Campus violence
Police called to school to investigate threat
Lawrence Police Monday investigated graffiti containing a threat against unspecified individuals discovered on a rest-room wall at Southwest Junior High School.
"It was threatening in nature," said Principal Trish Bransky, who declined to elaborate.
Bransky had police called to the 650-student school after a student reported finding the message during the lunch period in a seventh-grade girls' bathroom. The investigation isn't finished, she said.
A letter addressed to Southwest parents and distributed to students at the end of the school day didn't contain the specific threatening statement, targets of the message or the promised date of the violent act.
Development
Home Depot returns to planning agenda
Home Depot's bid to build a Lawrence store is once again on the agenda of the Lawrence-Douglas County Planning Commission.
Commissioners in January indefinitely tabled the company's preliminary development plan for a store at 31st Street and Ousdahl Road. Home Depot originally submitted a plan application in June 1999.
Home Depot officials said in January that they had tried to address concerns about the size of the development, possible traffic problems and the amount of green space, but city planners said they hadn't had enough time to review the company's latest proposals.
The planning commission will meet at 6:30 p.m. Wednesday in city hall, Sixth and Massachusetts streets.
Election 2001
City, board candidates share views at forums
Lawrence City Commission hopefuls, above, debated growth issues Monday night in a televised political forum, while Lawrence school board members discussed an "inevitable" massive bond issue to improve public school facilities. Please see stories, page 4B.
Speech
Former FBI director to appear in Ottawa
A former FBI director will speak Thursday at Ottawa University as the DeFries Family Endowed Cultural Fund's annual guest.
William S. Sessions, director of the FBI from 1987 to 1993, will speak at 11 a.m. and at 7:30 p.m. Thursday at the OU Chapel in Ottawa. His appearance is sponsored by an endowed gift from Stanley and Alice DeFries, OU alumni and longtime supporters of the university.
Sessions also worked for the U.S. Department of Justice as a section chief, as a U.S. attorney for the Western District of Texas, a U.S. District Court judge and a private attorney.
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