Updated at 12:30 p.m. Monday
After two Lawrence High School students were shot Friday at Holcom Park, the Lawrence school district in a districtwide email Sunday shared plans to improve security and said staff would research topics such as clear backpacks and metal detectors.
Two brothers who attend LHS, ages 16 and 18, were seriously injured in the shooting on Friday afternoon, according to Lawrence police ...
Here are a few upcoming health- and wellness-related events in the Lawrence area — plus one that’s a bit beyond city limits — that may be of interest.
Healthy Native Children Workshop scheduled Tuesday in Mayetta
A workshop for Native American parents of young children aims to “help foster the health and development of Native American children from local tribal communities,” according to a news ...
When she needed it most, the Boys & Girls Club became a second home for Ruth Gathunguri.
It’s been close to a decade now, but the 18-year-old Free State High School senior vividly recalls locking herself in her room, away from the screaming, when her older brother would come home high.
“My parents were not having it at all. They would lock him out of the house; he'd be banging on the windows,” ...
The Lawrence school district’s first strategic planning process has reached its approximate halfway point, and the school board on Monday heard some of the chief concerns about the draft plan that arose from conversations with stakeholders.
The plan will soon move from broad themes to more specific initiatives and action steps. As that work gets underway, Martha Greenway, of Greenway Strategy Group, shared ...
In a quick motion on Wednesday, Douglas County commissioners approved a program that will place behavioral health peer specialists in the emergency department at LMH Health.
The Douglas County Peer Fellows Program will train peer specialists and provide them with professional development, functioning similarly to an internship, the Journal-World has reported. They will work to help those who visit the ...
A behavioral health program that would place several peer specialists in the LMH Health emergency department will come up for a vote at Wednesday’s Douglas County Commission meeting.
As the Journal-World reported on March 11, the Douglas County Peer Fellows Program would train peer specialists and provide them with professional development. The program would work like an internship, with peers working 20 ...
