A six-year-old girl on Sunday was injured in a shooting incident at a rural Douglas County hunting preserve.
George Diepenbrock, a spokesman for the Douglas County Sheriff’s Office, said deputies responded to a report of a hunter injured in a shooting at Eckman Hunting Preserve, 988 East 1800 Road, around 8:30 a.m.
Through investigation, the deputies determined the girl and her father were separated from ...
The Lawrence school district again heard from community members affiliated with its high school gymnastics program, asking for the board members to reject a recent recommendation to discontinue it.
Meanwhile, one board member pleaded for understanding when it comes to the budget decisions the board will need to make in response to a $3.3 million shortfall the district is facing.
During a meeting on Monday, the ...
Updated at 4:33 p.m. Monday
Hundreds of students at Billy Mills Middle School stayed home from school last week after a student reportedly threatened the building. The Lawrence Police Department also increased a police presence at the building as a safety precaution.
Meanwhile, two more threats, later determined to be made up, were reported at other Lawrence middle schools in the district, the district said ...
The Lawrence school board may soon replace high school band uniforms that are more than a decade old.
During its meeting on Monday, the school board will consider purchasing new uniforms for the Lawrence High School marching band for about $116,000. The band has been using the same uniforms since 2009, according to a memo in the board’s agenda.
The purchase is listed in the board’s consent agenda, which ...
Although the Lawrence school district said cutting the high school gymnastics program would save the district $32,000 in its annual budget, it does not have calculations of costs for other high school sports.
That’s important because the district administration specifically noted the cost of the gymnastics program and the district's tight overall budget — which may suffer a multimillion-dollar shortfall ...
Updated at 4 p.m. Wednesday
Lawrence high school students took action on Wednesday to support their fellow classmates who participate in the school district’s gymnastics program after district officials recently recommended discontinuing the program.
Many students at both Lawrence High School and Free State High School held demonstrations during the school day in support of the program, calling on the ...
