Savor Lawrence Food Truck Festival seeks sponsors for schools
Julia Ireland, co organizer of the first Savor Lawrence Food Truck Festival, aims to raise at least $20,000 for the Lawrence Schools Foundation and Farm to School program through sponsor contributions and ticket sales. With about half the target funding secured, organizers seek sponsors by Sept. 15 to cover festival costs and maximize benefits for local students and gardens.
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Ireland
Lawrence Schools Foundation
Lawrence
Lawrence Schools
Fine Thyme Foods
Lawrence Public Schools
Kansas Department of Agriculture
Cordley
Hillcrest
New York
Prairie Park
Quail Run
Langston Hughes
Sunset Hill
Woodlawn
Lawrence High School
Free State High School
Lawrence Public Library
Vermont St
Former inmate awarded 2.5M in prison sex case
A Topeka inmate who was assaulted by a vocational instructor at the Topeka Correctional Facility in 2007 won 2.5 million dollars in a federal ruling against Ananstacio Gallardo. Damages include 750,000 in actual and 1.5 million in punitive. collection remains uncertain due to individual liability and current federal prison status. The case helped spur audits and a 2010 shift in state law on prisoner sexual relations.
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Topeka
Topeka Correctional Facility
Women’s Prison
U.S
Daniel Crabtree
Ananstacio Gallardo
Gallardo
Topeka Capital-Journal
Capital Journal
Richard Koerner
Department of Corrections
Mark Parkinson
U.S. Department of Justice
Ottawa man charged with capital murder in Pappas death
Johnson County prosecutors charged 22 year old Korrey Raine White Rinke of Ottawa with capital murder and rape in the death of 46 year old Julianna Pappas whose body was found in a wooded Overland Park area after she was last seen August 22. Court records show no cause of death. an attorney from the Kansas Death Penalty Defense Unit was appointed for Rinke at his initial appearance with next court date set for Wednesday.
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Johnson County
Korrey Raine White Rinke
Ottawa
Julianna Pappas
Pappas
Rinke
Kansas Death Penalty Defense Unit
Jarl Carter
Olathe
Willis
Duced Out Records
James Willis
Carter
The
Kansas City Star
Yunglyfe Carter
Bo Boogy
Dale Willis
Earthquake rattles northern Kansas with no damage reported
A 3.2 magnitude quake struck about 15 miles northwest of Hays, Kansas, with no damage reported. Scientists noted quakes under 4.0 typically cause little to no damage, while the event was centered roughly 150 miles from Harper and Sumner counties.
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ElLis
Kansas
Kansas Geological Survey
Hays
Harper
Sumner
Man dies after pointing handgun at Kansas deputy
In Wichita an 18 year old, Caleb Douglas, pointed a handgun at a Sedgwick County deputy during a traffic stop for erratic driving around 1 am Thursday. The deputy ordered the driver to exit the vehicle. the man was shot and killed.
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Wichita
Sedgwick County
Jeff Easter
Caleb Douglas
Record company president found guilty in rapper's death
A Johnson County District Court jury found 33 year old Dale Poppa Willo Willis guilty of first degree murder in the killing of an aspiring Kansas rapper. The verdict comes after weeks of testimony and mental state consideration before the court in CLATHE AP reporting.
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Clathe
Kansas City
Kansas
Johnson County
Dale “Poppa Willo” Willis
Man pleads guilty in Edgerton bar death
Gregory Cooper of Edgerton pleaded no contest in the Dec 19 Edgerton bar death of 23 year old Tyler Knudsen. Prosecutors say he swung a pool cue at another man and unintentionally struck Knudsen, leading to a second degree murder and aggravated battery case. Sentencing set for Nov. 18.
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Edgerton
Kansas
Wdaf-Tv
Gregory Cooper
Tyler Knudsen
Johnson County
Cooper
Knudsen
Kansas Faces Shortage of Construction Workers
Kansas contractors report difficulty filling hourly craft jobs as the state shed over 4,000 construction positions from July 2015 to July 2016. The Associated General Contractors notes carpenters electricians roofers plumbers and concrete workers are most sought after. Industry leaders cite ties to delayed highway projects and rising pay and benefits as responses, with efforts to recruit veterans and students in the Fort Riley area and Topeka.
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Topeka
Kansas
National Trade Association
Associated General Contractors of America
The
Association
Topeka Capital Journal
Trade Association
Stephen Sandherr
Sandherr
Jay Lucas
McCown Gordon
Lucas
Fort Riley
Hayden
Kansas Health Institute
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