lawrence in 1996 and performed as Clace with the local hip hop group Da Bomb Squad
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Douglas County
Major C. Edwards Jr
Lawrence
Leavenworth
Edwards
Lawrence Municipal Court
Topeka
Durell A. Jones
Kansas City
Kan
Anthony “Clace” Vital
Vital
Jones
Ja Ja
Tupelo
Miss
Lake Charles
da Bomb Squad
Clace
Kindergarten teacher wins inaugural Barbara Hodgson Dream to Achieve Award
Kim Gamble, a Lawrence New York School kindergarten teacher with 11 years in the classroom, received the $100 Barbara Hodgson Dream to Achieve award Thursday. Principal Nancy DeGarmo announced the honor, noting Gamble's positive learning environment and rapport with each student as a plaque is planned for the school. John McGrew funded the award with a $5,000 donation to the Lawrence Schools Foundation in Hodgson's honor.
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Lawrence
Kim Gamble
New York School
Barbara Hodgson
Gamble
New York
John McGrew
Lawrence Schools Foundation
Hodgson
Nancy DeGarmo
DeGarmo
John Henry/Journal-World Photo
Ice cream binge woman gains national weekend airplay
Karen Roberts from Lawrence recounts a family ice cream eating contest that captured Weekend America editors. The story, sparked by a Breyers sale, airs this weekend on public radio and remains available online. Roberts calls the feat a once in a lifetime incident that made her famous locally as the ice cream lady.
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Karen Roberts
Lawrence Journal-World
Roberts
Weekend America
National Public Radio
Kansas
Nebraska
Columbia
Breyers
Iworld.com
Thad Altender
Journal-World Photo
Biodefense lab plan faces sharp DC critique in hearing
In Washington a House hearing derided Homeland Security plans for a mainland relocation of the Plum Island biodefense facility. Michigan lawmakers urged caution while Kansas officials tout gains from central location, bioscience ties, and bond-backed site improvements.
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Plum Island
John Dingell
House Energy and Commerce Committee
Homeland Security
Dingell
Bart Stupak
Michigan
Thornton
Ron Trewyn
K-State
Centers For Disease Control and Prevention
Atlanta
Kansas
NBAF
KSU
Kathleen Sebelius
Flora
Miss
Athens
Butner
N.C
San Antonio
Sched
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ABE AO Org
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Gary Voogt
National Cattlemen’s Beef Association
Jay Cohen
Homeland
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