Two passengers were injured in a single-vehicle wreck in eastern Lawrence on Tuesday. Lt. David Ernst of the Lawrence Police Department said officers responded to a report of a wreck near the intersection of Haskell Avenue and East 21st Street around 5:45 p.m. A preliminary investigation found that a vehicle traveling southbound on Haskell Avenue veered off the east side of the road and struck a bus shelter. ...
A former Haskell Indian Nations University housing supervisor has been ordered to spend more than 10 years in prison after he was convicted of sex crimes against two children that spanned a decade. Douglas County District Court Judge Amy Hanley sentenced Thomas A. Spotted Horse, 64, to 122 months in prison on Tuesday for his conviction of two counts of aggravated indecent liberties with a child, which is a ...
Despite seeing a slight increase in its in-person enrollment this fall, the Lawrence school district expects to lose millions in funding next year. Normally, an enrollment increase would have provided a funding increase as well. However, the district in recent years has used a provision outlined in the state’s K-12 funding formula to soften the blow of previous enrollment decreases by stretching out when the ...
Some of the stories are funny. Others are sad. But the experiences local residents are sharing with the Lawrence Public Library about their lives during the coronavirus pandemic all have value and should be remembered, said children’s librarian Jenny Cook. The library is currently collecting stories from the Lawrence community about their experience during the pandemic and life in quarantine. The stories ...
The Lawrence school board will soon hear how the district’s recent enrollment changes will affect its budget, which may include an increase in state funding. Kathy Johnson, the district’s finance director, is scheduled to provide an enrollment and budget report to the board during its meeting on Monday. According to a report included in the board’s meeting agenda, the district’s 2021-22 enrollment ...
A Lawrence High School senior will soon get the chance to sing in one of the most famous performance venues in the world. Ashton Rapp was recently selected to participate in the 2022 High School Honors Performance Series at Carnegie Hall in New York City. He is scheduled to sing bass with the program’s concert choir in February, according to a news release from WorldStrides, the educational travel company ...