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Man faces felony charge in dog shooting case Charles Branson said his office filed a summons for 65-year-old David Herren to appear in court regarding the charge, felony cruelty to animals. The criminal statute describes the crime as one committed “knowingly and maliciously” and “with specific intent to do
By Conrad Swanson cswanson@ljworld.com
A Douglas County man accused of killing a dog with a pellet gun in September now faces a single felony charge, the district attorney’s office said. On Friday, Douglas County District Attorney
a harmful act without a reasonable justification or excuse,” the release said. Herren has not been arrested regarding the charge. On Sept. 28, Jessica Graff said she found her family’s Brittany Spaniel, Arlo, dead right outside their home in the
1700 block of East 1318 Road. The home is just north of Lawrence and technically in Douglas County. Graff said she briefly left Arlo alone outside with her 3-year-old daughter around 10 a.m.
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City to decide on plan for HERE parking By Rochelle Valverde rvalverde@ljworld.com
At their meeting Tuesday, Lawrence city commissioners will decide whether a plan to resolve the HERE apartment complex’s parking shortage will become reality. The plan calls for demolishing two houses to expand an existing parking lot, and City Commissioner Matthew Herbert admitted
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ABOVE: COUNTRY MUSICIAN BRAD PAISLEY, projected on a large screen video board at left, writes a message on an audience member’s phone during a free outdoor concert on the University of Kansas campus Friday. The Lawrence show is one of several stops on Paisley’s national tour of college campuses. LEFT: University of Kansas students and fans of Paisley watch from the front yards of houses along Mississippi Street and listen to the free outdoor concert taking place in the Memorial Stadium parking lot on campus.
Teachers share concerns of talking about ugly election season with kids By Joanna Hlavacek jhlavacek@ljworld.com
When it comes to politics, there are few topics that Chris Orlando, an eighth-grade social studies teacher at Lawrence’s Southwest Middle School, won’t broach with his students. As an educator, he encourages his students to stay informed and believes in frank discussion of the issues affecting today’s young people.
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VISITORS PASS BY NEW WINDOWS inside the Spencer Museum of Art as part of a tour for KU staff Oct. 5.
KU’s Spencer Museum of Art reopens today By Sara Shepherd sshepherd@ljworld.com
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een missing the Spencer Museum of Art? Miss no longer. After being closed a year
and a half for an $8 million renovation, the museum reopens to the public today. The museum is lighter, sleeker and more open.
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