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TOPEKA — A bundle of federal lawsuits in Kansas have been filed on behalf of a 14-year-old Olathe resident alleging owners of online businesses violated a state law mandating steps be taken to prevent minors from accessing pornography lacking scientific, artistic, or political value. The law center of the National Center on Sexual Exploitation, a conservative anti-pornography organization in Washington, D.C., collaborated with a Hutchinson law firm to file suit on behalf of minor Q.R.

Mayor Kruse called the meeting to order at 7:00 p.m. Councilmembers: David Jackson, Jerry Sorenson, Vernon Cathey, Scott Bickel, Deborah Murphy Guests: Tracy Dahl, Paul & Dee Harris, Kimmy Phillips, Connie Dahl, Sharon Swisher, Deb Hall, Brennan Fitzgerald, Devin Heier, Noah Pfannenstiel, Alex Weller, Gary Olson, Bryant Olson, Officer Trembly, Officer Heinrich Minutes from the March 10th meeting were mailed out for council review.

May 9

American Legion events for Memorial Day American Legion Post 140 will be involved in the following Memorial Day activities, and welcomes help from people who are not Legion members. Friday, 5 p.m.: American flags and markers will be placed on more than 400 veteran graves at Elmwood Cemetery.

Lindsborg police joined other law enforcement agencies May 13 in the chase of a driver suspected of homicide and bank robbery in Topeka the day before, and who died of an apparently self-inflicted gunshot wound after his vehicle went in the ditch east of the old Stucky's on Kansas Highway 4. Anthony Marshall Jr., 47, was wanted in the May 12 gunshot killing of Kathleen Hayes, 40, and a robbery committed shortly later at Equity Bank, Topeka police told the Topeka Capital-Journal.