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| Friday, February 4, 2011
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Q:
Out on K-10 East, just by the business park, there used to be an old cemetery you could see from the north side of the road. Does that cemetery have a name and is it for animals or people?
A:
According to Find a Grave, the cemetery is called Franklin Cemetery. The website says the cemetery has 27 recorded graves of people who died between 1855 and 1914.
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Do you think local public schools should extend the school year to make up for recent snow days? Asked at Target, 3201 Iowa
Heidi Pritchard, masters student, Lawrence “I have two kids. They have days set aside in the year for that, so it doesn’t really make sense.”
Jodine Trout, teacher, Lawrence “Heck no, I’m a teacher. I think that should just be a natural disaster; it’s an act of God.”
Logan Mallicoat, pre-med major, Lawrence “No, extending the school year is blasphemy.”
Tom Burgess, electrician, Lawrence “Yup, just to make sure they get the curriculum in.”
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LAW ENFORCEMENT REPORT • Lawrence police are investigating a report of a sexual assault late Wednesday night. Sgt. Matt Sarna, a police spokesman, said a 35-year-old Lawrence woman told officers that an acquaintance sexually assaulted her. Police were called just after midnight to the 2400 block of Alabama Street. Police did not release a description of the suspect Thursday morning. “Officers and detectives are still investigating the incident at this time,” Sarna said. He said that the woman was taken to a hospital to be evaluated as part of the investigation but that she was not injured in the incident. • A 36-year-old Valley Falls man is being treated for frostbite and a dog bite after involving law enforcement officials in a foot chase that lasted more than three hours. According to a media release from Jefferson County Sheriff Jeff Herrig, Valley Falls officers attempted to serve the suspect with a county warrant just before 4 p.m. Thursday. The suspect, who lived in the 200 block of Walnut Street, fled from the area on foot, heading northbound and crossing the Delaware River. Members of the sheriff’s office, Kansas Highway Patrol and Kansas Wildlife and Parks Department all aided in the search. Aircraft and K-9 units were also involved.
Sometime during the pursuit, the suspect lost his shoes, LAWRENCE according to Jefferson County emergency dispatchers. The suspect was eventually apprehended west of Valley Falls about 7:20 p.m. near Kansas Highway 16 and Finney Road. The suspect was taken into custody and transported to Stormont-Vail Regional Healthcare for treatment. • Franklin County Sheriff’s officers Thursday morning said an alleged sexual assault reported Monday night on Interstate 35 was a hoax. Officers said they re-interviewed a 14-year-old Kansas City, Mo., boy who made the initial allegation that he was assaulted by a stranger who picked him up as he was walking to a gasoline station east of Ottawa. The boy had initially told authorities that his family had car trouble and that he was walking to a nearby service station for help. “The alleged victim confessed to making up the report. It is unknown at this time why the boy made up the story,” Undersheriff Steve Lunger said in a statement. Officers Tuesday even released a description the suspect the boy had given them and asked anyone with information in the case to call investigators. Lunger’s statement to the media Thursday morning about the hoax did not say if the boy would face any criminal charges for making the false report.
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