LJWorld.com Headlines for September 22, 2022

ang="en" xml:lang="en" xmlns=" xmlns:cctd="> [Harvesters Community Food Network to move Kansas distribution facility from Topeka to northwest Lawrence]( Harvesters Community Food Network is moving its Topeka distribution facility to northwest Lawrence. Harvesters, a regional Feeding America food bank, is purchasing a property at 1220 Timberedge Road and plans to begin operating there by June of ... [Harvesters Community Food Network to move Kansas distribution facility from Topeka to northwest Lawrence]( By: Austin Hornbostel Harvesters Community Food Network is moving its Topeka distribution facility to northwest Lawrence. Harvesters, a regional Feeding America food bank, is purchasing a property at 1220 Timberedge Road and plans to begin operating there by June of ... September 21, 2022 @ 8:30pm [Douglas County leaders hear update on ARPA disbursements so far, approve budget to repair courthouse elevator]( By: Austin Hornbostel Douglas County leaders on Wednesday were briefed on the status of American Rescue Plan Act funding disbursements so far, as well as a new procedure for awardees who need to report changes to their ARPA project scopes or budgets. The Douglas ... September 21, 2022 @ 8:49pm [Lawrence Police Department's new domestic violence response team seeks better investigations, victim protection]( By: Rochelle Valverde The Lawrence Police Department is creating a new domestic violence response team that aims to better investigate those incidents and do more to protect victims. The police department provided information about the response team as part of the ... September 21, 2022 @ 7:29pm [GOP hits Kansas governor hard on transgender athletes, her new ad]( By: JOHN HANNA, Associated Press TOPEKA — Kansas' Democratic governor launched a new television ad on Wednesday in which she says men don't belong in women's sports. It's a move seeking to blunt Republican attacks on her for vetoing two proposals to ban transgender athletes ... September 21, 2022 @ 4:44pm [Lawrence police blotter for Sept. 21, 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 ... September 21, 2022 @ 2:38pm [KU Med Center gets nearly $27M grant from National Institutes of Health]( By: Staff report The University of Kansas Medical Center on Wednesday announced that it received a five-year, nearly $27 million grant from the National Institutes of Health that will fund the Frontiers Clinical and Translational Science Institute at KU. While ... September 21, 2022 @ 2:00pm [City leaders pull back from idea of limiting general public comment, voice support for new decorum rules]( By: Rochelle Valverde In a reversal from their previous direction, city leaders have pulled back on the idea of limiting general public comment as a way to make their meetings more efficient, but continue to support adding more specific decorum rules. As part of ... September 21, 2022 @ 1:59pm [Former Lawrence police officer is under investigation for sexually biased policing while working for sheriff’s office and LPD]( By: Chris Conde Updated at 6:58 p.m. Wednesday A man who worked at both the Lawrence Police Department and the Douglas County Sheriff’s Office is at risk of losing his certification to be a law enforcement officer after allegations of sexually biased ... September 21, 2022 @ 1:41pm [A 'Haunted Farm,' complete with paintball zombie hunting, set to open on eastern edge of Lawrence]( By: Chad Lawhorn Zombie organization can wear a fellow out. As an owner of a new seasonal business on East 23rd Street, Eric Garrett has heard all about it. A big part of his family’s Garrett’s Haunted Farm will be a zombie hunt, where visitors take a hay ... September 21, 2022 @ 11:56am [Douglas County Emergency Management to host training exercise involving multiple agencies at Youth Sports Complex]( By: Staff report Douglas County Emergency Management will host a full-scale training exercise Friday in Lawrence. The purpose of the exercise, which will involve multiple agencies, is for emergency personnel to practice hazardous materials and patient-handling ... September 21, 2022 @ 11:21am [Kansas poll: Kelly has slim lead in gubernatorial race against Schmidt; Kobach narrowly leads in AG race]( By: Tim Carpenter, Kansas Reflector TOPEKA — A new poll of likely Kansas voters released Wednesday indicated that Democratic Gov. Laura Kelly held a narrow lead over Republican nominee Derek Schmidt in a heated contest to be decided in less than two months. Kelly, who is ... September 21, 2022 @ 9:52am [Kansas man sentenced for performing illegal autopsies]( By: Associated Press TOPEKA — A Kansas man who admitted running an illegal autopsy scheme has been sentenced to nearly six years in prison for wire fraud. Shawn Parcells, 42, who lived in Topeka and Leawood, was sentenced Monday in federal court to one count of ... September 21, 2022 @ 9:26am [Sheriff's deputy reprimanded for using Taser on boy with autism who was restrained]( By: Associated Press TOPEKA — A state law enforcement oversight board reprimanded a Kansas sheriff's deputy who used his Taser on a 12-year-old boy with autism while the boy was handcuffed and hogtied in the deputy's vehicle. However, the Kansas Commission on ... September 21, 2022 @ 9:19am 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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