If you have traffic fines that need paying in Lawrence Municipal Court, you can get credit toward them by donating school supplies for local students over the next few weeks. Municipal Court is currently holding its annual School Supplies for Fines drive, in which people who bring $15 worth of ...
A federal judge has determined that the Lawrence school district must pay approximately $113,000 in attorney fees and costs to a group of student plaintiffs who demonstrated that the district violated the Kansas Open Records Act. The Kansas Open Records Act, commonly known as KORA, is a state ...
The Lawrence school board is expected to approve a new policy in August to comply with a bell-to-bell ban on cellphones in schools that's mandated by state law. On Monday, school board members had their first reading of the district’s new policy for wireless electronic communication ...
It was scorchingly hot on Sunday, but these bikers "ride in anything, rain or shine — for the kids" as Dragonfly put it, and on this day they roared into Lawrence to give a young man what he would later call "the best day of my life." That young man, Shawn Collier, thought his family was ...
Lawrence school board members will consider renewing a contract for the Centegix Wearable Panic Alert System on Monday. The system comes with "CrisisAlert" badges that are worn by selected district staff members that can call for help in a variety of situations, and the Lawrence school ...
The first day of school in Lawrence is right around the corner, and families have several back-to-school preparations to complete before students return to classrooms. The 2026-2027 school year for Lawrence students begins with transition day for kindergarten, sixth and ninth graders on Aug. ...