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Newspaper
Lawrence Journal World
Location
Lawrence, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Nov 07, 2017
Page
1
The Douglas County Sheriff's Office says a homicide is being investigated after responders found 34 year old Joel Wales of Eudora dead in a house fire on East 1200 Road south of Lawrence. No other occupants were inside the residence according to Sgt. Kristen Channel.
The death certificate for Dominique White, 30, lists gunshot wounds to the back as the cause after a Topeka police shooting. Police say White attempted to flee after officers encountered a handgun. Lawrence police are investigating and no officer identities or races are released.
Area residents vote in Lawrence and nearby towns for city government and school board seats in Baldwin City Eudora and Lecompton. Lawrence voters face three special citywide sales taxes totaling 0.55 percent as part of a fall election shift aimed at boosting turnout noted by Mayor Leslie Soden.
Registered voters in Lawrence will choose three sales tax renewals totaling 0.55 percent and elect three city commission seats among six candidates including incumbents Lisa Larsen and Matthew Herbert. Five candidates run for three school board seats: Ronald Gordon-Ross, James Hollinger, Melissa Johnson, Kelly Jones and Gretchen Lister. Polls open 7 am to 7 pm. See Ijworld com voter info for polling places and voter guide with candidate profiles.
Tamika Mallory, organizer of this year's Women s March on Washington, will visit the University of Kansas today as the Jana Mackey Distingu ished Lecture Series speaker. She will discuss violence against women, focusing on marginalized communities, in a 7 p.m. talk at Kansas Union Woodruff Auditorium.
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