LJWorld.com Headlines for March 7, 2019

ang="en" xml:lang="en" xmlns=" xmlns:cctd="> ['It doesn’t matter where you came from but where you are going': once-troubled teen shares insights with at-risk kids]( Joe Randolph’s self-portrait can be spotted in a permanent mural in the entryway of Van Go Inc. at 715 New Jersey St. Joe said it wasn’t easy coming up with a likeness back when he and 20 other apprentice artists created the mosaic, which ... ['It doesn’t matter where you came from but where you are going': once-troubled teen shares insights with at-risk kids]( By: Kathy Hanks Joe Randolph’s self-portrait can be spotted in a permanent mural in the entryway of Van Go Inc. at 715 New Jersey St. Joe said it wasn’t easy coming up with a likeness back when he and 20 other apprentice artists created the mosaic, which ... March 7, 2019 @ 12:00am [Douglas County Commission: City of Lawrence plan to hire Fire Medical chief is not in 'spirit of cooperation']( By: Mackenzie Clark Douglas County commissioners voiced displeasure Wednesday about the City of Lawrence’s intent to recruit and hire the next chief of Lawrence-Douglas County Fire Medical with no input from county staff. Talks continue between Douglas County ... March 6, 2019 @ 9:56pm [Citizen grand jury disbands in Kobach case without returning indictment]( By: Sara Shepherd Story updated at 5:39 p.m. Wednesday, March 6, 2019: A citizen-initiated grand jury that was impaneled in January to investigate alleged election-related crimes by former Kansas Secretary of State Kris Kobach’s office has adjourned without ... March 6, 2019 @ 4:23pm [Charges upgraded to attempted murder for man who allegedly shot at Lawrence police during standoff]( By: Sara Shepherd When a Lawrence man came out of his house in body armor and allegedly fired a gun at a police officer last year, that wasn’t simply an assault on law enforcement, it was attempted murder, prosecutors now say. Abdul Jalil K. Hussein, 35, was ... March 6, 2019 @ 2:21pm [Lawrence police blotter for March 6]( By: Staff Report 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. Tuesday to 6 a.m. Wednesday and includes ... March 6, 2019 @ 1:20pm [Kansas ordered to pay $48M to ex-pizza magnate Gene Bicknell]( By: Associated Press TOPEKA — A judge has ordered Kansas to pay $48 million to settle a long-running legal fight with former pizza magnate Gene Bicknell. Bicknell once owned the most Pizza Hut franchises in the nation. His legal fight with Kansas centered on ... March 6, 2019 @ 1:19pm [City Commission OKs dam project that could include plaza and kayaking area along river]( By: Rochelle Valverde City leaders approved a dam and riverbank maintenance project that could also lead to the addition of public access points, a terraced plaza and whitewater features to the Kansas River. As part of its meeting Tuesday, the Lawrence City ... March 6, 2019 @ 12:58pm [Kansas governor meets unexpected resistance to schools plan]( By: John Hanna, Associated Press TOPEKA — Kansas' new Democratic governor is meeting unexpected resistance to her plan for boosting public education funding from local school districts that believe her proposal wouldn't supply enough new money. Gov. Laura Kelly touts her ... March 6, 2019 @ 12:23pm [Student reports being raped in KU dorm]( By: Sara Shepherd A University of Kansas student has reported to police that she was raped in her dorm last summer by a man she knew. The woman reported on Feb. 20 that she was raped by an acquaintance in August 2018 at Oliver Hall, 1815 Naismith Drive, said ... March 6, 2019 @ 12:13pm [Author to share memories of watching movies with President Reagan]( By: Kathy Hanks Mark Weinberg, a longtime White House assistant to Ronald Reagan, spent weekends at Camp David in the 1980s watching movies with the first couple. While Ronald and Nancy Reagan lost themselves in popular box-office hits of the time, from ... March 6, 2019 @ 11:58am [City leaders approve plans for 23rd Street redevelopment that adds apartments, civic spaces]( By: Rochelle Valverde City leaders have approved a plan to tear down a shopping center on 23rd Street and replace it with a multistory apartment and retail building. As part of its meeting Tuesday, the Lawrence City Commission unanimously approved a plan to ... March 6, 2019 @ 11:43am [New Lawrence fitness center will have you doing workouts in the sauna]( By: Chad Lawhorn My workout attire of a hoodie pulled tight around my head sometimes causes people to confuse me with Rocky. (In fairness, it may just be because after five minutes on the elliptical, I also only speak in monosyllables.) Regardless, if you too ... March 6, 2019 @ 11:26am 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