Two years after the local chapter of the NAACP pushed for a more powerful public board to review complaints against police, the city’s Community Police Review Board will have its first meeting. Board members have been appointed and the board’s first meeting will take place Monday. The board is scheduled to undergo training and sign confidentiality agreements, according to the board’s agenda. The ...
At its meeting Tuesday, the Lawrence City Commission will consider approving a settlement related to a high-speed police chase that ended in a car accident. William and Sandra Gibson, of Talmage, which is near Abilene, were injured in the accident and filed a lawsuit against members of the Lawrence Police Department earlier this year. The city attorney's office is recommending the commission approve a $67,500 ...
Story last updated at 7 p.m. Sept. 13. A significant gas leak Thursday morning in the area of 19th and Kentucky streets caused emergency crews to temporarily close roads and evacuate residents. The leak was reported shortly after 10:30 a.m. Thursday, according to emergency radio traffic, and a strong smell of gas was present in the neighborhood. Traffic was blocked for about 90 minutes along 19th Street ...
When José Faus was 9 years old, he took what he thought would be a temporary trip from his native Colombia to Kansas City to visit his mother, who had been living in the U.S. for a few years. Decades later, he is still here, and he wants to help other immigrants record their immigration stories. Faus said he arrived in winter, and that the move for him was a “severe shock to the system” in many regards. ...
Lawrence city commissioners will be reviewing the Lawrence Police Department's policy for body cameras, but city officials advised that some aspects would be outside commissioners' authority. At the City Commission's meeting Tuesday, Commissioner Leslie Soden again asked about the review of the body camera policy and what kind of input the commission wanted to have. “It seems like I’m the one that’s ...
Now that the city has more details about its shortage of affordable housing — and will soon have about $1 million per year to address it — the conversation has begun regarding what aspects of the problem the city should focus on. As part of its meeting Tuesday, the Lawrence City Commission reviewed the recently completed housing market analysis and resident survey that details housing issues for different ...