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BEAUTIFULLY LANDSCAPED HOME IN HOLIDAY HILLS patio in back. Home features 3 bedrooms, 3 bathrooms with private and partial finished basement. Two living areas with large brick fireplace in family room. Beautiful wood floors throughout (even under carpeting.) Jetted tub. All new windows, fresh paint, new roof, and new furnace! MLS #134388
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This newly built home is the total package and outstanding value! 3 car an with 2 bedrooms up, 2 in garage, 4 bedroom walkout ranch finished basement with area. Includes natural hardwo 2nd family efficiencies, beautiful trims, ods, porcelain tile, energy sod and sprinkler system MLS # 133486 .
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WONDERFUL HOME LOCATE D IN THE RESERVE AT ALVAM AR. Open floor plan with tall ceilings and hardwood throughout the main floor. Updated kitchen with adjacent hearth room for entertaining/family togetherness. Walk to Langston Hughes, Corpus Cristi and local park. Main level master and upstairs features a nice loft/offic e area. A must see! MLS#13 2527
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Detective: Confession came week after crime By Caitlin Doornbos Twitter: @CaitlinDoornbos
A detective recounted a Lawrence man’s confession to shooting a man on U.S. Highway 59 south of Lawrence during the preliminary hearing for the pair charged with attempted first-degree murder in the case. Douglas County Sheriff’s Parker Office Detective Jay Armbrister was the final witness to testify Thursday morning at the preliminary hearing for Brittany Smith, 22, and Edward Joseph “E.J.� Parker, 25. Armbrister said that on June 2, barely a week Please see CRIME, page 2A Smith
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Outdoor films coming back Fall-like weather delivers big sales, organizer says to downtown “ Nick Krug/Journal-World Photos
A SELECTION OF COLORFUL SCENES AND PEOPLE from Thursday’s 55th Annual Downtown Lawrence Sidewalk Sale. Pictured within the collage are Buckle employee Megan Thomas, at left, and The Toy Store toyologist Tyler Waugh.
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Sally Zogry, director of Downtown Lawrence Inc., said the low temperatures were unheard of for the sidewalk sale, which occurs annually on the third Thursday in July. Last year it was 97 degrees. The — Addie Fahrlander, Arizona Trading Co. buyer year before that: a scorching 105. “It’s going to be a record,� Zogry said of Thursday’s mild weather. and light jackets in the unseasonably “There hasn’t been a year that I know cool weather, had been lined up since of when the temperatures have been midnight, eager for stores like Urban this nice.� Outfitters, 1013 Massachusetts St., to Please see SALES, page 2A begin their biggest sales of the year.
We (officially) opened at 7, and my boss had to open the s the sun rose Thursday doors at 6:45 because there morning, most businesses were people waiting outside.� Twitter: @CaitlinDoornbos
participating in the Downtown Lawrence Sidewalk Sale had opened their doors to hundreds of eager shoppers looking for good deals. Some opened even earlier. That was all business as usual. But one thing was different as the event kicked off its 55th year: the fall apparel. Many shoppers, clad in sweaters
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f you are like a certain someone in my household, you may still be downtown on July 26 packing up all your purchases from yesterday’s Downtown Lawrence Sidewalk Sale. Well, good news. You’ll be able to take a break from coordinating all those U-Haul trucks and cargo planes and spend a little time watching an outdoor movie downtown. Yes, the tradition of an outdoor, summer
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