Lawrence Journal-World 06-20-2015

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4 charged in kidnapping, beating Police: 22-year-old held and attacked over multiple days By Caitlin Doornbos Twitter: @CaitlinDoornbos

Two men and two women were arrested late Wednesday night in connection with the alleged kidnapping and beating of a woman in southeast Lawrence, Lawrence police spokesman Sgt. Trent McKinley said Friday. Tabatha Jalayne Mallory, 25, of Lawrence, along with Christopher Cody Fast, 26, of Topeka, and Chelsea Rayne Adams, 23, of Edwardsville, were charged Friday afternoon with aggravated kidnapping and aggravated battery. Anthony Wayne Thomas, 29, of Lawrence, was charged with aggravated assault in connection with the alleged kidnapping. Charging documents allege that Adams, Fast and Mallory confined a person “by force, threat or deception with the intent to hold (the alleged victim) to inflict bodily injury or to terrorize (the alleged victim) or another.” They also claim that the three injured the alleged victim in “a manner whereby great bodily harm, disfigurement or death could be inflicted.” Charging documents also allege that Thomas used a Douglas County Sheriff’s Office/Contributed Photos deadly weapon — a coffee table — to place the alleged CLOCKWISE FROM TOP LEFT: Christopher Cody Fast, 26, of Topeka; Tabatha Jalayne Mallory, 25, of Lawrence; Anthony Wayne Thomas, 29, of Lawrence; and Chelsea Rayne Adams, 23, victim in “reasonable of Edwardsville, have been charged in connection with the kidnapping and beating of a 22-yearPlease see BEATING, page 6A old Washburn Rural High School graduate, Lawrence police said Friday.

ANALYSIS

Heat advisory set today

‘Ratchet’ provision could be budget poison pill

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that Kansas will continue to By Peter Hancock face tight budgets and revTwitter: @LJWpqhancock enue shortfalls far into the After a record-breaking future, long after Brownmarathon session this year, back leaves the governor’s Kansas lawmakers passed a office in 2019. budget package that It’s known in legprovides essentially islative jargon as the flat funding for K-12 “ratchet” provision and higher educabecause it’s a fortion and no provimula that uses fusion for state emture revenue growth ployee pay raises for above a certain limit the next two years. LEGISLATURE to ratchet down state That was largely income tax rates. It the result of a huge revenue also has been characterized shortfall, which some peo- as the “march to zero” beple blame on the massive cause, if it works as intendincome tax cuts that Re- ed, it eventually will phase publican Gov. Sam Brown- out all state income taxes. back championed in 2012, Please see BUDGET, page 2A but which Brownback and his supporters attribute to a sluggish national economy. However, included in l Kansas lawmakers have the budget and tax package accidentally passed two signed this year is a provi- versions of a new law sion that, according to some aimed at holding down officials, virtually assures local property taxes. 3A

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Leaders may bounce rec center court rule Promise to keep one basketball court open a hitch for tournaments By Chad Lawhorn Twitter: @clawhorn_ljw

A high profile basketball tournament is set to bring teams from at least 15 states to Lawrence next month, but it also may open a debate on how often Lawrence residents can use the courts at the city’s Rock Chalk Park recreation center. City commissionIf this issue ers at their meeting Tuesday will causes us to lose consider grant- tournaments, ing an exception I think we might to the policy that prohibits a tourna- be shooting ment from using all ourselves in eight courts at the the foot.” city’s Sports Pavilion Lawrence. During the debate over — City Commissioner whether to build Matthew Herbert the recreation center, a previous City Commission said the center would always keep one court open for local residents to have free-play opportunities during the weekends. But now that policy is becoming more difficult to adhere to as the city competes for larger and larger youth tournaments that bring visitors and sales tax dollars to town.

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Wakarusa might get another roundabout

f you are a roundabout lover, it may soon be twice the fun on one of the city’s major streets. Yep, there’s talk of a new roundabout on Wakarusa Drive. City commissioners at their Tuesday meeting will be asked to file some paperwork to access $600,000 in state funds to build a roundabout at the intersection of Wakarusa and Harvard. The roundabout would be pretty similar to the one built at Wakarusa and Legend/Inverness Drive. It would be a dual-lane roundabout. There was consternation about how Lawrence drivers would adapt to dual-lane roundabouts, but thus far it seems that motorists are figuring it out on Wakarusa Drive. The idea of a roundabout at Harvard and Wakarusa should not come as a surprise. City engineers said

INSIDE

Sunny, hot

High: 94

t might not be hot enough to fry an egg on the sidewalk this afternoon, but it will be close. The National Weather Service in Topeka has issued a heat advisory for Douglas County from 10 a.m. to 10 p.m. The scorching heat is arriving just ahead of the official first day of summer on Sunday. Today’s advisory covers most of northeastern Kansas, which is expected to see temperatures from 95 to 100 degrees. The hot temperatures combined with high humidity will cause heat indices to surpass 100 degrees this afternoon. The hottest time of the day in Lawrence will be between 4 and 6 p.m., said Emily Heller of the National Weather Service in Topeka. The temperature is expected to reach 94 degrees with a heat index of 109 degrees near those times. The summer solstice on Sunday — the longest day of the year and the official first day of summer — isn’t expected to bring any respite from the heat, with a high of 94 degrees and a heat index of 104, Heller predicted.

CITY COMMISSION

Town Talk

Chad Lawhorn clawhorn@ljworld.com

during the debate over the Wakarusa and Legends/ Inverness drive roundabout that they likely would propose one for the Harvard intersection, too. But city officials are having to do a little shifting of money to make this one happen. The city previously had been awarded $400,000 in KDOT money to improve the intersection of

Regents OK raises The top leaders at Kansas’ state universities, including Kansas University’s chancellor, will get 2 percent raises this fall. Page 3A

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