LJWorld.com Headlines for December 14

TOP STORY [City wants more parking for mixed-use downtown grocery store]( [Pictured is a rendering of the northwest side of a proposed downtown grocery store at 700 New Hampshire St.]( By: Rochelle Valverde As the city reviews the economic incentives request for a downtown grocery store and apartment building, one of the items in flux is how much ... Posted yesterday at 1:57 p.m. --------------------------------------------------------------- TOP STORY [Douglas County commissioners confident of voter buy-in on jail expansion plan]( [Douglas County Jail]( By: Elvyn Jones Douglas County commissioners say they are confident they can sell to voters the $44 million plan they approved last month to expand the county jail. Posted yesterday at 12:29 p.m. --------------------------------------------------------------- [Services that will be part of behavioral health campus to be introduced next month at LMH]( [Conceptual plans for a behavioral health campus on West Second Street between Alabama and Maine streets were shared Wednesday with the Douglas County Commission. The plans show a 20,000-square-foot behavioral health crisis intervention center on the left, a transitional home in the center and 10 long-term housing units on the right. ]( By: Elvyn Jones Services that will be the precursor to a behavioral health crisis intervention center will be in place by the end of January, Douglas County commissioners ... Posted yesterday at 11:35 p.m. --------------------------------------------------------------- [Jury convicts Lawrence woman of robbing pedestrian]( By: Sara Shepherd A jury on Wednesday convicted a Lawrence woman for her role in robbing a man as he walked near the University of Kansas campus in ... Last updated yesterday at 5:07 p.m. --------------------------------------------------------------- [Kansas' new welfare chief promises review of foster care]( [Gina Meier-Hummel addresses the media after being announced to serve as secretary of the Department for Children and Families during a press conference on Wednesday, Nov. 22, 2017, at the Kansas statehouse. (Chris Neal/The Capital-Journal)]( By: Associated Press The new leader at the Kansas Department for Children and Families is promising a thorough review of a state foster care system that's faced ... Posted yesterday at 3:11 p.m. --------------------------------------------------------------- --------------------------------------------------------------- Lights & Sirens: [Lawrence police blotter for Dec. 13]( [Lawrence police blotter for Dec. 13]( 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 3:09 p.m. --------------------------------------------------------------- [Lawrence school board president elected to Kansas Association of School Boards post]( [In this file photo from Tuesday, April 5, 2011, Shannon Kimball chats with crowd members on election night at the Douglas County Courthouse.]( By: Elvyn Jones When Lawrence school board president Shannon Kimball steps down from the presidency next summer, she will take on responsibilities as the president-elect of the Kansas ... Posted yesterday at 3:08 p.m. --------------------------------------------------------------- [Hal Sandy, designer of famous smiling Jayhawk, dies]( [In this file photo from 2008, Hal Sandy is pictured in front of a Jayhawk statue outside the Adams Alumni Center on the University of Kansas campus. Sandy created the "happy" Jayhawk that is the basis for the university's current logo.]( By: Staff Report The smiling Jayhawk that graces University of Kansas logos and merchandise wide and far, could be excused for looking a little less happy these past ... Posted yesterday at 12:17 p.m. --------------------------------------------------------------- Town Talk: [As city debates incentives for grocery store project, a look at how big a tax break several projects will get from City Hall in 2018]( [As city debates incentives for grocery store project, a look at how big a tax break several projects will get from City Hall in 2018]( By: Chad Lawhorn I’m the first to admit that I don’t know many details about the grocery store business. I spend 90 percent of my time ... Posted yesterday at 11:33 a.m. --------------------------------------------------------------- --------------------------------------------------------------- [Jury trial set for April to decide 3-year-old Cedarwood Apartments murder case]( [Rontarus Washington Jr. appears in Douglas County District Court Thursday, Sept. 3, 2015, for a preliminary hearing to determine if there's enough probable cause to bind him over on a charge of first-degree murder in connection with the slaying of Justina Altamirano Mosso.]( By: Sara Shepherd A jury trial for the man accused of murdering a 19-year-old Lawrence woman at Lawrence’s Cedarwood Apartments in 2014 is now set for April ... Posted yesterday at 11:17 a.m. --------------------------------------------------------------- [Turkeys, hams and volunteers needed for Lawrence's annual Community Christmas Dinner]( [Lawrence's annual Community Christmas Dinner is pictured Dec. 25, 2015 at First United Methodist Church, 946 Vermont St.]( By: Staff Report Organizers of Lawrence's annual Community Christmas Dinner are seeking donations of food and volunteer time for the Dec. 25 event. Posted yesterday at 11:07 a.m. --------------------------------------------------------------- [KU alumnus gives $2 million to establish law scholarship, liberal arts research fund]( By: Staff Report A University of Kansas alumnus is giving $2 million to endow a scholarship in the KU School of Law and a research fund in the ... Posted yesterday at 10:44 a.m. --------------------------------------------------------------- --------------------------------------------------------------- [Laminator in middle school library leads to evacuation of choir concert]( By: Staff Report Liberty Memorial Central Middle School evacuated a crowd attending a choir concert Tuesday evening and alerted firefighters after a burning smell was detected. Last updated yesterday at 10:04 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