Funeral services for local Fire Chief Mark Bradford, who died Thursday, will be at 1 p.m. Tuesday at the Lied Center, 1600 Stewart Drive, according to Rumsey-Yost Funeral Home. A visitation will take place from 6 to 8 p.m. Monday at Lawrence Free Methodist Church, 3001 Lawrence Ave. The funeral services and visitation are open to the public, according to the city’s public affairs office. Following the ...
In her years as a volunteer caretaker at the Santa Fe train station in Lawrence, Carey Maynard-Moody witnessed firsthand the diverse mix of people who use the train. She said they included travelers from near and far touring the country, but also patients headed to hospitals in Kansas City, Haskell Indian Nations University students headed to hometowns in the southwest, a man going home to western Kansas for a ...
A local advisory board will be looking at whether the city can play a role in reducing the amount of disposable plastic products used in Lawrence. The city's Sustainability Advisory Board voted earlier this month to make the issue of single-use plastics one of its priorities. Lawrence-Douglas County Sustainability Director Jasmin Moore said the board is forming a community work group to study single-use ...
One indicator of how Lawrence-Douglas County Fire Medical Chief Mark Bradford viewed his profession was in the theme of the emails he sent to his staff. Former Division Chief Bill Stark, who retired last year, said Bradford would regularly send out “fire service pride” emails to the department, usually copying city management. Stark said that in the emails Bradford would often relay thank-you letters — ...
The new leader of Johnson County — a Lawrence native with ongoing ties to the city — thinks there will be more opportunities for Johnson County and Lawrence to work together as both communities continue to grow. Earlier this month, the Johnson County Board of County Commissioners appointed Penny Postoak Ferguson, who grew up in Lawrence, as county manager for Johnson County. “We know both of our ...
As contract negotiations between the local police union and the city stretch on, any raise provided police would now require adjustments to the city’s proposed budget. At its meeting last week, the Lawrence City Commission set the city’s maximum spending authority for the 2019 budget at $280.4 million, which does not set aside funds for the 3 percent general wage increase requested by the Lawrence Police ...