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All Access for 17¢ per day Email not displaying correctly? [View the web version]( Lock in your subscription rate and save! [LJWorld.com]( All Access to LJWorld.com $30 for 6 months Just 17¢ per day! If you haven’t already, please consider supporting local journalism through a digital subscription to LJWorld.com. Subscriptions are the No. 1 source of revenue that supports our local journalists. Offer is open to anyone without a current subscription. Cancel anytime. [More Info]( [Image]( [As of Oct. 15, all police scanner traffic in Douglas County will be encrypted and unavailable to public and news outlets]( The days of police business being aired over a “scanner” are nearing their end as Douglas County law enforcement agencies move to a system of fully encrypted radio communication to comply with a federal mandate. [Read More]( [photo]( [Town Talk | Lawrence sales tax collections post strong growth in September, but still must grow more to meet budget]( The latest report from the state of Kansas gives Lawrence more hope that it might meet its end-of-year goal. [Read More]( [photo]( [City Commission will review proposal to reduce the number of lanes for cars, add protected bike lanes on portion of Ninth Street]( City leaders will soon review a plan that could reduce the number of lanes for cars and add new lanes for bikes on a portion of Ninth Street between downtown Lawrence and the University of Kansas. [Read More]( [photo]( [Town Talk | Kansas City restaurant group purchases Merchants Pub & Plate in downtown Lawrence]( The longtime downtown Lawrence restaurant Merchants Pub & Plate has been sold to a Kansas City-based restaurant group. [Read More]( [photo]( [PHOTOS: Shaboozey rocks Mass. Street in the Rock Chalk Block Party]( Shaboozey, whose “A Bar Song (Tipsy)” is the No. 1 song on the Billboard Hot 100 Chart, performed on Massachusetts Street on Friday for the Rock Chalk Block Party. [Read More]( [Image]( [In the conversation about possibly relocating City Hall, the need for space and employee flexibility will be key]( In a presentation given to the City Commission on Sept. 10 that outlined plans to potentially move away from the current building at 6 E. Sixth St., one of the slides showed that photo as an example of the “challenges” of the current location. [Read More]( [Facebook]( 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