Perry-Lecompton schools closed after mercury found
Perry-Lecompton districtwide closures followed mercury traces in Perry high school. Students sent home midday after health officials recommended precautions. Tests found mercury in a restroom, carpet, and lockers. EPA and health officials coordinated cleanup and potential disciplinary action if students are involved.
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Perry
Perry-Lecompton
Henry Murphy
Murphy
Jefferson County Health Department
Health Department
Jefferson County Sheriff's
The
Mercury
Environmental Protection Agency
High schoolers build tall towers in KU engineering day
About 300 students from 25 high schools gathered in the Kansas Union Ballroom to construct the tallest paper tower with 84 percent by 11 inches paper 30 cm of tape and scissors. Each trio had 15 minutes to stand a tower for five seconds and measurements crowned winners from Shawnee Heights Tecumseh and Topeka High with third place for Anderson County.
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Kansas Union
Shermain Sanders
Highland Park
Craig Bennett
Xander Console
Topeka High
Shawnee Heights
Tecumseh
Anderson County High School
Bennett
United Way in Douglas County tops 1.2 million
United Way supporters gathered at the Union Pacific Depot in North Lawrence to celebrate a final tally of 1.2 million for the 1997 campaign. Sallie Mae’s last-minute donation boosted the total beyond the original 1.188,693 target as volunteers plus 30 local help organizations prepare to serve.
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United Way
Union Pacific
North Lawrence
Joan Golden
Golden
Sallie Mae
United Way of
Douglas County
Barb Reavis
Kansas University
Reavis
Garry Fister
Judge rulesjuvenile must stay in juvenile detention
A 17 year old from Lawrence accused of stabbing three teens was moved to Douglas County Jail but a judge ruled he remains a juvenile. Judge Michael Malone ordered Rector back to Northeast Kansas Juvenile Detention Center while a hearing on moving him to adult status proceeds.
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Douglas County
William Alan Rector
Lawrence
Northeast Kansas
North
Michael Malone
Malone
Rector
Edward G. Collister Jr
Douglas County District Attorney's Office
Judicial & Law Enforcement Center
Glenview
Collister
Douglas County District
Atty
Christine Kenney Tonkovich
Attorneys Fathers Voice Court Concerns in Kansas Hearing
Lawrence attorneys and dozens of concerned citizens voiced frustration with the Kansas court system. They cited understaffed clerk offices and unpaid workers while urging higher funding as Doug County judges reported 1,327 civil and nal cases last year, the third largest in the state.
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Lecompton
Kansas
Lawrence
David Brown
Ed Collister
Nsus
Justice Initiative
Lane Territorial Capital Museums
Michael Malone
Doug County
Sedgwick
Malone
Thore Poainiane
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Lisa Piepergerdes
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