Lawrence school board members will consider funding to support an interior remodel at Woodlawn Elementary School. On Monday, school board members will consider accepting a bid with B.A. Green Construction Co. Inc. to perform remodeling work at Woodlawn – including constructing a restroom ...
The City of Lawrence knew it would have to alter its budget process after last year. The budget that City Commissioners eventually passed for 2025 was considered “unsustainable” by city staff and commissioners, and the city began working to craft its budget in January, as the Journal-World ...
PORTLAND, Ore. — An Oregon judge on Wednesday sentenced former NBA player Ben McLemore to over eight years in prison, a week after a jury found him guilty of raping a woman at a 2021 party at the home of a then-teammate. The ex-Portland Trail Blazer was sentenced to 100 months in prison by ...
A Lawrence social service provider received $162,000 in state tax credits that it will use to help fundraise for a day care home for adults with developmental disabilities. The Kansas Department of Commerce announced in a press release Wednesday it awarded $4.1 million through its Community ...
County commissioners convened for a final meeting on Friday ahead of next week’s budget deliberations. The discussions began with budget lines included in the 2026 proposed budget for market adjustments to align salaries more closely with competing agencies and pay increases for the ...
On a parcel of pasture not far from where the Santa Fe Trail once stretched, Baldwin City leaders are embarking on a big adventure. Area developers in this town of about 5,000 people in southern Douglas County have presented, and the city council has approved, a plan to convert this rolling ...
