The Lawrence school district is planning for $22.5 million of building and equipment improvements during this school year and the next, according to the district’s capital improvement plan. During its meeting on Monday, the school board will hear a presentation about those plans as part of the district’s annual capital outlay report. The district has a capital outlay fund that it uses for facility ...
Crews fought to contain a fire at a storage unit facility in western Lawrence on Friday afternoon. Tom Fagan, division chief of administration, said Lawrence-Douglas County Fire Medical crews responded to a call at Space Saver Storage, 3707 W. Sixth St., for a fire in a storage unit. Once on the scene, crews found heavy smoke coming from the front of one of the storage units. The smoke could be seen from Sixth ...
A Douglas County District Court judge has set a $1 million bond for a Lawrence man who is accused of murder. Johnathon Lee West, 43, made his first appearance in court this week for a second-degree murder charge where the court set the cash or surety bond, Deputy District Attorney Joshua Seiden told the Journal-World. The court also appointed attorney Hatem Chahine to represent him. West remains in the Douglas ...
Douglas County’s school virus guidance will remain at its lowest tier for the second 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 ...
A septic company’s request to extend a permit for truck storage just north of Lawrence city limits will remain unresolved for at least a couple more weeks. The Douglas County Commission on Wednesday deferred taking action on Honey Bee Septic’s request to extend a conditional use permit at 1462 N. 1700 Road to give county staff and the company time to discuss other options for the truck storage, such as ...
Before Lawrence city leaders consider taking over certain sidewalk maintenance responsibilities, they have a couple of questions for city staff, including how the city might fund a maintenance program and what kinds of legal issues it might face if it tried to enact one. At its meeting Tuesday, the City Commission received a report about the potential costs of taking over sidewalk maintenance after property ...