Lawrence teachers are not expected to receive an overall raise during the 2021-22 school year, according to a tentative contract agreement with the school district.
The school board on Monday will consider ratifying the agreement between the local teachers union and the district’s administration for the 2021-22 school year.
Julie Boyle, a spokeswoman for the district, said in an email Friday that the two ...
Loud booms that residents of central Lawrence heard Friday afternoon were likely part of law enforcement training in the area, Lawrence police said.
Lt. David Ernst of the Lawrence Police Department said the Kansas Highway Patrol was conducting training in the area of Ninth Street near the vacant Oldfather Studios.
What kind of training the agency was conducting is not clear. Ernst said LPD was not involved in ...
Lawrence residents traveling through town after the sun goes down have most likely noticed an unexpected hue filling the streets.
A malfunction with lights along the city’s streets has given many a purple cast. Some of the most noticeable are two street lights along Tennessee Street, just south of Sixth Street near downtown Lawrence.
While those purple lights are bright, but maybe less harsh than standard ...
A Lawrence High School student who previously played for the school's football team was charged with a felony sex crime in Douglas County District Court on Wednesday.
The teen is a minor who was born in 2005, and he made his first appearance in the court's juvenile division alongside his mother on Wednesday. He was charged with attempted aggravated indecent liberties with a child between the ages of 14 and 16, ...
The Lawrence school district will begin allowing students vaccinated for COVID-19 to attend classes without wearing masks during the 2021-22 school year. However, those who are not vaccinated will be expected to wear masks when indoors or on school property.
The district on Wednesday announced the COVID-19 prevention measures it will use for the new school year, which begins in about a month. The district said ...
A Lawrence man was sentenced to more than 12 years in prison on Tuesday for raping a guest in his home in 2017, despite pleas from several friends and family members who said he was a selfless man who had previously worked to better the community.
Douglas County District Court Judge Kay Huff on Tuesday sentenced Erick Ogwangi, 36, to 147 months in prison, which is the state’s minimum recommended sentence for ...
