Shortage of civil engineers may slow highway plan
A Kansas task force warns a growing shortage of civil engineers could hinder highway and bridge work. About 20 percent of KDOT planning and design jobs are open, with ~200 engineers employed. Proposals to boost county funding were rejected to avoid $34 million extra cost, but the report highlights wage competitiveness and retention as key risks.
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Torexa
State Department of Transportation
Transportation 2000
KDOT
Mike Lackey
Bill Graves
Virginia Beamer
Logan County
Transportation
Dean Carlson
Lackey
State sued over fatality tied to trooper chase in Kansas
The family of Mary L. Jett, 48, files a Shawnee County suit seeking at least 75,000 after a June 19 crash when Trooper Rodney G. Osland pursued a speeding motorcycle on Interstate 70. Osland, 38, faces vehicular homicide charges. the case also names alleged state and officer failures. Gregory Anderson, 23, of Smolan, is charged with unintentional second degree murder for his role.
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Junction City
Cadell
State of Kansas
Shawnee County
Mary L. Jett
Jett
Kansas Highway Patrol
Highway Patrol
Rodney G. Osland
Osland
Geary County
Mary Jett
Randy W. James
Overland Park
Salina
Gregory Anderson
Smolan
Baker U Student Nominated for Rhodes Scholarship Interview
Baker University senior Wendy Hermreck an English major from Garnett has been chosen for a state level Rhodes Interview. She helped reestablish Baker’s Sigma Tau Delta chapter and edited Watershed. Hermreck studied at Harlaxton College and is the daughter of David and Faye Leitch and Ron Hermreck. She joins KU students Anna Kathleen VanCleave and Jennifer Kimball for the interviews in Kansas.
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Baldwin — Baker University
Wendy Hermreck
Garnett
Hermreck
Kansas
Lawrence
Baker University
Sigma Tau Delta
National
Watershed
Stu
Kansas University
Anna Kathleen,VanCleave
Jennifer Kimball
Memorial notices and services across Kansas and Arizona
Grief notices list graveside services for Russell R. Lawson 79 Fort Collins Colorado at Havana Union Cemetery. Died Nov 25 1998 in Fort Collins. Memorials to Hospice Family Care or Lawrence Humane Society. Also private memorial for David E. Hubbel 60 Arizona died Nov 25 1998 born May 4 1938 Lawrence native. former law enforcement and city official. Wilma Tibbs 91 Tecumseh to be buried Walnut Hill Grove. Virginia Lee Coate Walker 82 Raymore to receive memorial at Atkinson Funeral Home Harrisonville. Services highlight Lawrence KU ties and community clubs with multiple survivors noted.
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Havana
Russell R. Lawson
Fort Collins
Calo
Havana Union Cemetery
Lawson
Eudora
Poudre Valley Hospital
Warren McElwain
Lawrence
David E. Hubbel
Arizona
Hubbel
Ralph
Marjorie Longanecker Hubbel
Lawrence High School
Kansas University Maintenance Department
Kmart Distribution Center
Lecompton
Mary Arce
Layana Smith
Centropolis
David
Daniel
Baldwin
Longmont
Cole
Sheldon
Prescott
Ariz
Lawrence Humane Society Inc
P.O. Box
Arizona Ruffner Wakelin Funeral Home
Toreka
Wilma Berniece Tibbs
Tecumseh
Parker Price Mortuary
Topeka
Walnut Hil
Grove
William Benjamin
Sarah Lucinda Winner Glenn
Lecompton High School
Tibbs
Lecompton Historical Society
Delta Theta Chi Sorority
City of
Home Insurance
George Scott Tibbs
Orville L. Tibbs
Janice Brown
Laguna Niguel
Calif
Tecumseh United Methodist Church
P.O
Lecompton Historical
Harrisonvelle
Virginia Lee Coate Walker
Raymore
Lucy
Atkinson Funeral Home
Harrisonville
Walker
Raymore Health Center
Richmond
Ind
Earl W
Eva‘Thomas Coate Sr
Kan
Earlham College
T. Howard Walker
Kansas University
First Presbyterian Church of
KU Alumni Association
The
University Women’s Club
Thomas Walker
Palm City
Fla
John Walker
William Coate Jr
Myra Jane Coate
Six Shot in Kansas City Kansas Domestic Shooting
An argument between two groups at neighboring homes Friday led to six people shot in Kansas City Kansas. Police say three victims were found at one home and two at a nearby location, with a sixth taken to a Missouri hospital. All suspects are hospitalized.
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Kansas City, Kan
Kansas City
Kan
Jon Kelley
Missouri
Kelley
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Phelps
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Baker U
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