Updated story - Criminal charges filed against student who reportedly brought gun to LHS When Lawrence High School administrators heard tips that a student had brought a gun to school on Wednesday, the school was not placed on lockdown — there was no basis for one, a district spokeswoman said. Julie Boyle, the district’s executive director of communications, explained why in an email response to ...
Sonia Jordan, of the Lawrence-Douglas County Health Department, said she has felt as though she’s had a lead weight hanging around her neck, and it’s pushing her to action. “I've seen the faces of people of various populations around our county when they read this report and they realize that we are failing them,” she said, referring to the department’s 2018 Health Equity report. “... You feel ...
Douglas County residents who earn less than $35,000 are 6.6 times more likely to be uninsured and to be diagnosed with asthma. That’s one finding listed in the Lawrence-Douglas County Health Department’s 2018 Health Equity Report. Those same residents are also more likely to not see a doctor because of cost and to have poor mental and physical health, the report said. County commissioners will hear more ...
If Jack Tell were mayor, Lawrence residents might have to deal with a lot of construction and noise for a little while — but the payoff would be improved bike infrastructure citywide. The Billy Mills Middle School seventh-grader recently finished as a regional winner in the annual Kansas League of Municipalities “If I Were Mayor” memo contest. Jack’s plan to make Lawrence more bike-friendly would ...
Not too long ago, if you’d asked the average guy about wearable technology, he might have gestured to the Walkman clipped to his cargo pants, next to his beeper. The phrase has taken on an entirely different meaning. Today’s wearable technology gives us access to a massive amount of our own medical data — whether we understand it or not. One of those numerical treasure troves is heart rate variability, ...
Douglas County commissioners voted Wednesday to hold public hearings for comment on the option to use a construction manager at risk method for two projects — the jail expansion and housing on the behavioral health campus. Interim County Administrator Sarah Plinsky said statutes demand that the county “jump through hoops” to use a construction manager at risk, or CMR, method instead of the traditional ...