College towns gain clout as Kansas ends census campus counts
Kansas moves to count students at their campus towns for legislative redistricting. Lawrence, Manhattan, and Emporia may gain representation as GOP maps must balance district populations within 5 percent. KU and KSU communities question how lines will be drawn and whether pandemic counting affected totals.
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Lawrence
Manhattan
Emporia
Davis Hammet
Loud Light
Patrick Miller
University of Kansas
Topeka
Pretzels Inc Opens Law rence Plant With Grand Celebration
Pretzels Inc marked a grand opening at its Lawrence Venture Park facility near 23rd Street and O'Connell Road. About 70 people are employed now, with CEO Greg Pearson signaling potential growth to around 250 jobs once full capacity is reached, as the company has roughly tripled in size over five years.
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Pretzels Inc
Lawrence Venture Park
23Rd Street
O'Connell Road
Greg Pearson
Lawrence
Indiana
Haunted history and pumpkins fill Lawrence weekend events
With Halloween near, Lawrence hosts a ghost tour led by Ric Averill at the Lawrence Arts Center starting 7 p.m. Thursday through Oct 24 and Oct 27–30. Tickets cost 25 dollars. Also open through Oct 30 is Schaake's Pumpkin Patch offering hayrides, animals, and a hay maze from noon to 6 p.m. weekdays and 9 a.m. to 6 p.m. weekends.
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Averill
Lawrence Arts Center
New Hampshire St
Lawrence
Explorelawrence.com
Schaake
1500 Road
Schaakes Pumpkinpatch
Woman Charged After Threatening Man With Screwdriver
Michelle Mancini a 61 year old Lawrence woman faces aggravated assault a level seven felony and disorderly conduct after allegedly approaching a man near Seventh and Michigan calling him a racial slur and threatening him with a screwdriver. Mancini was arrested Wednesday evening and appeared in Douglas County District Court with bond set at 3000 cash or surety. She is due back in court on November 3.
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Lawrence
Michelle Mancini
Douglas County District Court
Mancini
Douglas County
David Ernst
Seventh
Michigan
Nciated
Ernst
James T. George
Lights On Talent Show Returns to Boys & Girls Club
After a pandemic pause the Boys & Girls Club of Lawrence brings back the Lights On Talent Show with the theme Strong Across Lawrence. The free 7 p.m. event at Liberty Memorial Central Middle School features Amanda Love as host, with dance teams from club sites performing to songs by One Direction Destiny’s Child and others. Masks are required due to safety rules and many members are under 12 not vaccine eligible.
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Lawrence
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Dittmer
Boys & Girls
Amanda Love
Kansas United States
One Direction
Destiny’s Child
Janelle Monae
Elton John
Liberty Memorial Central Middle School
Massachusetts St. Marks
Downtown Lawrence cancels Halloween events amid pandemic
Downtown Lawrence Inc cancels its annual trick or treating and community Halloween party for a second year due to the coronavirus pandemic, citing unvaccinated children under 12. Vaccines for ages 5-11 were recently approved and may enable future events with safer large crowds.
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Lawrence Inc
DSI
Sally Zogry
Zogry
Associated Press
White House
Lawrence Public Library
Vermont St
Watkins
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