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The WOOL Gatherer Transit hub plan back to square one ———
City leaders approve contracts to purchase train depot By Peter Hancock Twitter: @LJWpqhancock
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City commissioners on Monday rejected a proposal to develop a central transfer hub for the city’s bus system at 21st and Stewart Avenue, just east of Iowa Street, but offered no clear alternative about where, if anywhere, a transit hub should be built. Transit administrator Robert Nugent had proposed the 21st and Stewart site, saying other sites that had been considered would either be more expensive or were inconsistent with Kansas University’s master development plan.
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olly Swearingen, 17, of Eudora, cleans up a sheep after shearing it June 2 on her family’s farm. It’s one of several sheep that she raises and is currently preparing to show at the Douglas County Fair. Swearingen is a longtime member of the Eudora 4-H Club, and shows sheep at livestock competitions throughout the country. At right: On July 13, Holly Swearingen rubs the head of the sheep she will be entering in an upcoming Douglas County Fair 4-H livestock competition. Below: Cleo, a Great Pyrenees, keeps guard on Swearingen’s sheep.
MORE ONLINE • See more photos of Holly Swearingen preparing sheep for the Douglas County Fair at ljworld.com/ woolgatherer. • Watch Swearingen shear a sheep she will be entering in an upcoming Douglas County Fair 4-H competition at ljworld.com/sheepshear. • Swearingen takes us on a video tour of her vast number of livestock awards at ljworld.com/sheepshow.
See the complete Douglas County Fair schedule at ljworld.com/fair15
KU’s Innocence Project claims win in appeal By Sara Shepherd Twitter: @saramarieshep
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As Abby West researched similar cases to prepare for the federal appeal of a woman convicted in a high-profile Topeka murder case, she encountered a recurring theme. “I read a lot of cases where
people didn’t win,” said West, a May Kansas University law school graduate. But for defendant Kimberly Sharp, West’s efforts resulted in a different outcome — and a big success for the KU law school’s Project for Innocence and Post-Conviction Remedies. The Project for Innocence
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filed the appeal on Sharp’s behalf and presented oral arguments in the case in March before the 10th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals in Denver. On July 15, the court ruled that Sharp was unconstitutionally convicted in the
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City betting on hotels, liquor sales in 2016 budget
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ack out in a Lawrence hotel room, have an extra cocktail every now and then and tell yourself that you’re doing Lawrence City Hall budget-makers a favor in the process. City commissioners are close to passing a 2016 budget that makes a bet that hotel stays and liquor consumption both will increase in Lawrence in future years. Commissioners at their meeting on Tuesday took a key procedural step in approving the 2016 budget. They published the proposed budget and set
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But many residents of the surrounding neighborhood objected to the plan, which called for installing a new traffic signal at 21st and Iowa and redesigning the intersection at Stewart. It also did not include provision for public restrooms. Ray Souza, who lives on 21st Terrace, argued that there were no commercial amenities around the site. “There’s no ‘there’ there,” he said. Souza and others urged the city to consider a site near Centennial Park at Ninth and Iowa, an alternative that Commissioner Stuart Boley agreed with.
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a public hearing of Aug. 4, at which point they’re scheduled to approve the budget and the tax rate for the coming year. Please see BUDGET, page 5A
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Over a hundred people gathered to share their opinions at a public hearing for Westar’s proposed rate increase in Topeka on Tuesday. Page 3A
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