As a temporary cold-weather shelter for the homeless continues to search for a new building to house the program, beds are lying empty at the Lawrence Community Shelter. However, shelter leaders say the solution is not as simple as just allowing more people to stay there.
The Community Shelter, which provides three daily meals and case management for its guests, is allowed under city code to house up to 140 ...
Federal prosecutors are calling for Lawrence developer Thomas Fritzel to face at least 2.75 years in prison and a minimum fine of $15,000 for illegal disposal of asbestos during a construction project.
In a sentencing memorandum filed this week in U.S. District Court, federal prosecutor Richard Hathaway requested that the court sentence Fritzel to a prison term between 33 and 41 months and a fine between ...
Updated at 3:20 p.m. Tuesday
A temporary cold-weather shelter for the homeless continues to search for a new building to house the program.
Last week, the Lawrence Winter Shelter announced it would stop operating at the First United Methodist Church and close until it could find a new location. LWS coordinator Kristi Hill said Tuesday that the program, which relies on volunteers and donations, has been in ...
A development group that sought to build a five-story apartment and retail building in downtown Lawrence appears to have abandoned its effort.
The development group and the property owners sued the City of the Lawrence last year after the City Commission rejected its project, but have recently agreed to dismiss the lawsuit. On Wednesday, attorneys representing the project and the city submitted a stipulation ...
The Kanza tribe once sang prayers about the might of the Shunganunga boulder, but for decades it has not heard such a sound.
Instead, the 23-ton red quartzite boulder is inscribed with the names of settlers and sits near a city intersection and the sound of traffic.
Pauline Eads Sharp, who serves as secretary and treasurer of the Kanza Heritage Society, said the boulder was one of two sacred sites in Kansas ...
A volunteer-led cold-weather shelter for the homeless has announced it will close until it can find a new location to house the program.
The Lawrence Winter Shelter, which is run entirely by volunteers and donations, made the announcement on Facebook at about 11 p.m. Thursday, saying that the shelter will no longer be operating at the First United Methodist Church, 946 Vermont St. The announcement said the ...
