LJWorld.com Headlines for August 6, 2019

ang="en" xml:lang="en" xmlns=" xmlns:cctd="> [County postpones Lone Star Lake herbicide treatment for a week]( A planned herbicide treatment at Lone Star Lake has been postponed for a week. Karrey Britt, a spokeswoman for the county, said the Douglas County Public Works department will now treat the lake for Eurasian watermilfoil, an invasive plant ... Checkers [County postpones Lone Star Lake herbicide treatment for a week]( By: Staff Report A planned herbicide treatment at Lone Star Lake has been postponed for a week. Karrey Britt, a spokeswoman for the county, said the Douglas County Public Works department will now treat the lake for Eurasian watermilfoil, an invasive plant ... August 6, 2019 @ 10:02am [House fire displaces 5 in Lawrence]( By: Staff Report Story updated at 7:50 a.m. Tuesday, Aug. 6: An overnight structure fire has displaced five occupants of a southwestern Lawrence home. Lawrence-Douglas County Fire Medical said in a news release that firefighters responded to the single-family ... August 6, 2019 @ 7:12am [Ceramics and printmaking artists-in-residence ready to get to know the Lawrence community]( By: Kathy Hanks The brand new artists-in-residence at the Lawrence Arts Center were focused on an unimaginative but necessary task Monday: filling out W-4 forms on their first day on the job. Sculptor Ashlyn Pope and printmaker Dayon Royster had just arrived ... August 5, 2019 @ 11:00pm [Hazmat team investigates containers of mystery fluid on site of Lawrence hotel]( By: Mackenzie Clark Lawrence-Douglas County Fire Medical responders were called to a Lawrence hotel Monday afternoon to investigate mysterious containers of liquid found on the property. Division Chief Justin Temple said staff at Quality Inn & Suites ... August 5, 2019 @ 6:51pm [Lawrence teachers union, school district come to tentative agreement of $1.9M increase in teacher compensation]( By: Dylan Lysen The Lawrence school district and the local teachers union have reached a tentative agreement that increases teacher compensation by a little more than $1.9 million. Megan Epperson, co-lead negotiator for the Lawrence Education Association, told ... August 5, 2019 @ 6:02pm [Lawrence City Commission to consider rezoning request for first small homes development; neighborhood opposes the project]( By: Rochelle Valverde Lawrence city leaders will soon consider two requests related to the city’s first proposed development of small homes. The city already allows the 3,000-square-foot single-family lots the project requires, but the proposed site requires a ... August 5, 2019 @ 5:45pm [Judge denies Lawrence developer Thomas Fritzel's motion for acquittal in asbestos case]( By: Rochelle Valverde A judge has denied Lawrence developer Thomas Fritzel’s motion for acquittal, refuting his claims that a federal prosecutor did not provide sufficient evidence that the developer illegally disposed of asbestos-containing material while doing ... August 5, 2019 @ 4:41pm [Can large pile of cash reduce Lawrence's proposed water rate increases? City is unsure]( By: Chad Lawhorn While water rates are set to go up 8% next year, the city is sitting on a huge pile of cash in its utility fund. How much cash? So much that city officials aren’t entirely sure where it all came from. A review of financial documents by the ... August 5, 2019 @ 4:17pm [KU students’ meetup in dorm room resulted in sex crime, affidavit alleges]( By: Mackenzie Clark A late-night encounter between two University of Kansas students began with consensual kissing but devolved into a sex crime, court documents allege. Hayden Brae Gragg, 19, of Lee’s Summit, Mo., was arrested on suspicion of rape, a ... August 5, 2019 @ 4:11pm [Report: Kansas Medicaid complaints went to unchecked email]( By: Associated Press TOPEKA — A new report says dozens of complaints about Kansas Medicaid fraud went to a government email account that no one checked. The Kansas City Star reports that the state attorney general released findings on Monday that show more than ... August 5, 2019 @ 1:26pm [Lawrence police blotter for August 5]( 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. Sunday to 6 a.m. Monday and includes 149 ... August 5, 2019 @ 1:24pm [New governor's administration brings sharp shift on LGBTQ foster kids in Kansas]( By: John Hanna, Associated Press TOPEKA — Kansas' child welfare agency has drafted guidelines urging foster parents to allow LGBTQ kids in their care to "express themselves as they see themselves," riling conservatives a little more than a year after the state granted legal ... August 5, 2019 @ 12:55pm [County to prohibit water activities at Lone Star Lake for herbicide treatment]( By: Dylan Lysen Updated story - Aug. 6 — County postpones Lone Star Lake herbicide treatment for a week Water activities at Lone Star Lake will be prohibited later this week while the Douglas County Public Works Office treats the lake for an invasive ... 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