News and notes from around town: ••• If you really like bars, there’s a pending downtown development that may make your head spin (or pound): Two new apartments in between the very active downtown bars The Bottleneck and Leroy’s. However, there is a catch. The two apartments will ...
As of this year, all of Kansas' community mental health centers are operating under a model that gives them more reimbursement for their services and helps ensure people can receive care regardless of their ability to pay, and leaders spoke more about it at a town hall meeting in Lawrence on ...
The Lawrence school district is launching a food drive for students and their families directly impacted by the loss of federal food assistance. According to a message from Superintendent Jeanice Swift to district families, more than 1,100 students and their families are expected to be ...
This month, the Watkins Museum of History is celebrating its 50th year, but it comes at a time when federal changes threaten its very existence. Changes from the federal government have upended the museum’s operations. Steve Nowak, the museum’s executive director, said the museum has seen ...
Volunteers are needed for the annual LINK Thanksgiving Dinner, which is a free holiday meal for community members. The meal will be served from 1 to 2:30 p.m. on Nov. 27 at the LINK meal site in the lower level of the First Christian Church, 1000 Kentucky St. Meals will also be delivered on ...
A Douglas County judge has entirely sealed the arrest affidavit of a repeat felon who took a plea deal last month and was convicted in a liquor store assault. The plea deal itself was sealed on Oct. 15, and two weeks later Judge Stacey Donovan also agreed, at the request of the parties, to ...
