Racism Dominates Talk As Lawrence School Board Meets
Local Black Lives Matter organizer Caleb Stephens led about two dozen parents and citizens in a packed Lawrence district meeting criticizing the district's handling of a South Middle School teacher accused of racist comments. The teacher remains unnamed and suspended with pay pending investigation under board policy.
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City reads four year gun law exemption as January 2018 start
City attorneys and the League of Kansas Municipalities interpret the exemption period differently. Assistant City Attorney Maria Garcia says the language before the latest amendment allows four years after adoption, so the city expects the law to take effect January 2018. KU has drafted campus gun policies.
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Haskell student sues university over dorm rape and privacy breach
A Haskell Indian Nations University student sues the university and federal officials under Title IX, alleging unsupportive campus treatment, privacy violations exposing counseling records, and an environment allowing rape after two football players drank heavily in November 2014. The federal suit names Haskell administrators and cites unresolved criminal cases continuing two years later.
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Infant death prompts emergency suspension of Eudora daycare
The Sunshine Kids Group Daycare Home at 1307 Chestnut Lane in Eudora is under emergency suspension after a 9 month old died in September. Officers responded September 29 to an unresponsive infant, CPR was in progress, the child died at Lawrence Memorial Hospital, and autopsy results prompted a multi agency investigation led by Eudora Police.
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