LJWorld.com Headlines for October 27, 2023

ang="en" xml:lang="en" xmlns=" xmlns:cctd="> [Boys & Girls Club partners with professional gaming organization to launch esports lounge, competitive academy team]( The Boys & Girls Club of Lawrence is partnering with a local professional gaming organization to launch an esports lounge, along with an academy team that will compete in tournaments playing a popular video game. Members of the Boys & ... [Boys & Girls Club partners with professional gaming organization to launch esports lounge, competitive academy team]( By: Austin Hornbostel The Boys & Girls Club of Lawrence is partnering with a local professional gaming organization to launch an esports lounge, along with an academy team that will compete in tournaments playing a popular video game. Members of the Boys & ... October 26, 2023 @ 6:29pm [Former Chancellor Gray-Little returns to KU to celebrate naming of building]( By: Chad Lawhorn Former University of Kansas Chancellor Bernadette Gray-Little for the longest time thought a ceremony to name one of KU’s newest and largest laboratory teaching buildings after her was a bit redundant. After all, the building in KU’s ... October 26, 2023 @ 6:00pm [Lawrence police blotter for Oct. 26, 2023]( 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 26, 2023 @ 5:17pm [Military jets to fly over Lawrence Friday and Saturday as part of KU Homecoming game against OU]( By: Staff Report Military jets will fly over Lawrence Friday and again Saturday in advance of this weekend’s University of Kansas Homecoming football game against Oklahoma. A group of between two and four F-16s will do a practice run over campus Friday, ... October 26, 2023 @ 4:23pm [2 former Douglas County prosecutors win prestigious statewide awards: for lifetime achievement and associate prosecutor of the year]( By: Chris Conde Two former Douglas County prosecutors were honored on Thursday in Lawrence with prestigious statewide awards. The Kansas County and District Attorneys Association, the professional organization for prosecutors in the state, handed out the ... October 26, 2023 @ 3:51pm [‘A glimpse of ourselves’: Book by Lawrence photojournalist documents the everyday in pandemic-era snapshots]( By: Rochelle Valverde/Special to the Journal-World There can be symmetry in two unrelated images. Whether visual or thematic, something connects them across place and time. That’s what longtime Lawrence photojournalist Mike Yoder would ultimately find when editing photos taken on walks with ... October 26, 2023 @ 3:41pm [Lawrence Community Shelter board hosting first public board meeting since shift to shared-governance model tonight]( By: Staff report The Lawrence Community Shelter's new board of directors is hosting its first public meeting this evening. The meeting will start at 5:30 p.m. at the Lawrence Public Library, 707 Vermont St., according to a release that the shelter sent about ... October 26, 2023 @ 3:25pm [Upcoming events include Final Friday, KU block party, music and lots of Halloween activities]( By: Sarah Parsons Friday Walking Tour: “Growing Downtown Lawrence 1850-1910,” 8 a.m., presented by Watkins Museum of History, 1047 Massachusetts St.; tickets available at watkinsmuseum.org. • Final Friday art walk: Art receptions at Lawrence Arts Center, ... October 26, 2023 @ 3:06pm [City of Lawrence doesn't plan to operate winter emergency shelter this year, says Lawrence Community Shelter will provide that service instead]( By: Austin Hornbostel The City of Lawrence says it isn’t operating a winter emergency shelter in downtown Lawrence this year — instead, that service will be provided at the Lawrence Community Shelter on the eastern edge of the city. For the past two years, the ... October 26, 2023 @ 1:55pm [Overland Park man injured overnight in Douglas County ATV accident]( By: Staff Report An Overland Park man was taken to the hospital early Thursday morning after crashing a four-wheeler into a barbed wire fence, according to the Douglas County Sheriff's Office. Sheriff’s deputies responded around 1:45 a.m. to the 1000 block ... October 26, 2023 @ 10:56am [Planning commissioners reject apartment project for East 15th Street, raise questions about where new housing should be allowed]( By: Chad Lawhorn A plan to build a large affordable housing apartment complex along East 15th Street was soundly rejected by the Lawrence-Douglas County Planning Commission on Wednesday, after nearly two hours of public comments from neighbors against the ... October 26, 2023 @ 10:18am [Poison specialist with KU ties is charged with fatally poisoning his wife]( By: TRISHA AHMED, Associated Press MINNEAPOLIS — A poison specialist and former medical resident at Mayo Clinic in Minnesota is charged with fatally poisoning his wife, a 32-year-old pharmacist who died days after she went to a hospital in August with stomach ... October 26, 2023 @ 9:59am [Kansas court system down nearly 2 weeks in 'security incident' that has hallmarks of ransomware]( By: HEATHER HOLLINGSWORTH and JOHN HANNA, Associated Press TOPEKA — Kansas officials are calling a massive computer outage that's kept most of the state's courts offline for two weeks a "security incident" and, while they had not provided an explanation as of Wednesday, experts say it has all the ... October 26, 2023 @ 9:40am 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