Douglas County is on the verge of again having 1,000 active COVID cases, which will lead local health officials to again consider a countywide mask mandate. “The operative word there, though, is ‘consider,’” Lawrence-Douglas County Public Health Director Dan Partridge told the Journal-World. “We haven’t yet had the meeting.” Partridge said it is not a foregone conclusion that public health ...
In Richard Renner’s eyes, there was no better playground for a young boy than a junkyard. His grandfather owned one, and the instructions Renner received on his many visits were simple: “He gave me a hammer and a wrench and said ‘I don’t want to see you until 4 p.m.’” Renner said wandering a junkyard — complete with the mud and the occasional blood of scraped knuckles — taught him a lot about ...
The pandemic halted the yearly vacations to central Mexico for Lawrence’s Andrade family, and created a new type of craving for the authentic street food they ate while visiting family south of the border. Just what those cravings produced, though, surprised even them: A new Lawrence taqueria. “During the pandemic, opening a restaurant was an idea we would joke about because we wanted street food from ...
If I had to work on Volkswagens all day, I’d need a scuba tank too. My brain would need all the oxygen it could get to understand the intricacies of German engineering. Dave Bach indeed has been working on German automobiles and messing around with scuba gear for years as owner of both Das Autohaus and The Scuba Shack in East Lawrence. But that combo is no more. Bach in recent weeks has closed the longtime ...
Most employees of LMH Health are set to get a $500 bonus next month and a 3% wage increase for 2022. Members of the LMH Board of Trustees were told that a $500 bonus would be given to full-time, non-executive staff members of LMH Health, while part-time employees would receive a $250 bonus. LMH leaders also confirmed after the meeting that it will move ahead with a 3% across-the-board wage increase for ...
The ACT standardized test took a beating during the pandemic as tests were delayed and students put off taking it as many high schools went to a hybrid or remote learning mode. On Wednesday, members of the Kansas Board of Regents took action to ensure that the ACT and its counterpart the SAT won’t be making a full comeback at the University of Kansas. The board unanimously approved new admission standards ...