KU Hosts Massive Humanities and Environment Conference
KU welcomes ASLE’s 10th biennial gathering with around 700 faculty and students from global humanities and nature studies. The event runs Tuesday through Saturday across the Kansas Union and campus venues, potentially the university’s largest conference.
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Law Enforcement Torch Run raises money for Special Olympians
Douglas County sheriffs office and Lawrence Police Department ran 22 miles from Lawrence to Ottawa to raise funds for Kansas Special Olympics athletes including Brady Tanner. Officers carried the Torch of Hope through law enforcements routes and handed off to Franklin County runners in Ottawa before continuing to Wichita. The event, ongoing for more than 30 years, supports local athletes and has raised over 3500 dollars in recent years.
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County to vote on gun exemption in Douglas County
Douglas County commissioners meet at 6 35 p m to decide whether county owned facilities should be exempt from Kansas concealed carry rules until at least January 1 2014. Without an exemption the law would auto matically take effect July 1 allowing permit holders to carry in court houses fairgrounds and other county buildings including the health facility and Public Works site.
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