LJWorld.com Headlines for May 20, 2022

ang="en" xml:lang="en" xmlns=" xmlns:cctd="> [PHOTOS: Eudora community members remember 10-year-old girl killed in hit-and-run]( Community members gathered at the Eudora Parks and Recreation building on Thursday to hold a vigil for Brooklyn Brouhard, 10, of Eudora. Brooklyn died of injuries she suffered in a hit-and-run on Saturday afternoon, when the motorcycle she and ... [PHOTOS: Eudora community members remember 10-year-old girl killed in hit-and-run]( By: Tatum Goetting Community members gathered at the Eudora Parks and Recreation building on Thursday to hold a vigil for Brooklyn Brouhard, 10, of Eudora. Brooklyn died of injuries she suffered in a hit-and-run on Saturday afternoon, when the motorcycle she and ... May 19, 2022 @ 9:55pm [PHOTO: Lawrence trash truck gets wedged under bridge in Kansas City, Missouri]( By: Staff Report A city trash truck that was on its way to get repairs got wedged under a bridge Thursday on Independence Avenue in Kansas City, Missouri. City spokesperson Porter Arneill said the truck was being moved from one repair shop to another, and that ... May 19, 2022 @ 5:24pm [Upcoming events include movie screenings, book talks, South Park concert and more]( By: Sarah Parsons Events for the coming week include movie screenings, guitar lessons, art-inspired activities, book talks, pop-up science, a talk about 1890s Lawrence women, and the season's first city band concert. THURSDAY • The first of a planned series, ... May 19, 2022 @ 4:30pm ['Step by Step' project aims to start conversations across Kansas about climate change, starting at Haskell]( By: Austin Hornbostel A problem as big and complicated as climate change is difficult to confront, but two Lawrence residents are starting earnest conversations about the topic throughout Kansas. Filmmaker and clinical psychologist Stephen Lerner and fellow ... May 19, 2022 @ 3:55pm [In the struggle to find affordable, accessible housing, Lawrence resident feels he’s ‘slipping through the cracks of society’]( By: Austin Hornbostel Despite a seemingly broad swath of safety nets designed to catch folks struggling with housing insecurity in Lawrence and Douglas County, Lawrence resident Robert Williams is — for the time being — essentially homeless. Williams had been ... May 19, 2022 @ 2:49pm [Regents approve new KU capital improvement plan that hopes for major library renovations, new student health center]( By: Chad Lawhorn The University of Kansas now has an updated plan — or in some cases, wish list — of major building projects it hopes to undertake in the next five years. The Kansas Board of Regents on Thursday unanimously approved new five-year capital ... May 19, 2022 @ 1:53pm [Lawrence man involved in fatal road-rage incident was formerly a police officer in Osage County]( By: Chris Conde One of the men involved in Tuesday's deadly Hy-Vee grocery store shooting was a former police officer from Osage County. Monty Ray Amick, 53, of Lawrence, was killed along with another man after a road-rage incident led to a shooting in the ... May 19, 2022 @ 12:15pm [Federal appeals court that oversees Kansas weighing whether people have right to film police]( By: COLLEEN SLEVIN, Associated Press DENVER — U.S. government lawyers on Wednesday asked the appeals court overseeing four Western and two Midwestern states to recognize that the First Amendment guarantee of free speech gives people the right to film police as they do their work ... May 19, 2022 @ 11:25am [Art Tougeau Parade — Lawrence's eccentric celebration of things on wheels — set for final Friday in May]( By: Staff report Updated at 12:49 p.m. Thursday One of Lawrence's quirkier traditions is set to roll later this month in downtown Lawrence. The Art Tougeau Parade, which features funky decorated things on wheels — from skateboards to cars — is set for noon ... May 19, 2022 @ 10:24am [Douglas County Clerk's Office implementing congressional redistricting map changes ahead of 2022 elections]( By: Austin Hornbostel In the wake of the Kansas Supreme Court’s decision to uphold the congressional redistricting maps passed by the Legislature earlier this year, the Douglas County Clerk’s Office announced Wednesday that it is in the process of building those ... May 19, 2022 @ 9:40am [Metalworks company officially opens plant in VenturePark, will employ 80 this year and expects to employ 140 in future]( By: Tatum Goetting After months of delays, Kansas City, Missouri-based U.S. Engineering Metalworks has officially opened an eastern Lawrence fabrication plant that will make components for major building projects across the region. U.S. Engineering Metalworks, ... May 19, 2022 @ 9:03am [Lawrence police blotter for May 18, 2022]( By: 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 ... May 19, 2022 @ 9:25am 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. 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