Mark Fagan

Mark Fagan is a staff writer for the Lawrence Journal-World

Recent stories

World Company hires V.P. of sales, marketing
August 3, 2011
The new vice president of sales and marketing for The World Company’s media division is ready to grow the marketability of the Lawrence company’s newspapers and websites.
North Lawrence interchange near Kansas Turnpike to reopen Wednesday
October 5, 2010
Six months of waiting finally ends Wednesday morning for drivers who enter and exit the Kansas Turnpike in North Lawrence.
Fields of gold
August 24, 2010
Sunflower time again for Grinter family
Changes being discussed to improve safety on K-32
July 29, 2010
A revamped version of an old intersection three miles south of a new Kansas Turnpike interchange is in line for some potential changes intended to improve safety.
Website strives to promote health through community
May 13, 2010
Imagine a Lawrence with greatly reduced new cases of diabetes. Or high blood pressure. Or high cholesterol.
Interchange scheduled to open Dec. 29
December 24, 2009
The Kansas Turnpike’s new Tonganoxie/Eudora interchange is scheduled to open at noon Tuesday, Dec. 29.
Tonganoxie/Eudora Kansas Turnpike interchange to open on Dec. 29
December 17, 2009
Drivers using the new Exit 212, which connects with a rebuilt Leavenworth County Road 1, will not see any turnpike toll collectors on site. Instead, the interchange will be equipped with automated payment machines, similar to ATMs at banks or self-payment machines at grocery stores.
New turnpike interchange slated to open soon
December 10, 2009
The Kansas Turnpike Authority plans to open its new multimillion-dollar Tonganoxie/Eudora interchange east of Lawrence in a matter of weeks, once its new automated payment machines can reliably count loose change.
County Road 1 could open at end of week
September 30, 2009
Crews are scheduled to start melting strips of thermoplastic into the fresh pavement atop a new Leavenworth County Road 1 beginning today.
County Road 1 expected to open later in September
August 28, 2009
Recent rain is delaying the ahead-of-schedule reopening of a rebuilt Leavenworth County Road 1.

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