The Douglas County Criminal Justice Coordinating Council has put together a work group to research alternatives for a previously proposed “step-down” unit expansion for the Douglas County Jail.
But when the work is done, the CJCC will not provide an official recommendation to the Douglas County Commission.
During the CJCC’s meeting on Tuesday, Criminal Justice Coordinator Mike Brouwer passed on some ...
A new majority has officially taken over the Lawrence school board.
During the board’s meeting on Monday, Carole Cadue-Blackwood, Erica Hill and Paula Smith were sworn into their positions by Douglas County Clerk Jamie Shew. Along with board President Melissa Johnson, the three new members create a majority on the board consisting of people of color.
Superintendent Anthony Lewis previously told the ...
The Lawrence school district has selected a new principal for Pinckney Elementary School.
Miah Lugrand, who is currently the assistant principal for Wheatley Elementary School in the Kansas City, Mo., school district, will take over the position on July 1, Superintendent Anthony Lewis announced in a Monday news release.
The Lawrence school board approved the hire as part of its personnel report during its ...
Ever since she became the Kansas Riverkeeper in 2015, Dawn Buehler has been looking for evidence of otters on the Kansas River.
But while traveling the river, kayaking about 700 miles a year, Buehler said she struggled to find anything related to the animal.
Recounting her efforts, Buehler, who is also the executive director of the Friends of the Kaw organization, recently told the Journal-World that she would ...
Three new faces will soon officially take their positions on the Lawrence school board.
Douglas County Clerk Jamie Shew will swear in recently elected members Erica Hill, Carole Cadue-Blackwood and Paula Smith during the board’s first meeting of 2020 on Monday.
The new board members will replace Jessica Beeson, Jill Fincher and Rick Ingram. Board member Shannon Kimball, who was also elected in the fall, will ...
During a surprise phone call earlier this week, a Lawrence middle school teacher learned that he is considered one of the best new educators in the state.
Chad Aberle, a second-year science teacher at West Middle School, was surprised with the 2020 Kansas Horizon Award on Tuesday when he received a call from Randy Watson, the Kansas education commissioner.
In a video of the phone call that the Lawrence school ...
