Lawrence school board members on Monday approved services for replacing a boiler at Billy Mills Middle School. As the Journal-World reported, the replacement was needed after one of the school’s two boilers failed. The lowest bid to replace the boiler was from Kruse Service LLC in the ...
Election Day is over, but the process of certifying the votes has just begun in Douglas County — including in one close race for a House district that lies partly within the county’s boundaries. On Monday morning, workers at the Douglas County Elections Office started the process of their ...
Lawrence resident Beth Reiber knows how lucky she has been to combine her two great passions — writing and traveling — into a long and satisfying career. Recently, though, she had the added satisfaction of her work being honored as the best travel blog by the Society of American Travel ...
The Lawrence Public Library expects to open a new location in southwest Lawrence in the summer of 2027. The library's new 6,400-square-foot storefront will be located in the Parkway Plaza Shopping Center, 3514 Clinton Parkway, according to a press release from the library. The space was ...
The Lawrence Police Department has doubled its downtown patrol team in preparation for the holiday season, expanding the team until the end of the year. The LPD has had a two-person dedicated downtown patrol team since 2024. Now, in preparation for the holiday traffic in downtown, there will ...
A Douglas County judge on Monday ordered a 32-year-old Lawrence massage parlor worker to stand trial on one count of rape after a 19-year-old university athlete testified that he sexually assaulted her during a massage last spring. The woman testified that she went to Lawrence Thai Massage, ...
