LJWorld.com Headlines for December 8

TOP STORY [Property tax lid causing harm, Kansas cities and counties tell lawmakers]( [Flight paramedic Dave Stultz of Abilene, who works for Life Star, hooks up an electrical cord in Thursday's freezing temperatures that keeps the helicopter warm and ready. Life Star is hoping to expand its operations in Lawrence by subleasing a hangar at Lawrence Municipal Airport. ]( By: Peter Hancock Officials from the League of Kansas Municipalities and the Kansas Association of Counties told an interim tax committee that new limits on their ability to ... Posted yesterday at 5:07 p.m. --------------------------------------------------------------- [KU deputy police chief dies; 'familiar face' had been with department nearly 30 years]( By: Sara Shepherd A 28-year veteran of the University of Kansas police force and the department’s second-highest ranking officer, Deputy Chief Robert J. “Bobby” Williams Jr. died ... Posted today at 9:09 a.m. --------------------------------------------------------------- [Just in time for holidays, 'Angels' surprise young musicians with gift of new instruments]( [Free State sophomore Harlee Crossett is overcome with emotion as she shows her grandmother Diana Crossett her new Travis James flute that was presented to her through Band of Angels, an organization through Meyer Music, which receives donated instruments that are then refurbished and given to students who meet the qualifications of the program. Crossett and Gabriel Leverette, a Free State junior and trumpet player, were both chosen to receive instruments.]( By: Joanna Hlavacek Harlee Crossett has always known she wanted to pursue music professionally, right from the first moment she picked up a flute. So, when her teachers ... Posted yesterday at 6:22 p.m. --------------------------------------------------------------- [States raise security concerns about Crosscheck voter database during call with Kobach's office]( [Ruth Meier, from Silver Lake, Kan, votes at the Prairie Home Cemetery building, Tuesday, Nov. 4, 2014, in Topeka, Kan. (AP Photo/Charlie Riedel)]( By: Peter Hancock Secretary of State Kris Kobach's office, which manages the multistate "Crosscheck" database, held a conference call Thursday with election officials from other states that ... Posted yesterday at 6:04 p.m. --------------------------------------------------------------- --------------------------------------------------------------- ['All I want for Christmas is a living wage': Graduate students stage holiday-themed protest of work conditions at KU]( [Graduate teaching assistants, David Cooper, Overland Park, Kan. pushes a dolly piled with Christmas presents to Strong Hall on Thursday, Dec. 7, 2017. The presents, carried messages asking members of the University of Kansas administration for improved compensation, benefits and resources. Cooper, along with other group members, marched the presents from Ecumenical Campus Ministries to Strong Hall over the lunch hour and delivered them outside the office of the chancellor.]( By: Joanna Hlavacek Christmas came early for top administrators at the University of Kansas on Thursday, as a handful of graduate students dropped by offices at Strong Hall ... Posted yesterday at 5:18 p.m. --------------------------------------------------------------- [Committee seeks Eisenhower statue on Kansas Statehouse grounds]( [In this file photo from Aug. 23, 2001, a clay maquette of Dwight D. Eisenhower is seen in Lawrence before the sculpting of a 7 1/2-foot bronze statue by Lawrence artist Jim Brothers. Brothers made the sculpture of the former President and five-star general for the National Statuary Hall in the U.S. Capitol. A second 10-foot Eisenhower was sculpted for the National D-Day Memorial in Bedford, Va. The clay bust for the 10-foot version is visible in background at left.]( By: Peter Hancock A group that oversees preservation of the Capitol building is asking for legislation to authorize placing a replica of the late Lawrence artist Jim Brothers ... Posted yesterday at 2:36 p.m. --------------------------------------------------------------- --------------------------------------------------------------- [Sedgwick County pulls bid for Tyson plant amid opposition]( [In this file photo from Oct. 28, 2009, a Tyson Foods, Inc., truck is parked at a food warehouse in Little Rock, Ark. (AP Photo/Danny Johnston)]( By: Associated Press The Kansas county that's home to Wichita has withdrawn its bid for a Tyson Foods chicken processing plant after weeks of public opposition. Last updated yesterday at 2:18 p.m. --------------------------------------------------------------- Lights & Sirens: [Lawrence police blotter for Dec. 7]( [Lawrence police blotter for Dec. 7]( 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 1:53 p.m. --------------------------------------------------------------- [District leaders concerned about effect of police headquarters on nearby high school]( [Undeveloped land owned by the City of Lawrence, at 5100 Overland Drive, is seen from the north, looking south, Tuesday, Dec. 5, 2017. The city has recommended the site, just north of the Walmart location at Sixth Street and Wakarusa Drive, as a possible location for a new $17 million police headquarters facility.]( By: Rochelle Valverde Lawrence school board leaders want to have a say in the city’s plan to build a $17 million police headquarters in northwest Lawrence. Posted yesterday at 12:08 p.m. --------------------------------------------------------------- --------------------------------------------------------------- Town Talk: [The top Uber destination in Kansas is in Lawrence; here's a hint, it serves beer]( [The top Uber destination in Kansas is in Lawrence; here's a hint, it serves beer]( By: Chad Lawhorn Lawrence is known for many things: A basketball shrine. A downtown that evokes Norman Rockwell. An island of blue progressives in a sea of red ... Posted yesterday at 11:40 a.m. --------------------------------------------------------------- [Lawrence man accused of kidnapping, sex assault convicted of lesser crime]( By: Sara Shepherd A Lawrence man accused of kidnapping and sexually assaulting a woman he knew has been convicted of a lesser charge in the case. Posted yesterday at 10:52 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