Speed believed factor in Baker student crash near Lawrence
Miolly K. Larson a 20 year old Baker University junior from Vancouver Washington remained in critical condition Tuesday at Kansas University Hospital after a rollover crash Sunday along County Road 1055 about 2 miles south of Lawrence. Witnesses said she was driving 70 to 75 mph minutes before the wreck on a 55 mph road. Driver inattention was listed as a factor and Larson wore a seat belt. Baker University held a prayer service Tuesday night at the Baldwin City campus.
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Baker University
Lawrence
Larson
Baldwir City
Steve Rottinghaus
Journal World surveys TV Week subscription plans
Journal-World seeks feedback on TV Week as electronic guides rise. The paper asks if readers want to keep TV Week with their subscription or only for those who request it. Respondents should include name and address and may email, call, or mail their answers.
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Journal-World
TV Week
Journal World
Surrey
Ljworld.com
F.O
Lawrence
Advocates for elderly to discuss funding in Kansas
Kansans with disabilities and aging advocates plan a series of public meetings to push for equity in financing home and community based services. Shannon Jones of SILCK and Jenniifer Schwartz of KACIL call for equal budget footing with nursing home care, highlighting choice, independence, and lower costs.
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Topeka
Shannon Jones
Independent Living Council of Kansas
SILCK
Kansas Association of Centers For Independent Living
Garden City
Hasy
Parsons
Jenniifer Schwartz
KACIL
Jones
River survey tracks Kansas River conditions by volunteers
Friends of the Kaw map the Kansas River from Junction City to the Missouri line noting bridges power lines rock eddies and bank vegetation. Laura Calwell riverkeeper leads the effort with R J Stephenson and Chip Farley completing a canoe survey from Topeka to Lawrence highlighting pollution signs old car debris and a tire dump near Lecompton. Funding covers cameras and GPS as the group plans a Lawrence to Edwardsville survey and posts updates online next year.
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Kansas River
Junction City
Missouri
Laura Calwell
Kansas
Calwell
Friends of the Kaw
R.J. Stephenson
Tonganoxie
Chip Farley
Stilwell
Seward Avenue
Topeka
Lawrence
Tecumseh and Lawrence
Farley
Kaw
Leavenworth judge invites comments on fatal Valentine wreck
The Leavenworth County District Court will hear input from Amanda Bixby’s family and others regarding the February 14 crash near Basehor that killed 19 year old Amanda Bixby and injured others. Ricardo Flores, 21, Lansing, pleaded no contest to speeding and failing to yield at a stop sign. driving without a license faces up to 1000 fine and six months in jail, with a pre sentencing investigation requested. Sundby will accept letters for the process.
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Tonganoxie
Dennis
Denise Bixby
Leavenworth County District
Amanda Bixby
Basehor
Ricardo D. Flores
Lansing
U.S. Highway
Flores
Geoffrey Sonntag
Leavenworth County
Sundby
New crosswalk Beacon of safety in East Lawrence NY
A new HAWK pedestrian crossing on 11th Street between New York and New Jersey avenues replaces traditional signals. Pedestrians press a button to trigger a yellow phase, then two red lights, directing crossing. drivers may pass once red lights flash. Cost about $15,000, praised by residents and school officials for improving safety amid truck traffic.
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New York
East Lawrence
11Th Street
David Woosley
Lawrence's
1Th Street
New Jersey
Ton
Woosley
Nancy DeGarmo
New York School
East Lawrence Neigh
DeGarmo
Eleanor Daniels
Daniels
Fleanor Daniels
KU chancellor leads class on global poverty study
Kansas University Chancellor Robert Hemenway mentors 14 Honors Program students in a late afternoon seminar at his residence. They study poverty and the United Nations Millennium Development Goals, reading Jeffrey Sachs' The End of Poverty and discussing practical paths to ending global poverty.
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Kansas University
Robert Hemenway
Univer
Sity
Hemenway
Jeffrey Sachs
United Nations
Uni
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