LJWorld.com Headlines for March 9, 2024

ang="en" xml:lang="en" xmlns=" xmlns:cctd="> [At trial, forensic experts say teen accused of murder tested positive for gunshot residue]( A teenager on trial in another teen's shooting death tested positive for gunshot residue after the incident, while a man whom the defense has tried to paint as an alternative suspect tested negative, according to forensic analysts who testified ... [At trial, forensic experts say teen accused of murder tested positive for gunshot residue]( By: Chris Conde A teenager on trial in another teen's shooting death tested positive for gunshot residue after the incident, while a man whom the defense has tried to paint as an alternative suspect tested negative, according to forensic analysts who testified ... March 8, 2024 @ 8:00pm [Early-release Wednesdays quickly restored to school district calendar after union and student objections]( By: Staff report At a hastily called school board meeting on Friday, the Lawrence school district announced that it had revised its just-released plan to address make-up time for inclement weather this year, most notably restoring early-release Wednesdays for ... March 8, 2024 @ 6:23pm [New Parks and Recreation director will join City of Lawrence this May]( By: Staff report The City of Lawrence on Friday announced in a news release that it’s appointed a new director of parks, recreation, arts and culture following a national search. Luis Ruiz, who currently serves as the deputy director of community facilities ... March 8, 2024 @ 3:26pm [KU raises $2.6M during one-day fundraising program]( By: Staff report A recently completed one-day fundraiser for the University of Kansas has generated $2.6 million in donations for everything from research projects to the university’s rowing club. The seventh annual One Day One KU fundraising program ... March 8, 2024 @ 3:12pm [KU Innovation Park taps former chief financial officer to become its next leader]( By: Chad Lawhorn The nonprofit entity that is working to attract start-up companies, corporations and researchers to KU’s West Campus has hired a new leader following the death of its previous CEO. The board of directors for KU Innovation Park has tapped ... March 8, 2024 @ 2:56pm [After a surgeon removed the wrong organ, a woman sued; a Douglas County judge ruled against her, but she has successfully appealed]( By: Staff report A local court case involving a surgeon’s removal of the wrong organ in a woman’s body is back in Douglas County after a series of appeals in the woman’s favor. The case concerns Jeannine Williams-Davidson, who went to Stormont-Vail ... March 8, 2024 @ 2:12pm [Pilot night-court program in Lawrence Municipal Court discontinued after 6 months of low turnout]( By: Austin Hornbostel After about six months, a pilot night-court program in the Lawrence Municipal Court is being discontinued after failing to draw enough participants outside of the court’s regular hours. City Manager Craig Owens announced the move during the ... March 8, 2024 @ 1:04pm [Voters backed abortion rights; yet Kansas could make doctors ask patients why they want abortions]( By: John Hanna/Associated Press TOPEKA — Kansas moved closer Thursday to requiring abortion providers to ask patients why they want to terminate their pregnancies and report the answers to the state. It would join other states with Republican legislatures that ban most ... March 8, 2024 @ 12:29pm [Jackson Mahomes, brother of KC Chiefs quarterback, sentenced to probation in assault case]( By: Associated Press KANSAS CITY, Kan. — The younger brother of Super Bowl-winning Kansas City Chiefs quarterback Patrick Mahomes has been sentenced to six months' probation in a case alleging an assault on a woman. Jackson Mahomes, 23, appeared Thursday for his ... March 8, 2024 @ 12:25pm 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