LJWorld.com Headlines for October 3, 2024

ang="en" xml:lang="en" xmlns=" xmlns:cctd="> Special Offer - 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. Subscribers are the No. 1 source of revenue that supports our local journalists. [Subscribe Today]( [Douglas County commissioners approve property tax rebate pilot program for low-income seniors and disabled veterans]( County leaders have approved a program that will give some low-income seniors and disabled veterans up to a $300 rebate of their county property taxes, and applications are set to open in January. At its meeting on Wednesday, the Douglas ... [Douglas County commissioners approve property tax rebate pilot program for low-income seniors and disabled veterans]( By: Josie Heimsoth County leaders have approved a program that will give some low-income seniors and disabled veterans up to a $300 rebate of their county property taxes, and applications are set to open in January. At its meeting on Wednesday, the Douglas ... October 2, 2024 @ 8:33pm [Lawrence-Douglas County health department report calls the city a 'tobacco swamp,' with high number of shops, sales to underage buyers]( By: Bremen Keasey Nearly two years after Lawrence city commissioners established the city's tobacco licensing program, Lawrence has a “glut” of licensed tobacco retailers, almost 20% of which were found to have sold tobacco products to underage customers in ... October 2, 2024 @ 7:31pm [U.S. poet laureate to provide free reading in Salina this month]( By: Staff report The poet laureate of the United States will be in Salina for a free event later this month. Ada Limón will provide a free poetry reading and participate in other public events on Oct. 17 in Salina. Among the poetry pieces Limón will read is ... October 2, 2024 @ 5:26pm [Project to expand South Lawrence Trafficway to four lanes officially underway; work expected through 2028, but perhaps longer]( By: Her position as chair of the Douglas County Commission is what got Karen Willey a seat on the stage Wednesday for a groundbreaking ceremony to expand the western leg of the South Lawrence Trafficway to four lanes. But a piece of county ... October 2, 2024 @ 4:56pm [Teen ordered to stand trial for first-degree murder in shooting death of Lawrence 17-year-old; state says boy was shot with his own gun]( By: Kim Callahan Updated at 6:10 p.m. Wednesday, Oct. 2 A Douglas County judge has ordered a Lawrence teen to stand trial for first-degree, premeditated murder in the shooting death of a 17-year-old boy earlier this year. The defendant, Cir Allen Keith Glover, ... October 2, 2024 @ 4:25pm [Lawrence Parks and Rec department, KU basketball players to celebrate 10 years of Sports Pavilion]( By: Staff Report Lawrence’s Parks, Recreation and Arts and Culture Department and some Jayhawk basketball players are celebrating the 10th year of Sports Pavilion Lawrence at Rock Chalk Park with an event Saturday afternoon. The large recreation center and ... October 2, 2024 @ 3:15pm [Man who was accused of hammer attack pleads no contest to criminal threat, faces 16 months in prison]( By: Kim Callahan A Lawrence man who was accused of going on a violent rampage with a hammer and a Jeep last spring pleaded no contest on Wednesday in Douglas County District Court to felony criminal threat and now faces more than a year in prison. Ronald Dwayne ... October 2, 2024 @ 11:18am [Art grant competition looking for artists and adventurers to celebrate Douglas County's open spaces]( By: Staff Report A festival dedicated to environmentally conscious storytelling is holding an art grant competition inspired by Douglas County’s Open Space Plan. The Open Space Plan is a county project to work with public, private and community partners on ... October 2, 2024 @ 9:17am [KU hits new all-time high in enrollment; fall's freshman class also largest in school history]( By: Chad Lawhorn Updated at 11:30 a.m. Wednesday, Oct. 2 Freshmen rule, and if you don’t believe it, the University of Kansas can point you to a new record. Driven by a historically large freshman class, KU has hit a new all-time high for enrollment, and ... October 2, 2024 @ 9:11am 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