LJWorld.com Headlines for October 28

[Colombian president's visit to KU rescheduled for Tuesday]( [Colombian President Juan Manuel Santos listens to a question at a news conference on Monday, Sept. 24, 2012, at the Lied Center pavilion in Lawrence. Santos, a 1973 graduate of KU, visited the university before a meeting with the United Nations General Assembly in New York.]( By: Staff Report President Juan Manuel Santos' visit to the University of Kansas has been moved up a day, KU announced Friday. Posted yesterday at 5:05 p.m. --------------------------------------------------------------- [Volunteers restore flowering trees to KU's Campanile hillside]( [University of Kansas senior Robert Adams, Peachtree City, Georgia, tosses a couple handfuls of dirt from a hole as he and junior Alex Collier, St. Louis, level it before planting a crabapple tree on Friday, Oct. 27, 2017 next to the Campanile on the campus of the University of Kansas. These two and several others worked to plant a total of 24 trees at the top of the hill just off of Memorial Drive.]( By: Joanna Hlavacek Cold temperatures and even colder gusts of wind couldn’t keep Alex Collier away from the hill above Potter Lake Friday afternoon. Posted yesterday at 4:39 p.m. --------------------------------------------------------------- [Next version of KanCare may include work requirements for some]( [KanCare logo]( By: Peter Hancock State officials in Kansas are preparing to ask the federal government for a new waiver to change how the state's privatized Medicaid system operates ... Posted yesterday at 3:11 p.m. --------------------------------------------------------------- --------------------------------------------------------------- Lights & Sirens: [Lawrence police blotter for Oct. 27]( [Lawrence police blotter for Oct. 27]( By: Sara Shepherd Listed below is the majority of Lawrence police activity within the last 24 hours. Each afternoon the Lawrence Police Department releases a list of officer ... Posted yesterday at 2:26 p.m. --------------------------------------------------------------- [Man allegedly jumped walking home from Eudora bar; he says 1 attacker used racial slur]( By: Sara Shepherd A Native American man who said he was jumped and beaten by three white men this weekend in Eudora says the incident has him feeling ... Posted yesterday at 2:09 p.m. --------------------------------------------------------------- Town Talk: [My conversation about transparency with Lawrence school board candidates]( [My conversation about transparency with Lawrence school board candidates]( By: Chad Lawhorn Lawrence school board members receive no pay and probably less prestige. Every candidate who is running for a seat on the board deserves our thanks, ... Posted yesterday at 1:09 p.m. --------------------------------------------------------------- --------------------------------------------------------------- [Second competency evaluation ordered for defendant in 2012 head-on crash on Maine Street]( [Crews work the scene of a head-on collision on the 900 block of Maine Street on Sept. 7, 2012.]( By: Sara Shepherd The case of Justin M. Crawford — stemming from a serious wreck at Ninth and Maine streets more than five years ago — has encountered another twist ... Posted yesterday at 9:58 a.m. --------------------------------------------------------------- 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 manage your email subscriptions.]( Lawrence Journal-World P.O Box 888, Lawrence, Kansas 66044