Whenever students end up returning to classrooms, a group of local quilters hopes to make them a bit safer from the coronavirus by providing them with handmade face masks.
Some members of the Kaw Valley Quilters Guild, a Lawrence-based club with more than 200 members, are hard at work this summer making as many face masks as they can before the beginning of the school year. Kelley Stillings, who is leading the ...
The Lawrence school district is set to begin fall sports in August, despite not starting the academic year until after Labor Day.
Julie Boyle, spokeswoman for the Lawrence school district, said Friday that the school district had decided it would follow the guidance of the Kansas State High School Activities Association and its local athletics conference on how it will begin the fall sports schedule. She said ...
A candidate for Douglas County Commission listed a residential address on her candidate filing form for a property that she does not own, which has led to her receiving questions about whether she is legally running for election.
But Shannon Portillo, who is one of two Democratic candidates running for the County Commission’s 3rd District seat, told the Journal-World that she was living at the property when ...
The Douglas County Jail has reached its functional inmate capacity amid the ongoing coronavirus pandemic faster than originally expected, a sheriff's office official said.
Capt. Stacy Simmons, of the Douglas County Sheriff’s Office, reported to the County Commission on Wednesday that the jail had reached its functional capacity at 126 inmates.
That is a lower number of inmates than Capt. Wes Houk, a jail ...
The summer conditioning program for Free State High School’s football team has been shut down after a student-athlete tested positive for the coronavirus.
Julie Boyle, a spokeswoman for the Lawrence school district, said the team’s workout program has been suspended through Aug. 6 because the family of a player on the team informed the district on Tuesday of the positive COVID-19 test. Boyle said the ...
An incumbent Douglas County commissioner who is running for reelection is leading the way in fundraising efforts, according to financial reports published by Douglas County this week.
Democratic candidate Nancy Thellman, who is running to earn a fourth term as the County Commission’s 2nd District representative, reported raising $17,380 for her campaign.
Thellman, 62, received donations from 49 contributors, ...
