Another screening will soon take place for a local documentary about the Mexican American community of La Yarda that existed for more than 30 years in East Lawrence.
Local filmmakers Lourdes Kalusha-Aguirre and Marlo Angell have created a 15-minute documentary, “Searching for La Yarda,” about the housing complex built for Mexican railroad workers that existed along the tracks in East Lawrence from 1920 to ...
Following concerns from neighbors about the city’s plan to build a new field operations campus in eastern Lawrence, city leaders have reallocated close to $400,000 to modify the master plan for the project.
As part of its meeting Tuesday, the Lawrence City Commission voted 5-0 to authorize the firm Dake Wells Architecture to utilize $383,991 of schematic design funding previously authorized for the project to ...
Douglas County leaders will continue their discussion about the upcoming process for distributing nearly $24 million in federal pandemic relief funding, including the amount of funding that should be available for emergency distribution and the particulars about that process.
As part of Wednesday’s meeting, the Douglas County Commission will discuss what percentage of the $23.7 million that the county will ...
In a review of the city’s draft policy for its use of drones and other camera systems, city leaders said they appreciated the efforts of the police department to discuss the issue with concerned local groups and that continued discussion would be important as the city looks toward a potential drone program.
As part of its meeting Tuesday, the Lawrence City Commission received a presentation from the police ...
Speakers urged those gathered on Monday for Indigenous Peoples Day to be proud and know that their culture is important every day.
Students from Haskell Indian Nations University, the University of Kansas and members of the community gathered Monday on Haskell’s campus for an event that included food, music, handgames and three speakers. Haskell's Student Government Association and KU’s First Nations ...
City leaders will soon discuss concerns from neighbors regarding the city’s plan to build a new field operations campus in eastern Lawrence, and consider reallocating close to $400,000 to modify the master plan for the project to address some of the concerns.
As part of its meeting Tuesday, the Lawrence City Commission will receive an update on the city’s discussions with neighbors about their concerns and ...
