Almost a third of Lawrence teachers said in a survey that they hoped to teach 100% remotely this school year rather than return to the classroom during the coronavirus pandemic. But there likely won’t be that many opportunities to do so, based on student enrollment data.
What that means for some of those teachers when the Lawrence school district expects to begin a hybrid learning model later this year is not ...
Douglas County voters recently shattered a turnout record for a primary election, as thousands more votes were cast than in previous years.
The huge increase in voting has led the County Clerk’s Office to prepare for an even larger general election, including adding more dropoff boxes for advance mail ballots to be returned by hand.
County Clerk Jamie Shew recently told the Journal-World that the Aug. 4 ...
Story updated at 8:08 p.m. Friday:
The Lawrence school district has reversed course on its plan to delay some “high risk” sports because of an increase of local COVID-19 cases.
A day after announcing it would delay competitions of certain sports and activities, the Lawrence school district did an about-face on Friday and said it would allow all athletic events and activities to continue for the next two ...
Updated at 4:47 p.m. Thursday
A longtime county leader will step down from her post at the end of the month.
Douglas County Treasurer Paula Gilchrist, who was elected to a fourth term in 2016, has informed the County Clerk’s Office that she intends to retire on Monday. She has held the position since 2005.
Gilchrist, 69, said in an email Thursday that she chose to retire early to spend time with family.
"I ...
A new public mural will be installed later this fall on a southern Lawrence underpass that was previously marked with racist graffiti.
The Douglas County Commission on Wednesday approved a plan to allow Van Go, a local art-based social service organization, to place a mural on a support structure of an underpass that goes underneath 31st Street on its way to the Baker Wetlands Trail.
Van Go, which plans to ...
A new public mural could be coming to a Douglas County underpass that was previously marked with racist graffiti.
The County Commission on Wednesday will consider a plan to work with Van Go, a local art-based social service organization, to place a mural on a support structure of an underpass that goes underneath 31st Street in southern Lawrence on its way to the Baker Wetlands Trail.
In October, the ...
