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A police helicopter, search dogs and troopers with shotguns were used in Lawrence yesterday in the search for suspects involved in the shooting of a 16-year-old boy. Although the victim says he doesn’t know why he was shot police say the incident…

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Victims fight back

One surveillance video and two cases of victims fighting off perpetrators this week. The one that really grabbed the headlines this week was the man who fought back during an attempted robbery at Walmart in Methuen. Grabbing a can of Campbell’s Chunky …

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I mentioned in 2 Minutes the other day that longtime Lawrence business Priscilla Candies would be closing unless a new owner steps up to buy from retiring owners Harriet and Norman Cooper. Bill Kirk has the full story in today’s Eagle-Tribune and…

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Priscilla Candies to close

In many ways, it represents what you might call “Old Lawrence.” But Priscilla Candies, which started in Lawrence in the 1920s may shut its doors for good this April as the current owners prepare for retirement. Also today, lots of chatter o…

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Live chat on Egypt today at 3:30 p.m.

Sen. Jeanne Shaheen and Lawrence resident Amir Ghali, a native of Egypt, will join staff writer J.J. Huggins for a live chat at 3:30 p.m. today on the unrest in Egypt and what it means for the U.S. Understanding Egypt

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Live Storm Blog

Oh, yes. It seems to be a weekly event at this point — more snow, more live blogging. Storm Blog

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Digging out and digging deep

It’s only the end of January, but as I drove around yesterday with staff writer Bill Kirk to see how area residents faired following yesterday’s snow it looked like months of snow piled high along city streets. It kind of makes you wonder e…

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And the snow just keeps on coming

Slow, snowy commute in for me this morning, but the road should be clear by mid-morning. The bigger issue is what to do with all this snow — and it’s still January.

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Bylli Crayone taps into ’80s icons

Lawrence dance music artist Bylli Crayone grew up to the sounds of the ’80s. In his latest album “Presto: Element of Surprise” he works with several other artists including ’80s icon Boy George. Bylli sat down in our studio last…

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Where do we put all that snow?

Took a drive down Route 114 this morning to check out how plow drivers were doing finding places to put all this snow. And there’s more coming next week … after the big chill.

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