State and local briefs
Topeka
Linwood resident wins Powerball prize
Topeka — Nicholas Peuker, Linwood, matched four numbers and the Powerball in the March 3 drawing to win $5,000.
Peuker works in the mining industry at Shawnee Rock in Olathe. He bought the winning ticket at Roche Shell, 5501 Hedge Lane Terrace in Shawnee.
Kansas University
Professor tapped for space consortium
A Kansas University professor has been named associate director of the Kansas Space Grant Consortium.
Rick Hale, assistant professor of aerospace engineering, will serve in the newly created position under David Downing, the consortium’s director and professor of aerospace engineering.
The consortium, funded by NASA, aims to enhance math, science and technology education for Kansans.
City Government
City of Lawrence ‘assessing options’ in the wake of racist and antisemitic hate speech shared at recent commission meeting
City of Lawrence campsite reporting form has received 230 reports since October; only 57 campsites confirmed
City Commission meeting interrupted by racist, antisemitic hate speech
Lawrence City Commission set for light agenda this week
Campers who remain at North Lawrence site after closing date will be trespassed, but city doesn’t expect that to happen
