Story updated at 5:40 p.m. Tuesday:
The Lawrence school district received a 27% discount through a settlement agreement with its natural gas provider over a dispute for its energy bill during a major freeze in Kansas last winter.
But that pales in comparison to the discount other Kansas school districts received through their settlement agreements over the same issue with a different energy company. As the ...
A student at Billy Mills Middle School allegedly made a threat against the school on Tuesday, but school leaders said students were not immediately at risk.
In a message to families, Billy Mills Principal Andrew Taylor and Assistant Principal Kady Carson said students reported to school staff that another student had made the threatening comment. After staff was informed, the school worked with a school ...
A Lawrence man known for leading anti-mask protests in town has been charged with three felonies in Douglas County District Court.
Justin P. Spiehs, 40, was recently formally charged with two counts of aggravated assault, a level-seven felony, and one count of interference with law enforcement, a level-nine felony, according to a charging document provided to the Journal-World.
The aggravated assault charges ...
Updated at 5:24 p.m. Monday
Citing various issues, including a tight budget, the Lawrence school district’s administration is recommending the discontinuation of its high school gymnastics program.
Some people who are involved with the program said they felt blindsided by the recommendation, especially because the program has been successful in recent years and offers an athletic opportunity to the ...
Two individuals involved in a deadly shooting in Lawrence last month were formally charged in Douglas County District Court on Monday.
Mehki McDaniel, 20, of Topeka, was charged with one count of second-degree murder and six counts of theft in the shooting death of Topeka 18-year-old Peyton Whitaker. The second degree murder charge is a level-two felony and comes with a standard sentence of a little under 10 ...
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. ...
