Richard Gwin

Richard Gwin has been a photographer with the Lawrence Journal-World for more than 20 years. He lives in rural Leavenworth County.

Recent photos

Linwood city officials recently met with the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers to discuss whether the city could find the money to contribute to a project that would fix erosion problems along Stranger Creek. The creek meanders through Linwood on its way to the Kansas River — and several buildings, including this home owned by Danny Saultz, 19302 Golden Rd., sit precariously close to the creek.

Paramedics and firefighters worked for hours to free motorists trapped in their cars after sudden winter weather caused vehicles to pile on top of each other Sunday on Interstate 70 near Bonner Springs.

Ally Li, left, and Nancy Gao, right, help set up a fireworks tent Tuesday morning in Lawrence. The two women are employed at a warehouse in China that is owned by Eudora-based Garrett's Fireworks and are visiting the United States to see the other side of the business.

Douglas County Sheriff deputies, along with Eudora and Lawrence Fire and Medical personnel, work at the scene of a one-car rollover accident south of Eudora around 11:30 a.m. A 16-year-old Leavenworth girl going south on E. 2200 Road left the road to the right and went into a rollover. The patient was talking and alert and transferred to Kansas University Hospital by helicopter.

Gov. Kathleen Sebelius has signed a budget-reduction bill into law but applied her authority to line-item veto several items, including a cut to public schools that would have reduced spending by $66 per pupil.

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