LJWorld.com Headlines for June 6, 2024

ang="en" xml:lang="en" xmlns=" xmlns:cctd="> [Douglas County Commission issues Juneteenth proclamation, approves consent agenda at abbreviated weekly meeting]( The Douglas County Commission issued a proclamation recognizing an upcoming celebration of Juneteenth and approved a list of consent agenda items at an abbreviated meeting Wednesday. Commissioners didn’t have any business to take care of on ... [Douglas County Commission issues Juneteenth proclamation, approves consent agenda at abbreviated weekly meeting]( By: Austin Hornbostel The Douglas County Commission issued a proclamation recognizing an upcoming celebration of Juneteenth and approved a list of consent agenda items at an abbreviated meeting Wednesday. Commissioners didn’t have any business to take care of on ... June 5, 2024 @ 6:18pm [Man alleged to have chased couple with ax is ordered to stand trial on assault charge]( By: Chris Conde A Lawrence man was bound over for trial on Wednesday on an aggravated assault charge for allegedly chasing a couple with an ax on the North Lawrence levee trail near the city-sanctioned homeless camp last year. Brandon Eugene Snow, 33, was ... June 5, 2024 @ 5:24pm [Renovations at LMH Health to affect patient parking beginning next week]( By: Staff report In a news release on Wednesday, LMH Health announced that patient parking will be affected as expansion and renovation work at the LMH Health Cancer Center begins on Monday. The release notes that the first phase of that construction will be ... June 5, 2024 @ 4:52pm [‘I regret putting my faith in this process’: At sentencing in child abuse case, boy's grandmother voices her frustration with repeated legal delays and plea deal]( By: Chris Conde Before he was even 3 years old, a boy was brutally abused by his mother's boyfriend, his grandmother alleges — so much so that the child told her that "he will break me" if it kept happening. But when she reported the abuse in 2019, she had ... June 5, 2024 @ 4:13pm [After 2 years, defense attorney withdraws from child sex crime case, citing conflict of interest with a witness]( By: Chris Conde An attorney for a man accused of inappropriately touching two children at a Lawrence preschool where he worked has withdrawn from the case after two years, citing a conflict of interest with a witness. The defendant, Mateo Clavel Wills, 22, of ... June 5, 2024 @ 4:13pm [Sen. Francisco calling for Kobach investigation after questions emerge about Republican strategist and his role in third-party politics]( By: Chad Lawhorn Updated at 6:15 p.m. Wednesday, June 5: Sen. Marci Francisco is calling for Kansas Attorney General Kris Kobach to investigate a prominent Republican strategist after questions have emerged regarding whether the strategist misrepresented ... June 5, 2024 @ 3:56pm [Douglas County opens new online form for logging burns in unincorporated areas]( By: Staff report Douglas County has announced a new online form allowing citizens to log their burns and receive burn ban notifications, in an effort to increase the safety of open burning in unincorporated areas of the county. The new form is now available on ... June 5, 2024 @ 2:34pm [Kobach pursuing forgery charges against man who gathered signatures for No Labels political party in Kansas]( By: Tim Carpenter TOPEKA — Kansas Attorney General Kris Kobach says a second person was arrested for allegedly forging signatures on petitions relied upon by No Labels Kansas to gain official status as a political party in January. Jamie Johnson, 47, of Dade ... June 5, 2024 @ 9:32am You are receiving this email because of your relationship with the Lawrence Journal-World or because at some point in the past you shared your email address with us. If you no longer want to receive emails from us, follow instructions at the link below. [Click here to unsubscribe and manage your email subscriptions.]( Lawrence Journal-World P.O Box 888, Lawrence, Kansas 66044