River City Reading Festival celebrates authors and readers
The second River City Reading Festival at the Lawrence Public Library drew authors poets and readers in a day of crafts panels and book signings. Thomas Frank closed the event at the Dole Institute of Politics discussing his new book The Wrecking Crew and critiquing the conservative right while noting his nuanced view of Bob Dole.
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River City
Lawrence Public Library
Julie Tollefson
Thomas Frank
Dole Institute of Politics
Bob Dole
Frank
Dole
Kansas
Mark Crabtree
Laura
Morgan
Je Lawrence Public Library
KT. Walsh
Suspected gunfire reports in Lawrence with shell casings found
Lawrence police logged several reports of gunshots early Saturday. Sgt Richard Nickell said a red car was seen in the 300 block of Elm Street at midnight and shots were fired, with a similar call from the 3400 block of Augusta Street before 7 a.m. No injuries or property damage reported. shell casings recovered. Call 843-8477 with information.
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Lawrence
Richard Nickell
Elm Street
Augusta Street
Nickell
District bus drivers vote to join Teamsters union
Lawrence district bus drivers and monitors employed by First Student voted to join the Teamsters Union in a federally supervised election of 130 workers at the First Student bus barn. The ballot focused on higher wages and benefits under a contract through the 2011 school year. officials say the contract may not allow higher union wages to be passed to the district.
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Lawrence
Teamsters Union
First Student
23Rd St
Wayne Zachary
Preliminary hearing set in Baldwin City shooting case
A 35-year-old Baldwin City man, Brian L. Pitts, faces felony aggravated battery for the Aug. 2 shooting of neighbor Daniel T. Sumner in the Elm Street basement. Sumner, treated at KU Hospital, was released Aug. 4. Pitts, ordered not to contact Sumner, posted bond and will appear in Douglas County District Court Monday.
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Douglas County
Brian L. Pitts
Daniel T. Sumner
Kansas University Hospital
Sumner
Elm Street
Pitts
Paula Martin
Clinton Dam model plane show showcases skilled pilots
Richard Evans leads more than 20 Jayhawk Model Masters pilots at the Big Bird air show below Clinton Dam. Spectators watch planes perform fast spins and tight turns as Deuser displays Broom-Hilda, a witch-named novelty model. The free event runs 9 a.m. to 2 p.m. today and invites public attendance.
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Mike Yodtr
Journal-World Photos
Dan Evans
Richard Evans
Topeka
Clinton Dam
Evans
Political forums begin next week across many races
The nonpartisan Voter Education Coalition sponsors free public forums for federal state and county races starting next week. District 2 and District 3 state Senate contests in Lawrence. Douglas County Commission races. Oct 6 Congressional District 2 at KU. Oct 20 House and State Board of Education forums at Free State High School with two panels.
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Nonpartisan
Voter Education Coalition
Senate
Lawrence High School
Marci Francisco
D-Lawrence
Scott Morgan
Roger Pine
Tom Holland
Douglas County Commission
Douglas County Fairgrounds
21St
Harper Streets
Jim Flory
Ken Groteweil
David Brown
Nancy Thellman
U.S
Nancy Boyda
Lynn Jenkins
Dole Institute of Politics
Kansas University
West
Kansas House
State Board of Education
Free State High School
Overland Drive
Tony Brown
John Coen
Tom Sloan
John Wilson
Carolyn Campbell
Robert Meissner
Green Jobs From Green Power Backed By Greenpeace Leader
Greenpeace organizer Suzanne Graham argues public investment in renewable energy can create about two million U.S. jobs and 19,000 in Kansas, comparing a $100 billion plan to the $700 billion bank bailout. She spoke at a Massachusetts Avenue news conference amid the National Day of Action to push green job policies including tax credits, transit expansion, and retrofits.
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Suzanne Graham
Graham
Greenpeace
Kansas
University of Massachusetts Amherst
Center For American Progress
America
Massachusetts
Joe Spease
WindSoHy
Overland Park
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