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Janet Reid

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Pet business about more than money for northeast Kansas woman

It's an inspiring story of determination. Reporter Janet Reid introduces us to a northeast kansas woman who's not letting her severe disability stop her from accomplishing her goals.

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Lehigh graduate in Lawrence has ‘fingers crossed’ for tonight

An unfamiliar fight song echoes from Mel and Phyllis Klein’s northwest Lawrence home.

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48-year-old Lawrence man enters plea in three indecent liberties cases

A 48-year-old Lawrence man entered a plea Friday to multiple charges of sexually abusing teenage girls.

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Matthew Jaeger sentenced to about 9 years in prison

Matthew Jaeger, the former Kansas University student who was convicted of brutally assaulting his ex-girlfriend, was sentenced to 59 months, 41 months and 6 months in prison for three crimes that he was convicted of in August of 2009.

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Judge gives convicted rapist maximum prison sentence despite plea agreement

A Douglas County District Court judge ignored the recommendations of a plea agreement and instead handed down the maximum sentence Friday to a man convicted of raping a Kansas University graduate student outside of a Lawrence bar last August.

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Judge denies 6 of 7 motions by Matthew Jaeger for new trial, will issue final ruling later

A Douglas County judge refused to grant a new trial for a former Kansas University student convicted in a brutal attack on his ex-girlfriend in 2007.

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Trial ordered in post-brawl confrontation

On Tuesday a Douglas County District Court judge ordered a man to stand trial on charges of threatening to shoot two women outside Jayhawker Towers.

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Area man goes to Philippines to aid typhoon victims

A Kansas man is packing two small backpacks and preparing for a 36-hour journey across the globe to Manila, Philippines, to help after a series of typhoons pummeled the country, causing the worst flooding in four decades.

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One person killed, another injured in rollover accident on Kansas Turnpike

One person was killed and another was injured after a rollover accident on the Kansas Turnpike at mile marker 211, two miles east of the Lawrence Service Area.

Suspect in rape of KU student in her dorm takes stand in his own defense

A Pratt man charged with raping a Kansas University student inside a women's dorm, took the stand Wednesday in his own defense.

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