LJWorld.com Headlines for October 19, 2022

ang="en" xml:lang="en" xmlns=" xmlns:cctd="> [Lawrence City Commission approves raising age to buy tobacco, vaping products to 21]( Lawrence city leaders have voted to raise the legal age to buy tobacco products from 18 to 21 and to establish a local tobacco sales license and enforcement process. As part of its meeting Tuesday, the Lawrence City Commission voted 5-0 to ... [Lawrence City Commission approves raising age to buy tobacco, vaping products to 21]( By: Rochelle Valverde Lawrence city leaders have voted to raise the legal age to buy tobacco products from 18 to 21 and to establish a local tobacco sales license and enforcement process. As part of its meeting Tuesday, the Lawrence City Commission voted 5-0 to ... October 18, 2022 @ 10:44pm [Lawrence man sentenced to more than 13 years in prison for attempted murder, other crimes]( By: Chris Conde A Lawrence man who was convicted of trying to kill his pregnant girlfriend and one of his friends was sentenced in Douglas County District Court on Tuesday to more than 13 years in prison for that incident and several other crimes. Charles ... October 18, 2022 @ 7:31pm [Lawrence police blotter for Oct. 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 ... October 18, 2022 @ 5:28pm [Replacing local providers with out-of-state operator could delay behavioral health facility's opening by months, director says]( By: Austin Hornbostel 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. That’s ... October 18, 2022 @ 4:57pm [County to decide whether to help fund a staffing and hour expansion for Bert Nash's mobile crisis response team]( By: Austin Hornbostel County leaders will decide this week whether to help fund a staffing and service hour expansion for Bert Nash Community Mental Health Center’s mobile crisis response team. Bert Nash is requesting $70,000 from the county to help support the ... October 18, 2022 @ 2:54pm [Group led by downtown businesses wants city, county to declare homeless emergency; letter asks governments to consider taking over shelter operations]( By: Chad Lawhorn UPDATED 3:40 P.M. OCT. 18, 2022 Many of downtown’s most prominent business owners are formally asking the city and county to consider taking over operations of Lawrence’s nonprofit homeless shelter to address what they call a “shelter and ... October 18, 2022 @ 2:50pm [Man charged with murder in connection with fatal car crash that killed Lawrence resident in April]( By: Chris Conde A man was charged Tuesday in Douglas County District Court with second-degree murder in connection with a fatal car crash in April. The man, Anthony Michael Royal, 55, of Lawrence, faces one felony count of second-degree murder — ... October 18, 2022 @ 2:35pm [Lawrence man accused of murdering wife is 169th in line at state hospital, delaying trial indefinitely]( By: Chris Conde A Lawrence man accused of murdering his wife last spring and who has been deemed incompetent for trial is 169th on the waiting list for a bed at Larned State Hospital, according to the Douglas County District Attorney’s Office. Chad Joseph ... October 18, 2022 @ 2:03pm [Head-on collision on K-10 seriously injures Lawrence woman]( By: STAFF REPORT Updated at 2:25 p.m. Tuesday A Lawrence woman was taken by helicopter to a Kansas City-area hospital Tuesday after a head-on collision on Kansas Highway 10. Around 7:05 a.m., two vehicles collided head-on near the intersection of Bob Billings ... October 18, 2022 @ 10:37am 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