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Homeless emergency, behavioral health facility opening and more... Email not displaying correctly? [View the web version]( Lock in your subscription rate and save! [LJWorld.com]( Lock in your subscription for 1 year & SAVE $89 for 1 year, all access to LJWorld.com LIMITED TIME OFFER [Subscribe Now]( [Image]( [Town Talk | Group led by downtown businesses wants city, county to declare homeless emergency; letter asks governments to consider taking over shelter operations]( A large number of downtown's business owners have sent a letter to the city and county asking both governments to declare a "sheltering and housing emergency." They question why the Lawrence Community Shelter is operating far below its rated capacity of 125 guests when the city finds itself operating a campsite for the homeless. [Read More]( [Subscribe Today]( [photo]( [Replacing local providers with out-of-state operator could delay behavioral health facility’s opening by months, director says]( If an out-of-state company replaces local providers as the operator of Douglas County’s yet-to-open behavioral health care center, the facility’s director said it could add at least four months to the timeline for getting it open. [Read More]( [photo]( [For coroner scene investigators, the job is about the living as much as the dead]( For William Hallagin, Douglas County’s lead coroner scene investigator, his job is all about the living. [Read More]( [photo]( [Free State sophomore tennis standout Kinley VanPelt caps off undefeated season with Class 6A singles title]( With an aunt who was a four-time state champion at Osborne High in the north-central portion of the state and a sister who plays college tennis at the University of Nebraska-Omaha, Free State sophomore Kinley VanPelt knew she had to do something special to keep up with the family legacy. [Read More]( [photo]( [ELECTION GUIDE: County Commission candidates discuss 5 key issues]( County voters have three candidates to choose from to fill one seat on the Douglas County Commission. [Read More]( [Subscribe Today]( [Facebook]( [Twitter]( This message was sent by the Lawrence Journal-World. You are receiving this because at some point in the past you shared your email address with LJWorld.com To opt-out of emails like this, click the link below. [Click here to unsubscribe and manage your email subscriptions.]( Lawrence Journal-World PO Box 888, Lawrence, KS 66044