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Newspaper
Lawrence Journal World
Location
Lawrence, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Sep 21, 2011
Page
4
KU confirms it is legal to charge for parking on campus and in color zones or garage toll facilities for vehicles displaying handicap placards or license plates. Accessible stalls and meters are exempt, but placard holders must register with the Parking and Transit office.
If you have a question, call 832-7297 or send email to soundoff ljworld.com.
A reader asks about the age or date of first arrival in Lawrence on Massachusetts Street. The inquiry seeks personal history or context about someone’s initial visit or residence in the city.
A memory from the speaker about being six or seven when their father surprised them with a trip to a University of Kansas basketball game.
Sierra Club and Kansas chapter spokeswoman Stephanie Cole criticized the state for filing a federal lawsuit to block the Cross-State Air Pollution rule aimed at reducing nitrogen oxides and sulfur dioxide from power plants. Attorney General Derek Schmidt argues the deadline imposes costly upgrades. health officials say the rule improves air quality. Major utilities including Westar Energy and Wyandotte County challenge the rule.
Central National Bank will close two Lawrence branches at 800 Mass and 2321 Harper St in the first quarter of 2012 due to rising mobile and Internet banking use. About 12 employees may be relocated. four other Lawrence locations will remain open. The decision, made by management, aims for greater efficiency. bank assets total about $849 million.
The Kansas Department of Transportation delays eight mile K-10 resurfacing east of Lawrence for a third time due to Hamm Construction scheduling conflicts with another project on the Kansas Turnpike. Work previously awarded at 4.3 million dollars aims to repave driving lanes expand shoulders and add rumble strips from Lawrence to the Johnson County line. Crews will operate day and night except peak travel times and KU home football game days, weather permitting, with a tentative completion in early November.
A 28-year-old Lawrence man was arrested on counts of cultivating and distributing a controlled substance, obstructing the legal process, and possessing a drug without a tax stamp. He is held without bail. No comment from Lawrence Police on the ongoing investigation. Also reported were thefts of two laptops, a motorcycle, and multiple televisions in Lawrence, plus two traffic crashes involving a Harley rider and a deer strike in Franklin County.
The Journal-World reports gas prices as low as 3.47 dollars at multiple stations. Readers are urged to call 832-7154 if they encounter lower prices.
Birth notices from Lawrence and Easton list newborns including a boy for April Williamson and Chris Cannon in Lawrence, another boy for Crystal and Douglas Brown in Lawrence, a girl for Kellie Blevins and Mark Hatfield in Lawrence, and a boy for Brandy Osher and Jay Allen in Easton.
Fragmentary text mentions Lawrence and Timecop with Richard Gere and NASCAR, but lacks coherent incident details, dates, or locations to form a full news item.
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