Campus road to be closed for repaving

A Kansas University road will close Thursday for repaving, officials said.

Naismith Drive will close from Sunnyside Drive to 18th Street. The closure is expected to last from 5 a.m. to 5 p.m.

Vehicle overturns near Clinton Lake, injuring one

Douglas County Sheriff’s officers and medical crews late Tuesday night were at the scene of a vehicle accident near Clinton Lake.

At least one person was hurt when the vehicle overturned shortly before 10 p.m. in the area of North 1150 and East 100 roads.

No other details were available.

D-Day, Juneteenth topics on River City Weekly

In the dark of night, Roy Creek parachuted into a flooded French field on D-Day, June 6, 1944. Find out about that night and the events of that historic day from Creek beginning tonight on “River City Weekly.”

Then Donna Bell talks about Lawrence’s upcoming Juneteenth multi-cultural celebration, June 14 through 19. Begun on June 19, 1865, when Union soldiers landed in Galveston, Texas, bringing word of the Civil War’s end and the abolition of slavery, Juneteenth commemorates freedom while emphasizing education and historical understanding. It is now celebrated across the United States.

“River City Weekly” with host Greg Hurd premieres on Sunflower Broadband Channel 6 at 6:30 p.m. Wednesdays with replays at 9:30 p.m. Wednesdays, 9 a.m. and 5:30 p.m. Thursdays, 9:30 a.m. and 7 p.m. Fridays, 9 a.m. Saturdays, 9:30 a.m. and 7:30 p.m. Mondays, and 10 a.m. and 8:30 p.m. Tuesdays.

KU psychology program named nation’s best

The clinical child psychology program at Kansas University has been named the best doctoral training program for students studying clinical child and adolescent psychology.

The 2004-05 award was given by the Society of Clinical Child and Adolescent Psychology in Washington, D.C.

The program, started in 1992, currently enrolls 37 students.

In addition to the SCCAP award – the first time it has been bestowed – KU’s program has been named 19th in the nation by U.S. News and World Report in its 2006 edition of “America’s Best Graduate Schools.”

Volunteer center receives $2,000 grant

Lawrence’s Roger Hill Volunteer Center has received a $2,000 grant to help fund a youth leadership program.

The money will be used for the Points of Light Youth Leadership Institute, which will provide training in goal setting, team building, project planning, decision making and other leadership dynamics to junior high school students who are part of the Boys and Girls Club summer program.

The leadership program will be held from June 6 to July 29 at the Prairie Park Nature Center.

The center received the grant as part of a program from the Self Help Network Center for Community Support and Research at Wichita State University, which provides funding to Kansas communities implementing programs to make Kansas the best state in the nation to raise a child.