The fate of Lawrence’s Kennedy Elementary School could soon be decided. During its meeting on Monday, the Lawrence school board will consider approving the district’s plan to close the east Lawrence school to turn it into an early-childhood education community center. The change would result in the school’s 185 K-5 students moving to three other nearby elementary schools — Cordley, New York and Prairie ...
The Eudora High School Science Olympiad team’s 2020-21 season was a classic example of practice making perfect. After starting its season in the fall by placing 177th out of 200 in a virtual national tournament, the Eudora team finished its season as champions in the Kansas Science Olympiad small school division on Saturday. Barbie Hartwell, a gifted-program teacher for Eudora schools and a coach for the ...
Almost two months after a weekend shooting in rural Douglas County resulted in the deaths of two Lawrence men, the case remains open despite no charges having been filed, a law enforcement official told the Journal-World. Deputy Charlie Cooper, a spokeswoman for the Douglas County Sheriff’s Office, said Wednesday that the Feb. 13 shooting was still under investigation. She said the sheriff’s office was ...
Local law enforcement officers arrested two men Wednesday afternoon after a high-speed car chase through Lawrence that ended in a crash. Patrick Compton, a spokesman for the Lawrence Police Department, said officers arrested a 29-year-old male driver and a 30-year-old male passenger after the crash in southern Lawrence, near 31st Street and Kansas Highway 10. Compton said the chase began around 2 p.m. ...
Ronald “G.R.” Gordon-Ross always planned to serve more than one term on the Lawrence school board. Now he has thrown his hat in the ring to make that happen. Gordon-Ross, 46, who was first elected in 2017, recently filed for reelection to the board. He is the first person to file for the board’s elections this year. Even though it was his original aspiration, Gordon-Ross said it took him some time to ...
A Lawrence man is facing charges of assault and criminal possession of a weapon after making his first appearance in Douglas County District Court on Monday. Michael A. Miller, 26, appeared in court from the Douglas County Jail and was formally charged with one count of aggravated assault, one count of criminal possession of a weapon by a convicted felon, which are both felonies, and driving under the ...