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- Organization is eternally young: Boys and Girls Club turns 40
- February 12, 2012
- The need for a boys’ club grew out of the turmoil of 1970. Lawrence was in chaos that year as race riots erupted at Lawrence High School, a nighttime curfew was enforced, and two teenage boys, one white and one black, were shot and killed in the streets of Lawrence.
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Video: Douglas County Spelling Bee
More than 30 students participated in the Douglas County Spelling Bee at Southwest Middle School on Saturday. Watch »
Video: Hollywood Casino Opening
The Hollywood Casino, a Las Vegas-style casino opened at the Kansas Speedway, Friday, Feb. 3, 2012. Watch »
Video: The Overland Park Bomb Squad
Members of the Overland Park Bomb Squad talk about the unit and the expectations of the job. Watch »
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Haskell women vs. Central Baptist
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The day in photos, Feb. 13, 2012
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Lawrence's high gas prices frustrate drivers
When gasoline prices were lower in Topeka than Lawrence this spring, drivers started taking notice. Several weeks later, when gasoline prices along Interstate 70 and in small towns like Perry and Linwood dropped well below what Lawrence gasoline station were charging, people became angry. “It is crazy,” said John Benson, who watched as prices in nearby cities fell while Lawrence’s barely budged. “What is frustrating a lot of people in Lawrence and a lot of people who come to work in Lawrence is: Why is Lawrence’s gasoline so high?”
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- Branch manager of Chicago Public Library to be first of three finalists to interview for directorship of Lawrence Public Library
- February 13, 2012
- A manager of a branch of the Chicago Public Library will be the first of three finalists interviewed for the director position at the Lawrence Public Library.
- Town Talk: Craft beer festival coming to Downtown Lawrence; city commissioners set date to begin discussing trash changes; weekly property sales
- February 13, 2012
- News and notes from around Lawrence and Douglas County.
- How to help: Lawrence Meals on Wheels seeks drivers to make food deliveries
- February 12, 2012
- Lawrence Meals on Wheels is in desperate need of volunteer drivers to deliver meals to homebound community members.
- Flory dairy farm selling equipment, taking on different work after 60 years
- February 12, 2012
- The Flory dairy farm — you may have seen it atop its hill above Lone Star Lake — is having an auction March 7. Selling its herd. Selling its milking equipment. Closing the book on more than 60 years of Florys milking cattle in Douglas County.
- Construction starts on home for family who endured tragedies
- February 11, 2012
- It will be a place to share meals, spend holidays and track the growth of her grandson, Rocco, without fear of forfeiting a security deposit. Terry Smith and her three adult children are the recipients of the newest Habitat for Humanity house.
- City Commission agenda for Feb. 14
- February 10, 2012
- City may take step toward new rec center
- Lawrence City Commision to review plan to turn Gaslight mobile park into student housing complex
- February 10, 2012
- A plan to convert a South Lawrence trailer park into a development that will have nearly 1,000 bedrooms for local college students is set for a key vote at Lawrence City Hall.
- Historian to discuss life of Lecompton man killed in Quantrill’s raid
- February 10, 2012
- The Lecompton Historical Society recently received the tombstone of one of three men from the town killed in Quantrill’s Raid in 1863.
- Statehouse Live: House redraws its own lines with strong vote
- February 10, 2012
- Legislators must redraw boundaries for legislative, congressional and State Board of Education districts to accommodate population shifts over the past 10 years.
- Town Talk: PepperJax Grill plans to move to Mass. Street; retailers post strong holiday sales numbers; Gould Evans slated to be architects for rec center idea
- 09:50 a.m., February 10, 2012 Updated 11:03 a.m.
- News and notes from around Lawrence and Douglas County.
- Lawrence city sidewalk ordinance ruled unconstitutional
- February 9, 2012
- A Lawrence Municipal Court judge has declared part of a city ordinance that makes it illegal to obstruct traffic on a sidewalk vague and unconstitutional. Judge Randy McGrath made the ruling Wednesday in a trial of Robert Gilmore, 54, who faced three misdemeanor counts of prohibited use of a right of way for incidents last year on Massachusetts Street.
- Lawrence leaders say changing to LED traffic lights a bright idea, money saver
- February 9, 2012
- A handful of city officials on Thursday celebrated briefly at Ninth and Massachusetts as crews completed a multi-year project to replace all incandescent traffic signal bulbs with energy-efficient LED lights.
- Town Talk: Roger Morningstar to open New York pizza place in West Lawrence; library to introduce three finalists for director job to public; Iwig Dairy to open store on Friday
- February 9, 2012
- News and notes from around Lawrence and Douglas County.
- Kansas Senate approves congressional map that consolidates Lawrence in 2nd, puts Manhattan in 1st
- February 8, 2012
- The Kansas Senate Wednesday approved a bi-partisan congressional redistricting plan that puts all of Lawrence in the 2nd U.S. House district.
- Town Talk: Wind turbine and cars in the median proposed for Lawrence Auto Plaza; home show set for this weekend; neighbors want new downtown study as result of Ninth and N.H. hotel/apartment plans
- February 8, 2012
- News and notes from around Lawrence and Douglas County.
- City allows fake grass at apartments
- But commissioners say turf should only be used in ‘limited situations’ in future
- February 8, 2012
- The grass will always be greener on the other side of at least one Lawrence fence. Lawrence city commissioners went against a staff recommendation and agreed on Tuesday to “grandfather in” more than 20,000 square feet of artificial turf that was installed contrary to city code at a west Lawrence apartment complex.
- Town Talk: Children’s fun center coming to downtown; changes at Alvamar Country Club; architects release renderings of new design for 9th and N.H hotel
- 09:18 a.m., February 7, 2012 Updated 03:16 p.m.
- News and notes from around Lawrence and Douglas County
- Lawrence commissioners to determine whether to create four community gardens
- February 6, 2012
- Commissioners at their meeting Tuesday will consider approving a plan to allow four pieces of city-owned ground to be used for community gardens or market farms to promote everything from free fruit to fresh produce for local school lunches.
- Town Talk: Headmasters moves out of downtown; community orchard, other gardens planned on city land; Del Monte expanding dog food plant
- February 6, 2012
- News and notes from around Lawrence and Douglas County.
- Early-morning fire destroys parks and recreation maintenance facility at 11th and Haskell
- February 6, 2012
- A Lawrence Parks and Recreation maintenance facility has been destroyed by an early-morning fire near 11th and Haskell.
- How to help: Small World needs help for its smallest charges
- February 6, 2012
- Small World is in immediate need of volunteers to provide care and supervision in its nursery.
- City to decide whether to allow use of artificial grass in commercial projects
- February 5, 2012
- On the lawn of the Tuckaway Apartments at Frontier, it looks like Tiger Woods could play through at any moment. The grass, of course, isn’t grass. It is synthetic turf, and other than for use on sports fields, the city’s commercial landscape code says it is prohibited.
- Overland Park Bomb Squad brings cautious approach on every call
- February 5, 2012
- Overland Park Bomb Squad technician Jim Dawkins showed off the team’s “bomb suit” before Wednesday’s Kansas University men’s basketball game.
- Panel discusses effect February Sisters had on women’s rights at KU
- February 5, 2012
- It was a Friday. C.J. Brune remembers because she felt relief the week was over.
- City Commission agenda for Feb. 7
- February 5, 2012
- City commissioners will hear concerns from an Old West Lawrence resident who believes the installation of a special cable/telephone box by AT& is creating an aesthetics problem in the neighborhood.
- Only in Lawrence to honor local unsung heroes
- February 5, 2012
- It’s time again for the Lawrence Journal-World’s Only in Lawrence “Larry Awards.”
- Officers, citizens lauded for service to public safety
- February 4, 2012
- When Ronald Ivener reached the scene, the victim’s status was critical. It was up to him to administer CPR in order to save a life.
- Town Talk: Two New York-style pizza places slated for West Lawrence; city interviewing finalists for library construction job; land transfers for the week of Jan. 30
- February 3, 2012
- News and notes from around Lawrence and Douglas County.
- Library hopes new director hired before expansion starts
- February 3, 2012
- Candidates looking to become the next director of the Lawrence Public Library may want to come equipped with both an open mind and a hard hat.
- Developers revise plans for Ninth and New Hampshire hotel to respond to neighbors’ concerns
- February 2, 2012
- Plans for a multi-story hotel/apartment building on the southeast corner of Ninth and New Hampshire streets have shrunk in hopes of attracting more support from neighbors.
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