LJWorld.com Headlines for December 27

TOP STORY [City's outdoor skating rink — with real ice — to return to Watson Park]( [City crews use a fire hose to flood the bottom of Watson Park to make ice skating possible during the current cold spell. The National Weather Service says temperatures are expected to remain at or below freezing for the remainder of the week.]( By: Rochelle Valverde Milder winters have foiled the city’s makeshift skating rink for several years, but Lawrence residents will soon have reason again to lace up their ... Posted yesterday at 3:03 p.m. --------------------------------------------------------------- [County chooses Lawrence attorney to become new judge pro tem; position to begin next week]( By: Elvyn Jones Bethany Roberts has been appointed as a judge pro tem with the Douglas County District Court. Posted yesterday at 5:12 p.m. --------------------------------------------------------------- Lights & Sirens: [Lawrence police blotter for Dec. 26]( [Lawrence police blotter for Dec. 26]( 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 4:25 p.m. --------------------------------------------------------------- [Lawrence City Commission to convene for year-end payments]( By: Rochelle Valverde The Lawrence City Commission will hold a meeting Wednesday morning to make year-end payments. Posted yesterday at 4:18 p.m. --------------------------------------------------------------- --------------------------------------------------------------- [Road repair plans for 2018 include 23rd Street, Ninth Street and others]( [The City of Lawrence has budgeted more than $2 million for 2018 to reconstruct several blocks of East Ninth Street.]( By: Rochelle Valverde The city has released its 2018 road maintenance plan, and the coming year will bring repairs and reconstruction projects to roadways throughout the city. Posted yesterday at 3:39 p.m. --------------------------------------------------------------- [Douglas County Commission cancels weekly meeting]( [The Douglas County Commission meets in the historic courtroom on the second floor of the county courthouse, 1100 Massachusetts St.]( By: Staff Report The Douglas County Commission has canceled its Wednesday meeting for the holidays. Posted yesterday at 2:56 p.m. --------------------------------------------------------------- --------------------------------------------------------------- [Weather Service says half-inch of snow falls on Lawrence, and don't expect it to melt anytime soon]( [Kelly Sullivan and her son Jonah Owen, 11, try their luck at sledding near the Campanile on the University of Kansas campus on Tuesday. Lawrence received about a half-inch of snow, and forecasters are predicting cold weather throughout the week. ]( By: Elvyn Jones peratures predicted to warm to near freezing only one day in the next week, the about half-inch of snow that fell Tuesday morning in the ... Posted yesterday at 1:13 p.m. --------------------------------------------------------------- [Black infant mortality in Kansas three times higher than whites and Hispanics]( [Kansas Department of Health and Environment]( By: Peter Hancock African-American babies in Kansas are nearly three times more likely to die in their first year of life than their white or Hispanic counterparts. State ... Posted yesterday at 11:11 a.m. --------------------------------------------------------------- Town Talk: [Longtime 23rd Street restaurant to close to make room for new wireless phone store]( [Longtime 23rd Street restaurant to close to make room for new wireless phone store]( By: Chad Lawhorn The Taco John’s chain has a special each Tuesday where it sells cheap tacos. And for years, the restaurant’s slogan was “a whole ... Posted yesterday at 10:59 a.m. --------------------------------------------------------------- --------------------------------------------------------------- Lights & Sirens: [Lawrence police blotter for Dec. 25]( [Lawrence police blotter for Dec. 25]( 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 December 25 at 1:00 p.m. --------------------------------------------------------------- Lights & Sirens: [Lawrence police blotter for Dec. 24]( [Lawrence police blotter for Dec. 24]( 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 December 24 at 1:00 p.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