Bremen Keasey

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A community mural at the street level could be coming to the Old West Lawrence neighborhood, thanks to the help of a prominent local artist. The Lawrence Cultural Arts Commission approved a proposal earlier this month to paint a mural near the Lawrence Community Nursery School, 645 Alabama St., right in the intersection of Alabama Street and Seventh Street.

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On their mission to run all the way across Kansas from north to south, Jonathan Prosser and Sean Frost got chased by dogs, jumped over a creek, had to spend the night in a van because there were no hotels nearby. And that was just the first day. The two ultra-marathoners from Topeka, who are running both to challenge themselves and to raise money for charities in their hometown, should soon be reaching the home stretch of their five-day route.

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The Lawrence City Commission approved a rezoning request Tuesday for a vacant piece of land near LMH Health that could allow the development of a 24-unit apartment complex. The commission voted 3-2 to rezone 0.69 acres of land at the southwest corner of West Third and Michigan streets from an R-2 low-density residential district to an R-4 high-density residential district. Commissioners Bart Littlejohn and Lisa Larsen were the no votes.

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Nearly two dozen residents emotionally and publicly beseeched the Lawrence City Commission to not consider a resolution that could potentially harm vulnerable populations in the community. The city had included Resolution No. 7599 on Tuesday’s agenda when the agenda was first publicly posted on Thursday evening.

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Most years, Erick Vaughn says one of the biggest challenges facing his organization, Douglas County CASA, is people not knowing much about it. The group’s mission is to use specially trained volunteers called Court Appointed Special Advocates to advocate for children who have been removed from their homes and placed under court protection. In Douglas County in any given year, there are about 140 children in out-of-home placements, said Vaughn, Douglas County CASA’s executive director.