Sound Off on Douglas County Road 9 repair timeline
Terese Gorman of Douglas County Public Works says Hamm Companies will close Road 9 again around December 1 to finish bridge construction on the turnpike. The road will reopen around May 1 with minimum repairs including subgrade work and an asphalt overlay, aiming to complete the project early next summer after bridge work ends.
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Douglas County Public Works Department
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Sertoma honors group for donations in Lawrence
Barbara Braa of Sertoma announces the Service to Mankind Award goes to the Cans for the Community group for its extensive good works. Sertoma notes the award honors a nonmember and highlights the annual May barbecue as a local fixture.
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Sertoma
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Service To
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Lawrence
Reporter Brenna Hawley Contact Line
The note provides contact for reporter Brenna Hawley with a phone number 832-6314 for readers seeking information or follow up.
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Brenna Hawley
Cans for the Community drive hosts blue drop sites
To donate, drop metal cans at blue can houses across Lawrence at Allen Press lot on 10th and Delaware Checkers at 23rd and Louisiana Hillcrest Shopping Center Ninth and Centennial Hy-Vee 4000 W Sixth Clinton Parkway Immanuel Lutheran Bob Billings Parkway and Iowa Street Lawrence Memorial Hospital Third and Maine Mass Beverage next to Target 31st and Iowa Miller Mart Wakarusa and Clinton Trinity Lutheran 15 NH Follow cans4community on Twitter or Facebook or visit cansforthecommunity.org.
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Miller Mart
Wakarusa Drive
Trinity Lutheran Church
High speed chase ends near Lawrence after Kansas City pursuit
A chase that began in Kansas City Missouri ended about 10 30 p m Tuesday near Lawrence as officers say the vehicle with two passengers ditched drugs and the car was stopped near mile marker 207 on the Turnpike after crossing state lines. A 22 year old Lawrence woman reported a stolen 2009 Yamaha motorcycle valued at 10500 from the 500 block of Eldridge Street. The Journal World notes it normally limits police report details and masks victims and arrestees.
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Lane BIRTHS Meghan Church and Dalton Welsh a boy Tuesday
Lane residents Meghan Church and Dalton Welsh welcomed a boy Tuesday. Mark and Jodi Abel of Shawnee announced the birth of a girl Tuesday.
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Dalton Welsh
Lawrence
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Jodi Abel
Shawnee
Water main break closes Sixth Street westbound lane
An eight-inch cast iron water main broke Monday afternoon, prompting a closure of westbound Sixth Street between Minnesota and Wisconsin. Crews will keep at least one westbound lane closed while patching the road, with officials warning delays could persist through Thursday and urging drivers to seek alternate routes.
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Lawrence
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Wisconsin
Open House at East Heights Club in Lawrence
The Boys and Girls Club of Lawrence invites the public to an open house at the East Heights site, 1430 Haskell Ave, tonight from 6 to 8. The former East Heights School remains owned by the Lawrence school district, leased to the club for one dollar through June. The club operates there while its longtime site at 1520 Haskell Ave serves as a teen center.
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Lawrence
East Heights
Haskell Ave
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