Lawrence Datebook Highlights Local Events Schedule
Friday and Thursday activities list and times for the Lawrence area include flu shots at City Hall, a retired school personnel lunch at Centennial School, a Meet the Candidates luncheon with Rep. district candidate Adam Taft at the Eldridge Hotel, farmers market, Historic Resources Commission, Sierra Club, and a Sebelius gubernatorial luncheon at the Eldridge. Also see Arctic Refuge slide show at the Public Library and Datebook submission details.
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Lawrence-Douglas County Health Department
Ayer City Hall
Seventh St
Douglas County Association For
Centennial School
Adam Taft
Eldridge Hotel
Mass
Lawrence Chamber of Commerce
Baldwin Senior Center
Ind
Kathleen Sebelius
Eldridge
Arctic National Wildlife Refuge
Lawrence Public Library
Burglary Report and Police Summary From Lawrence
A 199 Yamaha Blaster four wheeler was stolen from a yard on Ash Street between 6 30 p m Monday and 6 p m Tuesday. Two men injured in a collision near Eudora were treated at KU Med with one in fair condition and the other in serious condition. Emergency calls list multiple gas leaks medical emergencies and other incidents in Lawrence and Baldwin with numerous non emergency medical calls. The Lawrence Journal World notes it does not print all police reports and limits burglary coverage to cases with losses of 1000 or more unless unusual circumstances occur.
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Ash Street
Lawrence
Ryan D. Galemore
KU Med
Kansas City
Kan
Olathe
Joshua J. Walton
Kansas Highway 10
Eudora
Journal-World
Birth Report: Hanna Couple Welcome Daughter in Lawrence
Jim and Stephanie Hanna of Lawrence welcomed a baby girl on Wednesday. The birth adds a new member to the Hanna family in the local area.
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Jim
Stephanie Hanna
Lawrence
Journal-World Corrects Errors Policy Notice
The Journal-World states its policy to correct significant errors brought to editors' attention and provides a phone number and email for readers to report corrections.
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Journal-World
Ljworld.com
Water-testing lab owner sentenced for falsified results
Terian Koester, former owner of Quality Water Analysis Laboratories Inc. in Pittsburg, was sentenced to 18 months in federal prison and two years supervision for falsifying wastewater and drinking water test results over five years. He was fined $2000.
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Kansas City
Kan
Terian Koester
Quality Water Analysis Laboratories Inc
Pittsburg
Lawrence
U.S
Thomas George van Bebber
Environmental Protection Agency
Kansas
EPA
City of Lawrence
Koester
Matthew Sheffield
Voter registration extended hours in Douglas County
Douglas County clerk Patty Jaimes will keep the Clerk's Office open from 8 a.m. to 9 p.m. today Friday and Monday to accept registration forms ahead of the 9 p.m. Monday deadline for the November 5 general election. Residents must be U.S. citizens, 18 by election day, and reside in Kansas with a declared voting address. Anonymous donor offers to match 2000 in Time for Change funds to offset school fee hikes in Lawrence.
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Patty Jaimes
Jaimes
Douglas County
U.S
Kansas
Mass
Time For Change
Lawrence
Jackie Ferguson
Citizens For Students Organization
Lawrence High School
South Junior High School
Ferguson
Rosy Elmore
Father uses garden hose to fight house fire near Eudora
A Douglas County family escaped unharmed from a house fire about eight miles south of Eudora early Wednesday. Larry Sturm Jr woke to smoke and, with his wife Renea, and their two sons aged 9 and 1, evacuated as he fought the flames with a garden hose until Palmyra Township firefighters arrived at 3:20 a.m. The cause was improper clearance of a heating stove with damage estimated at $3,000.
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Eudora
Palmyra Township
Douglas County
Larry Sturm Jr
Renea
Sturm
Contact Us Local Newsroom Directory and Contacts
A contact page lists city editors reporters and departments with phone numbers emails and office hours for the Kansas newspaper. It includes City Editor Mike Shields Managing Editor Richard Brack News Editor John Taylor Online Editor Dave Toplikar and other staff along with circulation and advertising contacts and hours.
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Mike Shields
News
Jworld.com
Ljworld.com
Teen Driver Avoids Citation In Panera Bread Incident
Lawrence Police Sgt. Mike Pattrick said the 15 year old with a learner permit who drove through Panera Bread did not receive a citation because the accident happened on private property. Kansas law restricts permit holders to direct routes to work or school and bans transporting nonfamily under 18, with violations on public roads only.
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Panera Bread Company
Lawrence
Mike Pattrick
Kansas
Pattrick
Education a hot issue in upcoming governor race
Abby Mills reports on the street in Borders as residents react to education funding. KU students Chris Wilson and Fred Van Winkle stress investments in youth, while nurse midwife Susan Corbett calls education the key to life. An undecided voter from Prosoco suggests it matters less if one has no children.
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Fred van Winkle
KU Junior
Lawrence
Susan Corbett
Topeka
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