The Lawrence school district on Thursday reached a significant threshold for staff members receiving vaccines for COVID-19.
District spokeswoman Julie Boyle said 1,000 faculty and staff members had received a first dose of the vaccine. The milestone is important as the district works through a four-phase rollout plan to vaccinate educators before students return to fully in-person learning in the next few ...
A 21-year-old Lawrence man was charged with aggravated domestic battery and abuse of a child on Thursday.
Seth A. Watkins, who is in the custody of the Douglas County Jail, was formally charged at his first appearance in Douglas County District Court. Both charges are felonies. He was also charged with misdemeanor domestic battery.
Lawrence Police arrested Watkins at his home around 2:30 p.m. Wednesday, ...
Douglas County’s school virus guidance will remain at its lowest tier for the third straight week as new cases of COVID-19 continue to fall.
On Thursday, Lawrence-Douglas County Public Health announced that its guidance to schools would stay in the green tier, which recommends that schools use fully in-person classes. The color-coded guidance is meant to help county school districts navigate reopening schools ...
Former University of Kansas basketball player Silvio De Sousa has applied to go on diversion for a charge of aggravated battery, his attorney Hatem Chahine said Wednesday.
De Sousa appeared in Douglas County District Court on Wednesday with Chahine through an online video conference. Chahine told Judge Sally Pokorny that he and De Sousa will meet with prosecutors next month to continue discussions on a possible ...
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The Lawrence school district made two administrative appointments Monday, including a new leader for Lawrence High School.
The district announced in a news release that Jessica Bassett would be the next principal of the high school beginning July 1. Bassett is currently the principal of Southeast High School in Kansas City, Mo. She will succeed Cynthia Johnson, who has ...
Although Douglas County adopted new zoning regulations last year to limit residential development in rural parts of the county, that effort did not go exactly as planned.
Tonya Voigt, the county’s zoning and codes director, told the County Commission recently that new codes that were adopted in early 2020 slowed the number of residential subdivisions into land parcels of 10 acres or smaller, but vastly ...
