LJWorld.com Headlines for June 16

[Lawrence City Commission agenda set for June 19 meeting]( By: Staff Report The City Commission will convene at 5:45 p.m. Tuesday at City Hall, 6 E. Sixth St. Posted yesterday at 6:46 p.m. --------------------------------------------------------------- [Lawrence father charged with involuntary manslaughter in shooting death of 1-year-old daughter]( [Lawrence police investigate a shooting in the 600 block of North Michigan Street, Friday, Sept. 22, 2017.]( By: Sara Shepherd The father of a 1-year-old girl who was fatally shot last fall is now facing criminal charges in connection with her death. Posted yesterday at 6:17 p.m. --------------------------------------------------------------- [KU team one of 10 global winners in Boeing's rotorcraft design competition]( [University of Kansas professor Ronald Barrett-Gonzalez, describes the “Mamba”, a KU aerospace engineering team’s personal aircraft design that was unvieled Friday at KU after the design was recently recognized as a Phase 1 winner in the “GoFly” Personal Aircraft Design Competition. The $20,000 award is the largest such aircraft design award earned in the history of KU aerospace engineering department. ]( By: Joanna Hlavacek Flying cars may not be so far off, if the Mamba is any indication. A team of aerospace engineering students and faculty at the University ... Posted yesterday at 4:16 p.m. --------------------------------------------------------------- --------------------------------------------------------------- [DA demands answers from probation supervisors of meth-addicted felon linked to suspicious death of woman]( [Douglas County District Attorney Charles Branson speaks at a news conference, Friday, Sept. 16, 2016.]( By: Sara Shepherd Douglas County’s top prosecutor wants to know why Shane S. Allen was allowed to violate his probation over and over for more than a ... Posted yesterday at 3:57 p.m. --------------------------------------------------------------- Lights & Sirens: [Lawrence police blotter for June 15]( [Lawrence police blotter for June 15]( 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 2:12 p.m. --------------------------------------------------------------- [Kansas economy adds 1,900 jobs in May; unemployment at lowest level in 18 years]( By: Peter Hancock The Kansas job market showed signs of gaining strength in May as the state added nearly 2,000 jobs and the number of people counted ... Posted yesterday at 1:47 p.m. --------------------------------------------------------------- --------------------------------------------------------------- [Kansas Supreme Court upholds repeal of teacher tenure rights]( [Justices return from recess during hearings before the Kansas Supreme Court in Topeka, Kan., Thursday, May 4, 2017. (AP Photo/Orlin Wagner) ]( By: Peter Hancock The Kansas Supreme Court ruled Friday that state lawmakers did not violate the constitutional rights of public school teachers in 2014 when they repealed a ... Posted yesterday at 1:23 p.m. --------------------------------------------------------------- [Kansas Supreme Court orders hearing to determine whether rapist and murderer is mentally competent to be executed]( By: Peter Hancock The Kansas Supreme Court on Friday upheld the capital murder conviction of a south-central Kansas man convicted of murdering a college student in 2007, but ... Last updated yesterday at 11:50 a.m. --------------------------------------------------------------- Lights & Sirens: [Police arrest man they say mooned officers at traffic stop]( [Police arrest man they say mooned officers at traffic stop]( By: Sara Shepherd A Missouri man was taken to jail on suspicion of indecent exposure this week, after allegedly mooning officers who pulled him over. The incident happened ... Posted yesterday at 10:17 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