Historic homes near Maupin House face demolition
Two vacant houses at 1601 and 1607 Tennessee Street near the Ludington Thacher House, a National Register property, could be razed for parking and a driveway for the Alpha Tau Omega fraternity unless preservation officials intervene. The Gamma Mu Building Corp seeks demolition despite possible savings with funds. If state opposes, a hearing may be requested. otherwise the city could allow the work.
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Building Corporation
Ludington-Thacher House
Merle Nunemaker
Gamma Mu Building Corp
Nunemaker
Tenn
Terry Riordan
John G. Haskell
Reuben Ludington
Lawrence
Solon Thacher
U.S
Central America
South America
Mexico
Ludington-Thacher
Maupin
Historic Resources Commission
Lawrence City Commission
Dennis Enslinger
Shelley Hickman Clark
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Alpha Tau Omega Fraternity
Demolition comments sought for two Tenn street homes
City officials will accept comments on demolition plans for 1601 and 1607 Tenn through 5 p m October 6. Send comments to Historic Resources Commission Lawrence Kansas and chairman Dale Nimz P O Box 708 66044 0708. Residents argue changes could damage the long standing visual display of Lawrence history and stimulate preservation concerns.
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Dale Nimz
P.O. Box
Lawrence
Riordan
Maupin House
Apartment plan wins unanimous planning commission approval
The Lawrence-Douglas County Planning Commission unanimously approved rezoning for 10 acres on West Sixth Street to allow Tuckaway Subdivision with 108 apartments, a clubhouse, two pools, and 250 parking spaces. It also certified two smaller rezonings to RO-1A and PRD-2 and endorsed a preliminary development plan. Construction could begin mid November after final approvals next month.
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Lawrence-Douglas County Planning Commission
Schwarz Road
Tuckaway
Beryl L. Hobbs
Sixth Street
City Commission
Paul Werner
Teens turn to guns after rival football feud triggers deaths
Alfred Williams, 17, Shawnee Mission North senior, faces two murder counts for the Sunday shooting deaths of 15-year-old Wilson Montenegro and 19-year-old Jercell Frazier near Olathe North High School. He also faces four counts aggravated battery and one count unlawful firearm possession. held on 500000 bail with Oct. 1 court date.
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Alfred Williams
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Olathe North High School
Olathe North
Olathe Orth
Wilson Montenegro
Jercell Frazier
Olathe
Williams
DeSoto Board Member Presses for Stable Education Funding
DeSoto School Board member Alan Hays urged Washington to keep federal funding for education intact amid talks on a Senate bill that could cut over 200 million dollars from drug free schools and safety programs. He cited recent school shootings in Olathe and Ottawa as urgent safety concerns.
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DeSoto School Boar
Alan Hays
Washington
Hays
Bob Dole
Nancy Kassebaum
Senate
Olathe
Ottawa
Residents hark back in plan for Lawrence improvements
The Lawrence Improvement Association backs a plan aimed at easing growth with waivers for development fees and potential tax breaks for new housing. It recommends curb cut restrictions, a eastern edge access road to industrial zones, downtown parking solutions, and current notes on funding for an Eastern Parkway bypass and river bridge.
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Rhode Island
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Noria Road
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New York Streets
Tax group leader warns Douglas County over mill levy
Douglas County Property Owners Association co chair Don Cashatt urged county commissioners to curb the 1996 mill levy after a 12.6 percent valuation rise, noting a 4.5 mill reduction already funded by the new budget. He criticized the 1 percent county sales tax and raised jail cost fears up to 15 million, while former commissioner Bob Neis urged a long term, locally suitable jail plan.
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Don Cashatt
Cashatt
Douglas County
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Legislative Research Department
Cotagas
Craig Weinaug
Weinaug
Bob Neis
DCPOA
Commission
Jury to deliberate arson charge in Lawrence case
Michael E. Vick, 21, stands trial in Douglas County District Court on conspiracy to commit arson and attempted arson for a May 12 incident in Easy Living Mobile Home Park. A bottle filled with gasoline bounced and ignited near a parked car after being thrown. Testimony concluded Wednesday with juries to deliberate today.
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South Lawrence
Michael E. Vick
Easy Living
South
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Vick
Douglas County District Court
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