LJWorld.com Headlines for November 10, 2018

ang="en" xml:lang="en" xmlns=" xmlns:cctd="> [Lawrence City Commission agenda set for Nov. 13 work session]( Executive session (5–5:30 p.m.) 1. Consider motion to recess into executive session. Action: Approve motion to recess into executive session for approximately 30 minutes to discuss pending litigation and possible claims involving the City ... [Lawrence City Commission agenda set for Nov. 13 work session]( By: Staff Report Executive session (5–5:30 p.m.) 1. Consider motion to recess into executive session. Action: Approve motion to recess into executive session for approximately 30 minutes to discuss pending litigation and possible claims involving the City ... November 9, 2018 @ 8:03pm [Kansas revenue forecasters raise this year's estimates by $306 million]( By: Peter Hancock TOPEKA — Gov.-elect Laura Kelly will have a lot more money to work with when she comes into office than previously estimated, at least for the first six months. State revenue forecasters on Friday raised their estimates of the current fiscal ... November 9, 2018 @ 6:05pm [Lawrence's city manager announces new finance director]( By: Staff Report City Manager Tom Markus announced in a news release Friday the hiring of Jeremy Willmoth as the city’s finance director. Willmoth received his bachelor’s degree in public administration and his master’s degree in public affairs from Park ... November 9, 2018 @ 5:30pm [Rape reported at KU dorm]( By: Sara Shepherd Story updated at 5:45 p.m. Friday, Nov. 9: A University of Kansas student has reported to police that she was recently raped in a campus residence hall. The woman reported to police on Nov. 2 that she had been raped a week earlier, between ... November 9, 2018 @ 4:38pm [Wanted man located, arrested by Douglas County Sheriff’s Office]( By: Sara Shepherd The Douglas County Sheriff’s Office has located a man they sought the public’s help in finding. Michael “Mike” D. Oleson was arrested Friday morning in Eudora, the sheriff’s office said on social media. Oleson, 47, of Eudora, was ... November 9, 2018 @ 3:54pm [Kansas voters may give Kelly leeway on raising new revenues]( By: Associated Press TOPEKA — Kansas Gov.-elect Laura Kelly has pledged publicly to avoid increasing taxes but may have some leeway with voters. She and other officials were waiting Friday for a new fiscal forecast for state government. A majority of Kansas ... November 9, 2018 @ 3:24pm [Kansas lawmakers authorize study of sports gambling]( By: Peter Hancock TOPEKA — Kansas legislative leaders on Friday authorized two days of meetings before the 2019 session to study, and possibly recommend, legislation to legalize gambling on sporting events. Two bills were introduced during the 2018 session ... November 9, 2018 @ 3:21pm [Law enforcement can bar protesters from Kansas Statehouse, but not people concealing firearms]( By: Peter Hancock TOPEKA — Democratic leaders in the Kansas Legislature on Friday questioned why law enforcement officers are allowed to block nonviolent protesters from entering the building because of security concerns, but not people carrying concealed ... November 9, 2018 @ 2:39pm [Former KU Provost Vitter stepping down as Ole Miss chancellor after 3 years]( By: Associated Press OXFORD, Miss. — Jeffrey Vitter will step down in January after serving three years as chancellor of the University of Mississippi, state higher education officials said in a news release Friday. After leaving the chancellor's post Jan. 3, ... November 9, 2018 @ 2:25pm [Lawrence police blotter for Nov. 9]( 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 activity. This call blotter spans from 6 a.m. Thursday to 6 a.m. Friday and includes 182 ... November 9, 2018 @ 2:12pm [Report finds Lawrence ranks last in America in having enough jobs for college graduates]( By: Chad Lawhorn I have a friend who once was in a blue-collar management job. Just to keep his employees on their toes, he used to remind them that “you don’t need to have a college degree to do this job, but there are plenty of people with one that ... November 9, 2018 @ 12:58pm [October health code inspections: 6 found out of compliance in Douglas County]( By: Dylan Lysen Kansas inspection officials found health code violations at some downtown Lawrence food and drink establishments and two Greek Life institutions in {NAME} City during October. Additionally, two restaurants in Lawrence that were out of ... November 9, 2018 @ 12:19pm [Teenager who took loaded handgun to Free State High School sentenced to 6 months of probation]( By: Dylan Lysen A Lawrence teenager was sentenced to six months of probation Friday morning after he was convicted in September for bringing a loaded handgun to Free State High School in his backpack last spring. The 18-year-old was 17 when the incident ... November 9, 2018 @ 12:07pm [Each defendant in downtown triple murder case will now have his own trial; family of shooting victim 'devastated']( By: Sara Shepherd Story updated: 5:47 p.m. Friday, Nov. 9, 2018 What was supposed to have been a single trial that would have been over in two weeks has now turned into three trials that will take until late April to resolve. After abruptly declaring a mistrial ... November 9, 2018 @ 10:52am [City leaders to consider requiring more top city employees to live in Lawrence]( By: Rochelle Valverde City leaders will soon consider whether more high-level city employees should have to live in Lawrence. At the Lawrence City Commission’s meeting this week, a resident said he was concerned that a number of administrative-level city ... November 9, 2018 @ 10:33am 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