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Lions defeat Firebirds 14-12
THE ROAR OF THE CROWD
State panel picks firm to study budget, efficiencies By Peter Hancock Twitter: @LJWpqhancock
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ABOVE: PLENTY OF EYES LIGHT UP IN THE LAWRENCE HIGH SCHOOL STUDENT SECTION AS THE LIONS CLOSE IN ON A TOUCHDOWN during the second half of Friday’s game at Free State High School. The Lions won the game 14-12, which brought their win-loss ratio for the season to 3-0. RIGHT: Free State High School students throw streamers and confetti into the air at kickoff. For game coverage, see Sports, Page 1C.
Topeka — A Kansas legislative panel selected the New York-based consulting firm Alvarez & Marsal for a contract worth up to $3 million to perform an efficiency study of Kansas state government and make recommendations to LEGISLATURE the 2016 Legislature. That firm, which has offices in several cities in the U.S., South America and Europe, will focus primarily on state spending on education, health care and transportation, the three largest segments of the state budget, lawmakers said. Rep. Ron Ryckman Jr., R-Overland Park, who chairs the Legislative Budget Committee, said Alvarez & Marsal were chosen based on “their breadth of knowledge in the Medicaid field, education, as Please see STUDY, page 2A
HR director: Heskett visited to establish alibi, seemed ‘jovial’ By Caitlin Doornbos Twitter: @CaitlinDoornbos
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General Dynamics set to add 400 call center jobs Town Talk
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’m getting word that one of Lawrence’s larger employers is seeking to add about 400 new employees in the next several weeks. General Dynamics is looking to add about 400 employees to its call center operations in the East Hills Business Park, according to a source with good knowledge of General Dynamics’
operations. The company — which runs a customer service center that answers the telephones for several large government programs — wants to fill the positions within the next three weeks. I’m told the jobs will pay about $12.95 an hour and will include benefits. About 230 of the positions will be part time,
while the remainder will be full-time positions. I believe the majority of the positions are customer service representatives, but the company has other positions open as well. Its website shows analysts, software engineers, human resource positions and several others. Please see JOBS, page 2A
The human relations director for Trinity In-Home Care, the former employer of Ronald Eugene Heskett, testified Friday that Heskett seemed “jovial” when he stopped by the office shortly after Heskett is alleged to have killed a Trinity client in his care. Scott Criqui said Heskett had been his “regular, upbeat” self the morning Heskett of Sept. 12, 2014, when he visited Trinity. Criqui said Heskett told him he was “needing to do laundry” for Vance “Van” Moulton, 65, of Lawrence, and was out looking for quarters and a laudromat when he stopped by his workplace around 10 a.m. Please see HESKETT, page 2A
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