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Newspaper
Lawrence Journal World
Location
Lawrence, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Sep 30, 1995
Page
6
Ottawa police identified 16 year old Nathan Earwood as a suspect in the Sunday shooting that killed 14 year old Stephanie Perez. Earwood is on the KBI most wanted list for first degree murder and related charges.
Police tie a Jennings .22 semiautomatic handgun found in Overland Park trash to the deaths of two Olathe youths shot outside Olathe North High School after a gang style fight at a rival school. Wilson Montenegro 15 and Jerrell Frazier 19 died, with Alfred Williams 17 charged with two counts of murder. Investigators had 80 to 100 leads and expect more charges after prosecutors review next week.
City engineer Terese Gorman announced Locust Street will close for a block east of North Second Street from 8:30 a.m. to 4 p.m. Monday for utility work. The same block will close Wednesday for traffic loop installations and Friday for the final asphalt layer.
Douglas County District Court charges filed Friday against three Lawrence residents for aggravated robbery and felony theft tied to a Thursday night spree. Chester Brockman Jr and Nicholas Midguette face $55,000 bonds with Oct. 4 preliminary hearing. a 16-year-old was detained on juvenile counts. Police linked the rampage to gunfire near Winterbrook and Brush Creek, a Louisiana Street robbery, and a stolen 1986 Honda Accord from Ellena Honda.
The 19th century building with indoor plumbing and thick walls will be upgraded with a $255,000 Kansas Small Cities Community Development Block Grant. The project, in partnership with the Northeast Kansas Education Service Center, will improve handicapped access and refurbish a third floor theater as a community center. The service center plans to move staff from Oskaloosa to Lecompton next summer.
Multiple Lawrence area obituaries list services for Bessie Perryman 84 of Springdale Ark Elizabeth Vicary 91 of Lawrence and Robert Doores 78 of Lawrence. Perryman born 1911 Mountain Home Ark. Vicary born 1904 Detroit Mich. Doores born 1917 Bronaugh Mo. Services set at Rumsey Yost First Christian Church and Warren-McElwain Mortuary with family visit times and memorials to Hospice Douglas County. Survivors include children grandchildren and great grandchildren across several states.
An internal investigation is underway after about 50 dollars worth of meat vanished from a jail refrigerator. Sheriff Loren Anderson said the probe began September 11 or 12, addressing anonymous allegations to the Journal-World. One employee resigned and another faces a two day suspension, neither tied to the theft inquiry.
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