Though local private schools have seen some gains in overall enrollment the past few years, the gains were modest in comparison with the hundreds of students the Lawrence public school district lost in the same period.
Based on enrollment information the Journal-World was able to gather for the eight private schools that serve elementary, middle school or high school students in the Lawrence area, overall ...
The City of Lawrence will soon begin an approximately six-month project to reconstruct a portion of East 19th Street and add other infrastructure along the roadway.
The long-discussed project, which will begin Monday and last until August, will reconstruct East 19th Street between Harper Street and O’Connell Road. Some of that section of East 19th Street is not currently built to city standards and lacks ...
A committee of the city’s historic preservation board has begun working with a developer who is seeking to build apartments on a long-vacant lot on the south end of New Hampshire Street in downtown Lawrence.
The Historic Resources Commission’s architectural review committee met Thursday to discuss plans to develop the vacant lot in the 1000 block of New Hampshire with a four-story building that would have ...
The idea for a morning talk show that centers on the Native American community came to powwow organizer and dancer Freddy Gipp in the early days of the pandemic, when many were stuck at home and isolated.
Now, about two years later, “Good Morning Indian Country,” a weekly morning talk show streamed live from the main stage at the Lawrence Arts Center, is about to make its debut. The six-episode pilot will ...
Some Lawrence school board members — including the board’s two Native American members — pushed back against the Kansas State Board of Education’s decision to reject the resignation of Education Commissioner Randy Watson after he made comments about “Indians raiding.”
During the Lawrence school board’s meeting Monday evening, three board members questioned the decision and asked for concrete ...
City leaders have agreed to take the next step in hiring an architecture firm to help develop a long-term version of a program that has allowed downtown businesses to construct patios and outdoor dining areas in parking stalls during the coronavirus pandemic.
As part of its meeting Tuesday, the Lawrence City Commission voted 4-1, with Vice Mayor Lisa Larsen opposed, to authorize city staff to proceed with ...
