LJWorld.com Headlines for July 12, 2022

ang="en" xml:lang="en" xmlns=" xmlns:cctd="> [Lawrence school board rejects new fees for low-income students, but OKs general bump and new device fee]( The Lawrence school board has voted to increase school fees for the upcoming school year and create a new device fee, but decided against a proposal to eliminate school fee waivers for some low-income families. As part of its meeting Monday, ... [Lawrence school board rejects new fees for low-income students, but OKs general bump and new device fee]( By: Rochelle Valverde The Lawrence school board has voted to increase school fees for the upcoming school year and create a new device fee, but decided against a proposal to eliminate school fee waivers for some low-income families. As part of its meeting Monday, ... July 11, 2022 @ 9:38pm [Lawrence police blotter for July 11, 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 ... July 11, 2022 @ 11:05pm [During budget talks, Douglas County Commission elects to lower mill levy]( By: Austin Hornbostel It only took the Douglas County Commission one of two scheduled meetings this week to finish deliberating on the county’s proposed budget, and key to county leaders’ changes is a tentative decrease to the proposed mill levy. The levy that ... July 11, 2022 @ 5:06pm [Douglas County DA is appealing a judge's decision to give probation to man convicted of sex crime against a minor]( By: Staff Report The Douglas County District Attorney's Office is appealing a district court judge's decision to grant probation to a man who was convicted of a sex crime against a minor. The man, Trey L. Gibson, 20, of Lawrence, was convicted of one count of ... July 11, 2022 @ 4:14pm [81-year-old who died while swimming in Lone Star Lake was a retired Lawrence firefighter]( By: Staff Report The 81-year-old Lawrence man who was found unresponsive in Douglas County's Lone Star Lake on July 4 was James Robert "Bob" Kent, a retired firefighter. "Bob Kent died unexpectedly on July 4, 2022 at Lone Like Star doing what he loved — ... July 11, 2022 @ 2:31pm [California man caught with 2 pounds of cocaine sewn into coat gets suspended sentence in Douglas County]( By: Chris Conde A man's prison sentence was suspended to probation on Friday in Douglas County District Court after police found nearly a kilogram of cocaine sewn into a coat in the car he was driving in 2020. The man, Alejandro Marin Alfaro, 26, of McFarland, ... July 11, 2022 @ 2:20pm [The Great Kansas Fishing Derby is underway for the next two months; catch a tagged fish, win a prize]( By: Dan Coleman You might catch dinner if you go fishing in Kansas this summer, but not in the usual way. Just ask John Carson, who reeled in a 3-pound channel cat in May at Veterans Park Lake in Great Bend, where he resides. Carson noticed something strange ... July 11, 2022 @ 1:52pm 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