No charges filed in pornography case
No charges have been filed against the Lawrence man whose apartment police raided in late September looking for child pornography.
Dist. Atty. Christine Kenney said this week that her office was still awaiting police reports before deciding whether to file charges against Jeff Myer. Police on Sept. 23 seized computers from Myer's apartment at 2560 Redbud Lane and said they planned to search them for evidence.
Lawrence Police spokesman Sgt. Dan Ward said he believed detectives were still scrutinizing the computers.
Police began investigating Myer and received a search warrant after getting a tip from someone in the community. Myer, 31, said at the time of the raid that he downloaded large amounts of pornography but didn't believe it was questionable.
Police also seized prescription drugs and suspected drug paraphernalia. Myer admitted smoking marijuana to alleviate chronic pain.
Myer couldn't be reached this week for comment.
Planning commission
Development code receives approval
Zoning regulations that are expected to guide development for the next 20 years in Lawrence received unanimous approval Wednesday night from the Lawrence-Douglas County Planning Commission.
At their monthly meeting, planning commissioners approved the city's development code, which will replace the city's 38-year-old zoning code. The Lawrence City Commission must give final approval to the plan before it takes effect. Planning staff members said the City Commission likely could consider the code at its Dec. 14 meeting, although an exact date hasn't been set.
The proposed code addresses a variety of issues, including strategies to improve housing affordability, methods for making retail and residential developments more compatible and systems for streamlining the development process.
Health department
Flu clinic to give vaccine to children
The Lawrence-Douglas County Health Department will have a flu shot clinic for children from 8:30 a.m. to 7 p.m. today at the department's clinic, 200 Maine.
The department has 150 doses available for the children, in high-risk groups as designated by the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.
The children also must meet some federal income guidelines.
Remaining children's vaccine will be available during regular clinic hours on weekdays.
The cost for the qualified children's flu vaccine is $10, but no one will be denied service for an inability to pay. For more information, call 843-0721.
Ukrainian LHS student chats with ambassador
A Ukrainian exchange student at Lawrence High School and about 25 other exchange students across the United States chatted online Wednesday with a U.S. ambassador.
Nataliya Rogach, 16, said she and the other students talked with Bureau of European and Eurasian Affairs Assistant Secretary Elizabeth Jones about foreign relations between the United States and their countries.
Jones and the students also discussed democracy, government corruption and the importance of community service.
Rogach is attending LHS as part of a U.S. State Department program. The program brings high schoolers from former Soviet countries such as Moldova, Ukraine and Kyrgyzstan to study in the United States for a school year.
More than 14,000 students have studied in the United States since the program started in 1992.
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