Bouts of heavy rain on Thursday have caused a flash flood watch to go into effect in Douglas County until early Friday morning.
Brandon Drake, a forecaster with the National Weather Service in Topeka, said some areas of Douglas County have already seen about 1 inch of rain since Wednesday, and that certain areas should expect to receive an extra 1 to 2 inches throughout Thursday evening and into the early ...
The University of Kansas plans to hold tuition rates flat for the 2021-2022 academic year because of the negative effects the COVID-19 pandemic has had on students and their families.
KU submitted its tuition and fee proposals to the Kansas Board of Regents on Wednesday for a first reading, and the Regents will vote on the proposals in June.
According to KU’s proposal, undergraduate tuition would remain at ...
Ro O’Leary is looking forward to attending school dances and football games, activities she missed out on this year because of the COVID-19 pandemic.
So the 15-year-old said on Tuesday that she was “really excited” to have received a COVID-19 vaccine.
“It’s kind of the first step of being able to do normal things again,” she said.
Ro is a freshman at Lawrence High School, but she attended school ...
After releasing some details earlier this month about its budget reductions, the University of Kansas is not providing any additional information about the extensive cuts — which range from zero to 12% by unit.
The Journal-World reached out to various deans and KU’s spokesperson to ask about the impact the cuts would have on the hardest-hit schools, but was met with either silence or referrals back to the ...
On Thursday, Douglas County surpassed 100,000 in the number of the COVID-19 vaccine doses administered. Of those 100,000 doses, data from local health organizations showed that more than 54,000 were first doses.
Lawrence-Douglas County Public Health reported that 54,719 first doses and 46,064 second doses of COVID-19 vaccine had been administered. That’s an increase of 461 first doses and 1,140 second doses ...
Douglas County is expected to have numerous rainy days ahead, according to the National Weather Service.
Douglas County will likely see a slow progression of rainfall through Monday, Brandon Drake, a forecaster with the National Weather Service in Topeka, told the Journal-World. He said Douglas County might expect between 2 and 3 inches of rain from Friday through Monday.
Drake said flash flooding was not ...
