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The Mellon Foundation has awarded a $5 million grant to help return a sacred prayer rock to the Kaw Nation that was stolen from the tribe’s homelands nearly a century ago.
The Mellon Foundation announced in a news release on Monday that it had awarded the grant to pay for the return of In ‘zhúje ‘waxóbe, a 28-ton red Siouxan quartzite boulder, which has been ...
Local advocates are concerned that a new state measure could prevent ongoing efforts to protect immigrants from being arrested or held by local law enforcement solely for noncriminal immigration violations. Local leaders have also spoken out in opposition to the bill.
Kansas legislators recently voted in favor of a measure prohibiting local governments from creating “sanctuary cities.” House Bill 2717 ...
In anticipation of the opening of a new city bus station, Lawrence Transit is looking for public input on the upcoming redesign of city bus routes that also includes an Uber-like “microtransit” option on Sundays.
The route redesign is tied to the long-awaited, multimillion-dollar city bus station project, and Lawrence Transit has been collecting input on possible route changes since last year. The input ...
The Evergy energy company will soon host an open house to share information about its plans to build an $8.5 million substation in central Lawrence.
Evergy announced in January 2021 that it had purchased land near Kasold Drive and Bob Billings Parkway, near the University of Kansas’ West Campus, for the construction of the new substation. An Evergy spokesperson told the Journal-World at the time that the new ...
The City of Lawrence has shed more light on why it is trying to shut down a local strip club that it says has been operating illegally.
In a lawsuit filed Feb. 2 in Douglas County District Court, the city alleged that Allstars has been operating without the license required for a sexually oriented entertainment business, as the Journal-World previously reported. The city also claimed Allstars is ineligible to ...
After going into the Lawrence school board meeting on Monday facing the loss of more than a dozen library positions and significant materials funding, proponents for the district’s libraries are breathing a sigh of relief.
As part of its meeting Monday, the Lawrence school board voted to reduce the library cuts proposed by district administration by more than half, saving multiple librarian and librarian ...
