A Lawrence man was arrested Friday on suspicion of an armed robbery Thursday at a Lawrence payday loan store. Joeseph Michael Splechter, 26, turned himself in to police at 11:30 a.m. Friday at the urging of his family after seeing his image on Lawrence Police Department social media accounts, LPD spokesman Patrick Compton said. Splechter has been booked into the Douglas County Jail, according to the jail’s ...
Many Lawrence students were likely among the thousands of fans attending the Chiefs parade. The Lawrence school district counted a total of 2,213 excused absences on Wednesday, Julie Boyle, a spokeswoman for the district told the Journal-World. Of those students, 941 of them were Free State and Lawrence high school students. Comparatively, about 230 high school students, or a quarter of that amount, missed ...
Broken Arrow Elementary School will have a new leader next school year. The Lawrence school district announced in a news release this week that Brian McCaffrey, current principal of the school, plans to retire effective June 30, pending Lawrence school board approval. The district said it would immediately begin searching for the next principal for the school, which serves 282 students in grades ...
Police are searching for a man who is suspected of the armed robbery of a Lawrence payday loan business Thursday afternoon. Officers responded to a report of an armed robbery at Check Into Cash, 2108 W. 27th St., at about 1:40 p.m. Thursday, according to Patrick Compton, a spokesman for the Lawrence Police Department. A man allegedly indicated that he was armed with a weapon and demanded money. He then left ...
The Douglas County Commission took its final action on the 2019 budget during its meeting on Wednesday by approving $2.7 million of year-end transfers. The commission began the year-end budgeting process in December when it approved an amended 2019 budget, which allowed the county to account for excess revenue it received throughout that year. County Administrator Sarah Plinsky told the commissioners Wednesday ...
The Douglas County Commission will consider authorizing about $2.7 million worth of year-end budget transfers during its meeting on Wednesday. The proposed transfers are the final step of the year-end budgeting process for the county’s 2019 budget. The commission began the process in December when it approved an amended 2019 budget, which allowed the county to account for excess revenue it received throughout ...