Lawrence school district leaders identified staffing shortages, absenteeism and early childhood gaps as major barriers to student success in a needs assessment that will help shape the district's future priorities. On Monday, school board members received a summary report on feedback from ...
Joshua Mayo thought that telling on fellow inmates for possessing contraband in the jail might be a substantial and compelling reason to get a lighter sentence for himself — probation instead of prison — but a Douglas County judge on Monday disagreed and ordered Mayo to 15 months in ...
Hours after two Lawrence men were fatally shot, Rodney Marshall, surrounded by dozens of cops on Kansas Highway 10, confessed to the murders and claimed he had a very "good reason" for the killings. "What a load off," he appears to say on video as he is taken into state custody, where he would ...
The Lawrence Public Library and The Raven Book Store are hosting two free events Tuesday to celebrate experimental theater and make it more accessible to the public. “Experimental Theatre Tuesday” will include a presentation on the history of the genre by theater historian Blake Bolan at ...
The powers that be at Lawrence City Hall aren’t expecting much from Lawrence shoppers in 2026. At least, that’s how the city’s budget reads. The 2026 budget expects to collect $57.2 million in sales taxes this year. In 2025, the city collected about $56.3 million, according to figures ...
Erin Spiridigliozzi and her husband have been regulars at Lawrence’s Los Guapos restaurant since it opened two years ago. Spiridigliozzi said the owners, Lourdes “Lulu” Esmeralda Perez Rojo and Victor Roman, “opened their arms and greeted us like family” from their first few visits, ...
