Friday, May 15 Rewilding the Prairie, Part 4: Returning Black-Footed Ferrets to Kansas, 4:30-6 p.m., Lawrence Public Library Auditorium, 707 Vermont St. Cinema a Go-Go: “The Adventures of Flash Gordon” (1936) and “Flash Gordon” (1980), doors 6:30 p.m., show 7 p.m. Tickets ...
After failing to reach a consensus on one organization to lead a six-month tenant eviction defense pilot, Douglas County commissioners decided to split the program’s allocation between the two proposed partners. County commissioners directed staff at the end of April to solicit proposals for ...
A new Aldi store proposed for northwest Lawrence has hit a setback with city planners – namely, that it’s set back too far from the street. The grocery store project has been proposed for the northeast corner of Sixth Street and George Williams Way, and its developers had wanted the store ...
Closing arguments in Rodney Marshall's double-murder trial that were scheduled to be heard Thursday afternoon are now slated for Friday morning in Douglas County District Court. The schedule change was due to the court and parties needing more time to complete jury instructions. Sixteen ...
A teacher at Community Connections at Pinckney has been named the recipient of the Lawrence Schools Foundation's excellence in teaching award, receiving a $10,000 prize. Mallory Johnson is a secondary therapeutic classroom teacher at Community Connections at Pinckney, and she was presented ...
A Lawrence woman is making national headlines for being detained 30 hours by U.S. custom officers after admitting that she had voted in a Lawrence City Commission and school board election, despite not being a U.S. citizen. An investigation by the nonprofit news site Propublica highlighted ...
