Police arrest suspect after gunshots fired

Police arrested a 28-year-old Lawrence man after gunshots were fired Wednesday night in the 1500 block of Haskell Avenue.

The 911 dispatch center received numerous calls from neighbors who heard the shots just after 11:30 p.m. An anonymous call also came into the Douglas County Crimestoppers Tips Line identifying where the shots had been fired.

Police said they had found numerous shell casings near the front door of a house in the 1500 block of Haskell Avenue. Officers arrested a 28-year-old resident of the home, who was accused of discharging a firearm in the city limits. Police also took a 7-year-old child at the home into protective custody.

Felon sentenced to prison after gun incident, chase

A Topeka man who fired shots from a vehicle and led Lawrence Police on a chase last April has been sentenced in federal court.

Bryant L. Johnson, 25, was sentenced Wednesday by U.S. District Judge Sam A. Crow to five years, four months in federal prison, without parole, to be followed by three years of supervised release on a charge of being a felon in possession of a firearm.

U.S. Atty. Eric Melgren said Johnson had pleaded guilty to the charge Jan. 22.

During that plea hearing, Melgren said, Johnson admitted that on April 29, 2001, he was ejected from a party in Lawrence and that as he drove away from the party, he stuck his arm out the car window and fired a number of shots into the air. Lawrence Police arrived just as the car Johnson was driving left the area with its lights blacked out.

After a chase, Johnson struck a light pole at 14th and Tennessee streets and ran from the car. Police found him at a nearby pay phone. He admitted he had previously been convicted of felony burglary in Shawnee County.

Retired cardiologist gives $520,000 to KU Med Center

A retired cardiologist has announced plans to bequeath $520,000 to scholarships and an award at the Kansas University School of Medicine.

Dr. Sherman Steinzeig, who retired in 1990 after 44 years working at Kansas City-area hospitals and at his own cardiology practice, will establish a $500,000 endowment for medical scholarships and a $20,000 endowment for a research award in cardiology.

Steinzeig, Overland Park, is a 1952 graduate of the KU School of Medicine. He said the gift was a tribute to his brother, Alfred, another KU School of Medicine graduate, who had practiced family medicine and died in 1983.

Lawrence art show explores answer to society’s problems

A show and silent auction illustrating how the arts can be used to challenge problems within society will be on display today through Sunday at Ecumenical Christian Ministries, 1204 Oread Ave.

The Art of Revolution aims to raise money and awareness about social problems in Lawrence and around the world. The show includes national and local artists who focus on social and political justice.

The art will be on sale through a silent auction. The hours for the show are from 5 p.m. to 10 p.m. today, 3 p.m. to 9 p.m. Saturday and 5 p.m. to 9 p.m. Sunday.