Negotiations between the City of Lawrence and the local firefighters union have come to a halt until a mediator takes over the proceedings next week.
A local resolution governing contract negotiations states that the negotiations are automatically considered at an impasse if they aren’t concluded by July 1.
By the time the groups reached the impasse date, they were still far apart on agreeing to a new ...
School district leaders have concerns about helping the city pay for a program that puts police officers in schools, and some are questioning whether the program is worthwhile at all.
That was the takeaway from Wednesday's meeting between City of Lawrence leaders and the Lawrence school board about whether the district should contribute some funding for the Lawrence Police Department's school resource officer ...
A Lawrence woman is facing felony charges for lighting a home on fire after the homeowner denied her entry to the house, according to an arrest affidavit in the case.
Samantha Phelan Yellow Wolf, 29, was arrested at her home at 3:57 p.m. June 17 for an incident that occurred on June 3, according to the Douglas County Jail booking report. She was charged with two counts of aggravated arson and two counts of ...
In officially launching her campaign for a seat in Congress, Democrat and Lawrence resident Abbie Hodgson told the Journal-World that if she was elected she would work to help secure financial stability for Kansans through several policy platforms.
“From a national perspective, the economy is booming,” she said. “Yet if you walk down most Kansas main streets or you talk to Kansans and ask them about how ...
The Lawrence school district expects to receive an additional $300,000 of funding through its local option budget authority, which is generated through local taxes.
Kathy Johnson, executive director of finance for the school district, reported to the Lawrence school board during its regular meeting on Monday that the new funding will be generated without raising the school district’s mill levy. The additional ...
As former Democratic Vice President Joe Biden has hit the 2020 campaign trail, a fictional version of him is busy solving mysteries within the pages of Andrew Shaffer’s books.
Shaffer, an author from Kentucky, will soon release his second installment of his Obama Biden Mystery series, which turns former President Barack Obama and Biden into a crime-fighting duo.
The first book, “Hope Never Dies,” was ...
