The Lawrence school board will soon hear how the school district’s finances are shaping up as it heads into the 2021-22 school year.
During its meeting on Monday, the board will receive an update from the district's finance director, Kathy Johnson, on the district’s financial closing of the last school year's budget. Johnson will also outline the budget estimates that are being used to prepare next year's ...
Updated at 3:10 p.m. Thursday
Fire crews responded to a structure fire at a home near Lone Star Lake midday Thursday.
According to emergency radio traffic, a garage at a home near the 600 block of East 715 Road had caught fire. However, heavy smoke later could be seen billowing from the home located just northeast of the lake and appeared to be coming from the roof.
The Douglas County Sheriff’s Office said ...
A four-vehicle wreck in central Lawrence on Wednesday left two people injured and a major road closed for several hours.
Lawrence police responded to the wreck that occurred near the 1700 block of West 23rd Street around 5:30 p.m., Sgt. Drew Fennelly said in an email to the Journal-World. Two of the drivers were transported to the hospital for serious, but nonlife-threatening injuries, he said.
After the ...
A man accused of endangering a child in connection with an August shooting that critically injured a 6-year-old boy was convicted in Douglas County District Court on Wednesday. The 6-year-old was shot by a 5-year-old in the man's house.
Rashun B. Lewis, 28, pleaded no contest to the charge of aggravated endangering a child, a low-level felony, through a plea agreement with the district attorney’s office. As ...
Lawrence fire crews responded to a fire Wednesday in northern Lawrence that left a mobile home extensively damaged.
Lawrence-Douglas County Fire Medical responded around 10:30 a.m. to a report of a fire in a mobile home park at 110 Michigan St., the department said. When firefighters arrived, heavy flames could be seen coming from the roof and exterior of the home.
The firefighters were able to contain the ...
Next year, Douglas County will begin paying more of the costs associated with operating Lawrence-Douglas County Fire Medical.
The County Commission on Wednesday approved a new agreement with the City of Lawrence that revises how to jointly fund and provide emergency medical services, with the county increasing the share that it pays. Under the agreement, some costs that the county had previously paid on its own ...
