The Lawrence chamber of commerce will soon be able to provide more financial assistance to small businesses. The chamber on Wednesday announced that NetWork Kansas, a nonprofit organization focused on business growth, promoted the chamber’s small-business loan program Metropolitan E-Community Program, or MECP, to Tier One status beginning on July 1. The promotion will allow the Lawrence chamber to loan up to ...
A Lawrence man was charged on Friday with multiple sex crimes against a child. The man, Joseph Christopher Hess, 35, was formally charged in Douglas County District Court with six felonies, including three counts of criminal sodomy with a child, two counts of aggravated indecent liberties with a child and one count of attempted aggravated indecent liberties with a child. Hess appeared in court via a video ...
The Lawrence school district now has a strategic plan. The Lawrence school board on Monday unanimously gave final approval to a five-year strategic plan that will kick off during the upcoming 2019-2020 school year. The plan includes five strategic themes that aim to improve academic outcomes for students. “I’m extremely excited that we are at this point in the process,” board member Shannon Kimball ...
The Lawrence school board at its Monday meeting will consider extending Superintendent Anthony Lewis’ contract. Lewis has served as the superintendent since July 2018. The board will evaluate Lewis’ performance during his first year in charge of the district, then will consider extending his contract until June 2022. Julie Boyle, district spokeswoman, told the Journal-World the extension would add another ...
A plan for some maintenance fixes resulted in a project to renovate the entire home of the University of Kansas School of Journalism. Stauffer-Flint Hall, located at 1435 Jayhawk Blvd., recently began a $3.75 million renovation, which will change the facade of the 120-year-old structure and bring the building's main floor into the 21st century, said Ann Brill, dean of the KU journalism school. Brill said the ...
On the longest day of the year, a University of Kansas research program is inviting the public to get outdoors and learn more about some plants that only bloom in the summer. The KU Native Medicinal Plant Research Garden will host a summer tour at 6:30 p.m. Friday. The event, which is free and open to the public, coincides with the summer solstice, the day of the year with the longest period of ...