No-knock warrants and a controversial style of chokehold no longer will be allowed for use by Lawrence police officers, the city’s police chief announced Saturday.
Lawrence Police Chief Rich Lockhart — who took over the department in January — said he has banned both activities as part of his initial review of the department. Lockhart said he had heard from several community members who wanted the ...
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As Lawrence Public Schools work to identify and implement about $6.5 million in budget cuts, the district’s superintendent is a finalist to become the leader of the Montgomery, Alabama, school district.
Superintendent Anthony Lewis is one of five finalists to become the superintendent of Montgomery Public Schools, according to a report from WSFA television in Montgomery. ...
From a South American fruit to a front-seat cup of coffee, I’ve got news for you about a couple of pending additions to Lawrence’s food and drink scene.
First, let’s do fruit. Fruitful Acai Bowls is in the process of opening in west Lawrence. A vacant space in the shopping center that previously housed Hy-Vee at Sixth and Monterey Way is being converted into a shop that sells all sorts of acai bowls and ...
Rising gasoline prices are causing all types of problems for businesses, but Lawrence’s lone Applebee's restaurant faced a new one this week.
The restaurant on south Iowa Street was closed for large parts of Tuesday because of high gasoline prices, but perhaps not for the reasons you would think. Multiple employees of the chain quit after seeing an email from a regional manager urging the restaurant to ...
The University of Kansas has moved up five spots in a key ranking of top public research universities in the country, KU announced Tuesday.
But the latest rankings from the Higher Education and Research Development Survey also show that KU’s research dollars continue to be near the bottom of the pack of all public universities in the prestigious Association of American Universities — a group that KU is ...
More kids in classrooms. Fewer teachers in schools.
Both appeared to be likelihoods in the Lawrence school district next year after school board members spent a couple of hours Tuesday sifting through nearly $6.5 million of proposed budget cuts.
The Lawrence school board did not make any final decisions at a special work session on Tuesday evening, but a majority of board members expressed support for budget ...
