LJWorld.com Headlines for June 14, 2023

ang="en" xml:lang="en" xmlns=" xmlns:cctd="> [Regular public commenter Chris Flowers files to run for Lawrence City Commission]( Regular public commenter Chris Flowers has filed to run for the Lawrence City Commission. Flowers, who grew up in Plainville, moved to Lawrence in 1999 to attend the University of Kansas. Flowers has regularly attended City Commission meetings ... [Regular public commenter Chris Flowers files to run for Lawrence City Commission]( By: Rochelle Valverde Regular public commenter Chris Flowers has filed to run for the Lawrence City Commission. Flowers, who grew up in Plainville, moved to Lawrence in 1999 to attend the University of Kansas. Flowers has regularly attended City Commission meetings ... June 13, 2023 @ 5:37pm [As county Homeless Services Coordinator, lifelong Lawrence resident hopes to help agencies gather better data, find more funding opportunities]( By: Austin Hornbostel If Douglas County agencies want more money to address homelessness, they'll need to apply for more grants — and that will require them to collect more and better data. That's what Kristen Egan has been emphasizing since she began serving as ... June 13, 2023 @ 4:17pm [Lawrence man on parole for killing of hip-hop artist is charged with aggravated sexual battery]( By: Chris Conde A Lawrence man who is on parole after having served more than a decade in prison for a 2006 fatal shooting was charged Monday in Douglas County District Court with aggravated sexual battery. The man, Major Cornelious Edwards Jr., 43, was ... June 13, 2023 @ 4:08pm [Mayor peppered with questions about homelessness, including why city can't prohibit homeless camps now; Larsen to ask for legal review]( By: Chad Lawhorn A crowd of about 70 real estate agents had a topic on their minds when Lawrence Mayor Lisa Larsen attended their luncheon meeting on Tuesday — homelessness. The topic was on the minds of Realtors because it certainly is on the minds of ... June 13, 2023 @ 3:57pm [Kansas lawmakers want a quicker switch to phonics-based reading education]( By: Suzanne Perez, Kansas News Service Wichita — Heather Mock loves watching children’s faces as they turn letters into words, then words into sentences. She sees furrowed brows turn to wide eyes and smiles. She tells them to kiss their brains, and the students giggle as they ... June 13, 2023 @ 2:41pm [Douglas County leaders will again consider $1.2M reimbursement request from nonprofit originally formed to run crisis center]( By: Austin Hornbostel For the second time in as many months, the Douglas County Commission will consider a more than $1 million reimbursement request from the nonprofit that was formed to run Douglas County’s new behavioral health crisis center. County leaders ... June 13, 2023 @ 2:31pm [Eudora 19-year-old sentenced to 2 years prison for threatening 2 teens with a knife; in 2021 he was convicted of shooting a boy]( By: Chris Conde A Eudora man was sentenced Tuesday in Douglas County District Court to two years in prison for threatening two teenagers with a knife. Deven Antonio Ryan, 19, pleaded guilty in May to one count of attempted burglary and two counts of ... June 13, 2023 @ 2:20pm [Lawrence-Douglas County Public Health selects next director]( By: Austin Hornbostel Lawrence-Douglas County Public Health has hired a new director to replace its longtime director, who is retiring this week. On Tuesday, the health department’s board announced that Jonathan Smith, who has lived in Lawrence since 2019, will ... June 13, 2023 @ 12:21pm [Douglas County Democratic Party to host activist panel on LGBTQ+ issues]( By: Staff Report The Douglas County Democratic Party will host a program focused on LGBTQ+ issues Saturday in Lawrence. The program, titled "Existence and Resistance," will feature a panel of activists who will discuss issues affecting the LGBTQ+ community and ... June 13, 2023 @ 9:30am 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