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WEDNESDAY • JULY 2 • 2014
Fireworks: Let’s try the honor system Lawrence twins Los Dahda, left, and Roosevelt Dahda are standing trial on federal drug charges.
Testimony details tangled web in drug trial Richard Gwin/Journal-World Photo
ADAM GOWER STOCKS THE BARTZ BROTHERS FIREWORKS STAND Tuesday at 1461 U.S. Highway 40 just outside the Lawrence city limits. Fireworks are illegal within the city limits, but few citations have been given for violations in recent years.
Police chief urges residents to obey ban By Chad Lawhorn Twitter: @clawhorn_ljw
Lawrence’s police chief says his officers will try to do more enforcement of the city’s longstanding fireworks ban on Friday. But he knows what would help even more than additional police
officers on patrol for firecrackers and Roman candles. “The biggest thing that can be done is for all of us just to take more personal responsibility,” Police Chief Tarik Khatib said Tuesday night. “A lot of the fireworks violations involve juveniles. I would ask parents to set the example. Obey
the law. It is on the books.” Since late 2002, the city has had an ordinance that bans all but Please see FIREWORKS, page 2A l A sewage treatment plant
south of the Wakarusa River is about to become real. Page 3A
By Stephen Montemayor Twitter: @smontemayor
Kansas City, Kan. — Peter Park’s “Spiderman” moniker may play off his name, but as he testified Tuesday as part of a longrunning federal drug trial whose defendants include two Lawrence twins, a web of connections unfurled. In that web were mul- Park tiple Kansas City-area businesses, Lawrence residents, a California connection and, allegedly, the three men left among the 43 co-defendants to stand trial. Park, 43, appeared while in federal Please see TRIAL, page 2A
Troopers cracking down on texting
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the law and giving them citations. The initiative will overlap with the patrol’s Fourth of July initiatives to stop impaired drivers. But the stepped-up enforcement of the texting ban will run through July 10. Kansas law says that drivers may not manually type,
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Topeka (ap) — The Kansas Highway Patrol is launching a 10-day initiative that emphasizes enforcement of a state ban on texting while driving. The patrol said that starting Tuesday troopers would be looking for drivers who are violating
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send or read a written communication on a wireless device. The ban includes text messages, instant messages or email. Federal statistics show that texting while driving creates a crash risk 23 times greater than driving while not distracted.
50-year water plan
Vol.156/No.183 54 pages
Kansas has released its first draft of a 50-year “water vision” plan that aims to ensure a reliable supply for all residents. Page 3A
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