Incumbent Lisa Larsen comfortably led the pack of City Commission candidates in Tuesday night’s primary election, continuing her record as a top vote winner.
Larsen jumped out to a lead early and ended with a strong finish as the top vote winner by a margin of about 500 votes. After the final vote tallies for the evening were handed out at the Douglas County election office, Larsen — who also finished in ...
City leaders will soon receive the annual outside audit of the city’s finances, which like the past couple years continues to red-flag a key aspect of the city’s bookkeeping.
As part of the Lawrence City Commission’s meeting Tuesday, auditors with the firm RSM will present the audit findings and the 2020 Annual Comprehensive Financial Report to the commission. The audit provides information about the ...
After lying anonymously under the rolling lawn of Oak Hill Cemetery’s potter’s field for nearly 140 years, the three victims of an 1882 lynching — as well as hundreds of others buried there — could soon have the locations of their graves known.
Pete Vinegar, Isaac King and George Robertson, all of whom were Black, were lynched by a mob at the Kansas River bridge near downtown Lawrence on June 10, 1882, ...
A nationwide ban on evictions due to the coronavirus pandemic is expected to expire Saturday, meaning that tenants who have fallen behind could soon be asked to pay their back rent or be forced to vacate their homes. However, those whose back rent is related to the pandemic can still take advantage of millions of dollars in assistance.
Congress has allocated nearly $47 billion in rental assistance that is ...
Dozens of guests and staff members at the Lawrence Community Shelter are being put in quarantine after a guest at the shelter tested positive for COVID-19, causing an up to two-week closure of the shelter.
A guest who had been staying at the shelter for about the past week tested positive for the virus Tuesday night, according to shelter board President Thea Perry. Perry said that all 42 guests who have been ...
Unless they hear from more Douglas County residents interested in the idea, county commissioners will not move forward with an election to increase the number of seats on the commission.
As part of its meeting Wednesday, the commission discussed increasing the number of seats from three to five, which would require holding a public election. Commissioners said they had gotten limited feedback from the ...
