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City commissioners now will consider 700 block of Vermont as home for downtown transit hub

Published June 18, 2013

Commissioners at their meeting tonight will consider a new option for the transfer point: the 700 block of Vermont Street. For those of you who have forgotten your downtown geography, that’s where construction crews are building a $19 million expansion to the Lawrence Public Library. By Chad Lawhorn

Men also at risk for breast cancer gene mutation

Published June 18, 2013

Actress Angelina Jolie's May announcement that she had a double mastectomy to reduce her risk for cancer has raised a lot awareness about the testing for the BRCA1 and BRCA2 genes in women. But what may have overlooked in the recent discussion is that men can also have the mutation.

State seeking proposal to develop resort at Clinton Lake State Park

Published June 18, 2013

Officials with the Kansas Department of Wildlife, Parks and Tourism are seeking proposals, due next month, to develop a 175-room hotel with a conference center and various restaurant and recreational facilities somewhere inside Clinton Lake State Park. By Chad Lawhorn

Best of Lawrence 2013: The Results

Published June 15, 2013

Ask Lawrence residents for an opinion, and they’ll sure give it — especially if it’s about the best place for a sandwich, a cold beverage or a hot deal. More than 7,500 ballots — a record — were cast in the lawrence.com 2013 Best of Lawrence contest. Voters picked winners in more than 130 categories spread out among five broad topics: Community, Food, Going Out, Retail and Services.

City manager forecasting increase in city's general fund property tax rate for 2014 budget

Published June 14, 2013

If City Manager David Corliss has his way, property tax bills in Lawrence may go up just a bit in 2014. Corliss is in the process of preparing his recommended 2014 city budget, but he has provided city commissioners a peek at one of the bottomline numbers. Corliss is forecasting that his recommended budget will call for at least a 0.4 mill increase. By Chad Lawhorn

Lawrence gas station owner gets caught up in national battle with Big Oil over future of ethanol

Published June 12, 2013

Scott Zaremba, owner of the Lawrence-based Zarco 66 gasoline and convenience store chain, has been a pioneer in the industry of E15 ethanol. But Phillips 66 has sent Zaremba a new set of regulations on how he must sell the E15 product in order to stay in compliance with his marketing contract with Phillips 66. By Chad Lawhorn

Lawrence health care workers aid remote village in Haiti

Published June 11, 2013

Caleb Trent, an emergency room doctor at Lawrence Memorial Hospital, first went to Haiti in the mid-2000s with medical school classmates to investigate a rash of neck tumors, discovering that it was being caused by an iodine deficiency. They saw numerous nongovernmental organizations doing mission work in Haiti’s population centers but seemingly none in the more remote parts of the country. By Giles Bruce

City commissioner to host meeting Thursday on improving storm shelter availability

Published June 10, 2013

The national attention on the Oklahoma City tornadoes has begun to fade a bit, but the tragedies still are very much are on the mind of one Lawrence city commissioner. By Chad Lawhorn

City wins $1.2 million grant to restore Santa Fe depot

Published June 7, 2013

Forget about the city waiting for its ship to come in. Its train finally has arrived. Lawrence officials have been awarded a federal transportation grant that will pay for 80 percent of the approximate $1.5 million cost to renovate the Santa Fe depot in East Lawrence. By Chad Lawhorn

Homeless shelter, nearing capacity, gets more bus passes; city rejects tennis court lights

Published June 5, 2013

Excuse me while I put away my cot here at Lawrence City Hall. City commissioners met from about 3:30 p.m. to 10:30 p.m. on Tuesday. And with several big topics — the recreation center and the budget — there were a few items of note that my deadline didn’t give me time to write about. By Chad Lawhorn

Longtime owner of Sunrise Garden Center places business and property up for sale

Published June 3, 2013

Change is in store for Sunrise Garden Center, the popular nursery and landscaping center at 15th and New York streets. But we’ll have to wait a bit longer to see exactly what the changes mean. Longtime Sunrise owner Greg McDonald confirmed that he is retiring from the business and has placed the nearly three-acre property up for sale. By Chad Lawhorn

Statehouse Live: House GOP leader says state employee furloughs possible unless budget approved

Published June 1, 2013

Republican leaders in the House told their rank-and-file members that they needed to approve a state budget Saturday or state employees would face furloughs.

Town Talk: City has long list of funding requests for 2014

Published May 31, 2013

It is budget season at Lawrence City Hall. And that means city commissioners have a long list of monetary requests from city departments and outside agencies to consider. That process gets started in earnest at a 3:30 p.m. study session Tuesday at City Hall.

From the Emerald Triangle to the Sunflower State

Published May 29, 2013

This four-part series is based on court records, interviews with law enforcement officials, examination of official documents and other sources. Efforts have been made to contact all principals in the case, or their attorneys, most of whom declined comment or did not respond. This research and reporting provides many pieces of a very complicated jigsaw puzzle that stretches from Kansas to California.

Photography project reveals much about human condition, creator

Published May 18, 2013

Seven years ago, Scott Indermaur set out to do a weekend-long photo project on spirituality. Now, a book, radio show and museum exhibit later, he's learned more about his fellow man, and himself, than he ever could have imagined. Indermaur is screening a documentary about the project, "Revealed," at Unity Church, 900 Madeline Lane, in his former hometown of Lawrence on Sunday. By Giles Bruce

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