LJWorld.com Headlines for February 7, 2020

ang="en" xml:lang="en" xmlns=" xmlns:cctd="> [Public Incentives Review Committee supports $1.4M in incentives for affordable housing development]( Lawrence's Public Incentives Review Committee has voted to recommend economic incentives for a mixed-use affordable housing development planned for the Warehouse Arts District. The developer of the Penn Street Lofts project is requesting $1.4 ... [Public Incentives Review Committee supports $1.4M in incentives for affordable housing development]( By: Rochelle Valverde Lawrence's Public Incentives Review Committee has voted to recommend economic incentives for a mixed-use affordable housing development planned for the Warehouse Arts District. The developer of the Penn Street Lofts project is requesting $1.4 ... February 6, 2020 @ 8:15pm [Lawrence man arrested on suspicion of aggravated criminal sodomy, rape against a child]( By: Sarah Baker A 19-year-old Lawrence man was arrested Thursday on suspicion of rape against a child victim and aggravated criminal sodomy, Douglas County Jail records show. The jail's booking log indicates that the man's arrest was on suspicion of a 2018 ... February 6, 2020 @ 7:35pm [Verner Newman III, Lawrence's first black police captain, dies at 89]( By: Lauren Fox Verner Newman III rose in the ranks of the Lawrence Police Department during an era of high racial tension, eventually becoming the department’s first black police captain. He started as a traffic officer in 1954, and remembered pacing ... February 6, 2020 @ 5:43pm [Douglas County district attorney changing policies on sexual assault investigations, prosecutions]( By: Mackenzie Clark After his office was the subject of “controversy” in the fall, as he put it, Douglas County District Attorney Charles Branson has plans to change how sexual assault cases are investigated and prosecuted in this jurisdiction. Branson’s ... February 6, 2020 @ 3:42pm [Police searching for man suspected of armed robbery at Lawrence payday loan store]( By: Dylan Lysen Police are searching for a man who is suspected of the armed robbery of a Lawrence payday loan business Thursday afternoon. Officers responded to a report of an armed robbery at Check Into Cash, 2108 W. 27th St., at about 1:40 p.m. Thursday, ... February 6, 2020 @ 3:37pm [Kansas abortion amendment appears short on votes; conservatives raise specter of unsafe clinics]( By: John Hanna, Associated Press TOPEKA — Kansas legislators considering a proposed amendment to the state constitution on abortion are raising the spectre of women being forced back into going to unsafe and unclean “back alley” clinics if their measure does not ... February 6, 2020 @ 12:25pm [Broken Arrow Elementary principal to retire after 24 years with district]( By: Dylan Lysen Broken Arrow Elementary School will have a new leader next school year. The Lawrence school district announced in a news release this week that Brian McCaffrey, current principal of the school, plans to retire effective June 30, pending ... February 6, 2020 @ 12:09pm [Kansas lawmaker pursues bill to block transgender youth from school sports]( By: John Hanna, Associated Press TOPEKA — A conservative legislator in Kansas is pursuing a proposal to prevent transgender high school and middle school students from playing on sports teams aligned with their gender identities, and LGBTQ rights advocates are trying to kill ... February 6, 2020 @ 11:38am 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 unsubscribe and manage your email subscriptions.]( Lawrence Journal-World P.O Box 888, Lawrence, Kansas 66044