When a newly elected Lawrence school board convenes for the first time in January, it will have several new faces representing the community.
Most of those new faces will also represent portions of the community that have not always been given the opportunity to serve. It will be what is thought to be the first school board in Lawrence with a majority of members who are people of color.
“I’m just over the ...
Lawrence residents woke up Thursday to wintry temperatures that are likely to stick around, possibly bringing record lows to the area.
Sarah Teefey, a meteorologist for the National Weather Service office in Topeka, said Lawrence was part of the area in Kansas that experienced an Arctic cold front Wednesday. The temperatures quickly dropped overnight, with Lawrence seeing a low of 25 degrees on Thursday ...
Although the Douglas County Commission approved a $1.03 million project to upgrade security at the county jail during its meeting on Wednesday, one commissioner was concerned about the cost of the project.
Commissioner Patrick Kelly asked why the project's proposed contract with B.A. Green Construction came in higher than the county’s original estimation. B.A. Green Construction, which submitted the lower of ...
The Douglas County Commission on Wednesday will consider approving a construction project worth a little more than $1 million for security upgrades at the county jail.
Douglas County Sheriff Ken McGovern asked the commission to approve the $915,000 contract with B.A. Green Construction to provide the upgrades, according to a recent memo to the commissioners.
The commission initially approved the project in ...
Two students at Lawrence’s Southwest Middle School were caught with pocket knives at school on Monday.
Julie Boyle, spokeswoman for the school district, told the Journal-World Tuesday that the students were caught with the knives after a police officer learned they were carrying them at the school, 2511 Inverness Drive. Boyle said the knives were not involved in an incident at the school. No one was ...
Erica Hill said she was overwhelmed Tuesday evening when she saw how many votes she had received for election to the Lawrence school board.
Hill, one of five candidates running for four open seats on the board, ran away with the most votes, receiving 9,102 with all precincts counted. She led the pack all evening and finished on top.
“I’m just very grateful for the outcome,” Hill said at the Douglas ...
