LJWorld.com Headlines for November 10, 2020

ang="en" xml:lang="en" xmlns=" xmlns:cctd="> [Lawrence superintendent recommends winter athletics, activities to continue amid pandemic]( Lawrence school district Superintendent Anthony Lewis is recommending that the school district’s winter athletic and activity programs continue this school year, despite the ongoing coronavirus pandemic. During the school board’s regular ... [Lawrence superintendent recommends winter athletics, activities to continue amid pandemic]( By: Dylan Lysen Lawrence school district Superintendent Anthony Lewis is recommending that the school district’s winter athletic and activity programs continue this school year, despite the ongoing coronavirus pandemic. During the school board’s regular ... November 9, 2020 @ 10:43pm [Kansas exceeds 100K coronavirus cases as mask debate rages]( By: John Hanna and Roxana Hegeman, Associated Press TOPEKA (AP) — Kansas on Monday reported another record seven-day spike in coronavirus cases, pushing the state past 100,000 for the pandemic as officials wrestled with getting more residents to wear masks. The state Department of Health and ... November 9, 2020 @ 4:38pm [Health leaders call for vigilance as Douglas County sees surge in COVID-19 cases, hospitalizations]( By: Staff Report A recent surge in local COVID-19 cases and hospitalizations has members of Douglas County's Unified Command team imploring residents to remain vigilant about public health practices like social distancing and mask wearing. Lawrence-Douglas ... November 9, 2020 @ 4:56pm [Lawrence City Commission to consider tax incentives for new headquarters of locally based construction firm]( By: Rochelle Valverde City leaders will soon consider a sales tax break for a renovation and construction project for the headquarters of a locally based construction company. As part of its meeting Tuesday, the Lawrence City Commission will consider a request from ... November 9, 2020 @ 4:10pm [Douglas County Sheriff’s Office’s annual report shows bookings hit lowest in jail’s history in 2019]( By: Mackenzie Clark A new annual report from the Douglas County Sheriff’s Office shows that bookings into the Douglas County Jail in 2019 were the lowest the jail has seen since it opened in 2001. According to the report, posted online Wednesday, the total of ... November 9, 2020 @ 3:36pm [Man sentenced to probation for sexual battery of teen in Lawrence]( By: Mackenzie Clark A Lawrence man was sentenced Monday to three years of probation for a sex crime against a teenage girl. Lawrence police arrested Randy Lee Flaherty, 36, in May, and he was charged in Douglas County District Court with attempted rape. He pleaded ... November 9, 2020 @ 3:10pm [Construction to start this week on Eudora's Nottingham retail development site]( By: Elvyn Jones Work will start this week to prepare the old Nottingham Elementary School site for commercial development, five years after the city of Eudora bought the 15-acre property with the vision of expanding the community’s retail tax base. That ... November 9, 2020 @ 2:36pm [Douglas County to be under hazardous weather outlook as storms move in overnight]( By: Lauren Fox Douglas County could see a few pockets of strong to marginally severe storms Monday night, according to a meteorologist from the National Weather Service. Monday evening into early Tuesday, Douglas County will be under a hazardous weather ... November 9, 2020 @ 2:08pm [35-day COVID-19 inpatient kept track of every Lawrence hospital worker who helped him]( By: Lauren Fox John Rathbun entered Lawrence’s hospital in early July terrified that if he got put on a ventilator he’d never come off of it. But the 66-year-old Lawrence resident, luckily, never needed one. Rathbun was a COVID-19 inpatient at LMH Health ... November 9, 2020 @ 1:12pm [Lawrence police blotter for Nov. 9, 2020]( 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 up to 6 a.m. on the date listed and extending back to 6 a.m. on the previous ... November 9, 2020 @ 1:01pm [Pair of senior housing plans filed at City Hall, including large project near Rock Chalk Park]( By: Chad Lawhorn Maybe it should be no surprise that in 2020, where one month feels like one year, Lawrence is seeing some new projects geared toward an aging population. Plans have been filed at City Hall for two new living communities that focus on serving ... November 9, 2020 @ 12:42pm [Woman, 29, dies after being trapped under vehicle in Lawrence]( By: Mackenzie Clark Updated at 1:08 p.m. Monday A 29-year-old woman died after being trapped under her own vehicle Monday in Lawrence, police say. The woman, a resident of a home in the 3400 block of Augusta Drive where the incident occurred, was attempting to ... 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