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Newspaper
Lawrence Journal World
Location
Lawrence, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Oct 28, 2016
Page
1
Former Lawrence police officer Frank McClelland pleaded not guilty to a misdemeanor battery charge in Douglas County District Court. A trial-setting date was set for Nov. 29. Police said he punched a man up to four times during a fight on 19th Street and refused orders to sit.
Photos by Nick Krug show nine year old Quetzalli Escobar dancing with Denver’s Aztec group Huitzilopochtli on the University of Kansas lawn outside Watson Library. The performance precedes the Day of the Dead observance on November 1 as dancer Xochili Chavez burns kopali during a prayer before the group walks down Jayhawk Boulevard.
The Kansas Supreme Court heard arguments in the appeal of Larry D. McIntyre who was sentenced to 54 years for robbing a Payless ShoeSource in Lawrence in July 1999, raping a clerk, and beating another. He contends ineffective counsel at trial and appeals.
Kansas voters flock to in person early ballots with 67,211 casting ballots by 8 am Thursday compared with 33,832 at the same point in 2014. Secretary of State reports show a strong rise in early voting statewide, including Douglas County nearing a record.
A new state law lifts limits on political yard signs while a city ordinance remains on the books. City attorneys say residents need not worry about choosing between state statute or city ordinance this election season. The core issue is whether signs may occupy public right of ways between sidewalk and street.
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