The city’s Community Police Review Board is concerned about the Lawrence police department’s process for dealing with potential complaints, with some board members saying that police’s role in deciding which concerns to investigate and the lack of transparency regarding that process is problematic.
Members of the board requested a report on the complaints made to police, and as part of its meeting ...
The Lawrence Community Police Review Board has taken a first step in strengthening its review powers over complaints against police, including the ability to review all complaints filed by community members.
As part of its meeting Wednesday, the board voted to advance various changes to a working draft of potential revisions to the ordinance that lays out the board’s powers and how it operates. Because of ...
Story updated at 5:16 p.m. Tuesday, Sept. 29, 2020:
In response to concerns about speeding in neighborhoods, city leaders will soon consider reducing the speed limit on residential streets in Lawrence.
As part of its meeting Tuesday, Oct. 6, the Lawrence City Commission will consider adopting an ordinance to reduce the speed limit on residential streets from 30 mph to 25 mph, according to a news release from ...
Lawrence city commissioners will soon consider whether to continue suspending utility late fees and shut-offs for the thousands of Lawrence residents who have gotten behind on their bills during the coronavirus pandemic.
The City of Lawrence provides water, sewer, and trash and recycling collection service citywide, and as of Sept. 9, there were about 3,300 active utility accounts with a balance more than 21 ...
When Lawrence schools went to online learning in March because of the coronavirus, it meant the end of Lawrence resident Erin Chappell’s substitute teaching job. Chappell was left searching for work when most businesses were closed because of health orders, and the back rent started piling up.
“That put an end to my job at the time, and future jobs as well,” Chappell said. “So I found myself ...
A month into his prison sentence for four felonies, Lawrence developer Thomas Fritzel remains in federal prison despite his request for home confinement.
However, it remains unclear whether his request to serve his sentence at his Lawrence home is still under review or has been denied. Bureau of Prisons spokesperson Justin Long said in an email to the Journal-World that the BOP does not speak to a specific ...
