LJWorld.com Headlines for June 7, 2022

ang="en" xml:lang="en" xmlns=" xmlns:cctd="> [Town Talk | Whataburger files plans for first Lawrence restaurant; would locate on 23rd Street, if zoning is approved]( There has been a Whataburger question in Lawrence for awhile now: When? The answer, it appears, is soon. Plans have been filed at Lawrence City Hall for the popular fast-food hamburger chain to build its first restaurant in the city. Plans ... [Whataburger files plans for first Lawrence restaurant; would locate on 23rd Street, if zoning is approved]( By: Chad Lawhorn There has been a Whataburger question in Lawrence for awhile now: When? The answer, it appears, is soon. Plans have been filed at Lawrence City Hall for the popular fast-food hamburger chain to build its first restaurant in the city. Plans ... June 6, 2022 @ 5:46pm [City leaders to consider 5-acre land donation toward affordable housing project with 122 apartments, row homes and duplexes]( By: Rochelle Valverde City of Lawrence leaders will soon decide whether to donate about five acres of city-owned land toward a project that could build more than 100 affordable housing units — apartments, row homes and duplexes — on a 15-acre site in west ... June 6, 2022 @ 5:21pm [Alabama man who was convicted of exploitation of a child faces pornography charges in Douglas County]( By: Chris Conde An Alabama man was charged Monday in Douglas County District Court with trading in child pornography. The man, Jordan Lawrence Brantley, 25, of Jemison, Alabama, was charged with two counts of internet trading in child pornography and two ... June 6, 2022 @ 5:19pm [Capitol Federal Foundation chipping in $300,000 grant toward LMH Health's cancer center expansion]( By: Staff Report The Capitol Federal Foundation is chipping in a $300,000 grant toward LMH Health’s initiative to expand and update its cancer center, the hospital announced Monday afternoon. The initiative is anticipated to cost upward of $11 million; more ... June 6, 2022 @ 3:41pm [Another Scooter's Coffee location planned for Lawrence, plus other news and notes from around town]( By: Chad Lawhorn After a week away from the office, let me get back in the swing of things with some news and notes from around town: — Despite its name, this drive-thru coffee chain is moving a lot faster than your average scooter. The Nebraska-based chain ... June 6, 2022 @ 3:00pm [Nonprofit delivers birthday parties — gifts and all — to Douglas County kids in need]( By: Austin Hornbostel A year ago, Margo Russell decided she’d make it her mission to help ensure that kids in need can have a special, memorable birthday. Russell is the leader of the Douglas County chapter of Box of Balloons, a nonprofit organization based in ... June 6, 2022 @ 2:56pm [Douglas County Commissioner Shannon Portillo has accepted a job in Arizona and will give up her county seat]( By: Austin Hornbostel Updated at 4:50 p.m. Monday Douglas County Commissioner Shannon Portillo is set to leave Douglas County for a position at Arizona State University. Portillo informed the Journal-World on Monday that she has accepted a position as the ... June 6, 2022 @ 2:02pm [Kansas Appeals Court Judge Anthony Powell to retire]( By: Associated Press TOPEKA — Judge Anthony Powell plans to retire from the Kansas Court of Appeals on June 30, the court announced Monday. Powell has served on the state appeals court since January 2013. Prior to his appointment, he was a district judge in ... June 6, 2022 @ 1:48pm [Lawrence police take part in hostage-negotiation training with help from creative high school students]( By: Chris Conde Lawrence Free State High School students participated in a hostage-negotiation scenario on Friday that was aimed at providing special training for police officers who find themselves dealing with a barricaded suspect. Not to be confused with ... June 6, 2022 @ 11:55am [Lawrence man who was convicted of robbing and shooting teen gets 40 more months for crimes committed while on bond]( By: Chris Conde A Lawrence man serving 18 years for a 2018 robbery and shooting was sentenced to an additional 40 months on Monday for burglary and other crimes committed while he was out on bond. In the most recent case, the man, Michael Alexander Hormell, ... June 6, 2022 @ 11:07am [Lawrence Boys & Girls Club member to compete in regional Youth of the Year contest this week in Dallas]( By: Austin Hornbostel Lawrence High School student Arabella Gipp is set to compete in her third Boys & Girls Club Youth of the Year contest this year at the end of the week, representing the state of Kansas at the 2022 Southwest Region Youth of the Year contest ... June 6, 2022 @ 10:39am 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