Lawrence Journal-World 01-28-2017

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SELF, KENTUCKY’S CALIPARI HAVE A LOT IN COMMON. 1D RUSSIAN PARLIAMENT DECRIMINALIZES DOMESTIC VIOLENCE.

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KANSAS DAY CELEBRATIONS BEGIN

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Misdemeanor case’s suspect not named Peter Hancock/Journal-World Photos

FORMER UNIVERSITY OF KANSAS FOOTBALL PLAYER GALE SAYERS, CENTER, and Kansas State University President Richard Myers chat with friends before the annual Native Sons and Daughters banquet in Topeka Friday where Sayers was being honored as a 2017 Kansan of the Year.

Running back, retired general win honor Gale Sayers, Gen. James D. Latham are 2017 Kansans of the Year By Peter Hancock

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ale Sayers, the star running back nicknamed the “Kansas Comet” during his career at the University of Kansas in the early 1960s, returned to an adoring crowd in Topeka on Friday where he was honored at the Native Sons and Daughters of Kansas banquet, an annual event held in conjunction with Kansas Day. He and retired Air Force Gen. James D. Latham, a Kansas State University graduate and former executive at Lockheed Martin, were named 2017 Kansans of

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I was a freshman when (Sayers) was a senior and I watched him run over, under, around and through K-State for a year, and then I watched him for the (Chicago) Bears.”

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RETIRED AIR FORCE GEN. JAMES D. LATHAM, LEFT, visits with Myers, also a retired Air Force general, at the banquet.

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.S. Rep. Lynn Jenkins said she was on Friday explained “just getting the timing of her rea lot of prestirement announcement sure to run this week, saying she was for governor under pressure from other and I wantRepublicans to make a deed everyone cision so they could get to know started on their own 2018 Jenkins with plenty campaign plans. of time to Speaking briefly with come up with a new canreporters at the Statedidate.” house Friday, Jenkins She did not offer an

explanation about why she chose not to run for governor. But she did reiterate her intention to bow out of politics altogether and return to work in the private sector and said she has no plans to run for public office in future elections beyond 2018.

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Topeka — The Kansas Supreme Court on Friday sided with the Kansas Department of Transportation and against a Lawrence construction company in a case involving land that was condemned as part of the South

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Lawrence Trafficway project. Doug Garber Construction Inc. owned property in an area that COURTS was condemned for the project. Building the trafficway involved destruction of a portion of the

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Bragg had multiple run-ins recently By Sara Shepherd sshepherd@ljworld.com

initially awarded the company $105,000 for the fair market value of the property, but Garber challenged that in Douglas County District Court, claiming that the highway project itself would make it prime for redevelopment, increasing its value

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Baker Wetlands, and KDOT was required to mitigate that by constructing replacement wetlands. That involved realigning 31st Street, which required the condemnation of Garber’s property. The half-acre parcel at 3501 O’Connell Road contained a single residence that Garber had leased to tenants. KDOT

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Drug charges are now pending against a suspect in a case that stemmed from the investigation of a reported rape at the apartment building where the University of Kansas men’s basketball team lives. The suspect in the drug case has not been named. Police also have released no suspect information in the reported rape case, including whether the multiple alleged crimes are linked to a single offender. That case remains under investigation.

Another recent brush with the law by University of Kansas men’s basketball player Carlton Bragg Jr. came to light Friday, a day after KU coach Bill Self announced Bragg’s indefinite suspension from the team. Self did not give a specific reason for Bragg’s latest suspension, saying Bragg only that he had violated team rules. Self said the suspension was not connected to the ongoing investigation of a reported rape at the team’s apartment building. Bragg, 21, is a sophomore from Cleveland.

Justices favor KDOT in SLT-related condemnation case By Peter Hancock

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— Retired Air Force Gen. James D. Latham, who, with Sayers, was named a 2017 Kansan of the Year

the Year for their lifetimes of service to their communities and the nation.

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