The City of Lawrence will be taking some cues from nearby Topeka as city leaders consider their next steps in shuttering unsanctioned homeless camps.
Misty Bosch-Hastings, the director of the City of Lawrence’s Homeless Solutions Division, spoke with the Journal-World about the city’s plan for shutting down such campsites, noting that doing so won’t be a process that happens immediately.
“As far as ...
While deaths among people experiencing homelessness are mounting in Lawrence, some strategies for getting people into safe and stable housing are still months — or even years — from fruition.
It’s a challenging dichotomy that leaders with the City of Lawrence and Bert Nash Community Mental Health Center explained to the Journal-World Thursday, the day after the latest in a recent string of homicides ...
After about six months, a pilot night-court program in the Lawrence Municipal Court is being discontinued after failing to draw enough participants outside of the court’s regular hours.
City Manager Craig Owens announced the move during the Lawrence City Commission meeting earlier this week. Since last summer, the court has remained open on the third Wednesday of each month for an additional hour and a half ...
The Lawrence school district on Thursday announced its plan for making up lost instructional time due to multiple inclement weather days in January, with changes specifically affecting the district’s middle and high schools through the end of the school year.
According to a communication from district spokesperson Julie Boyle sent to school families, all middle and high schools, beginning March 18 when ...
Story updated at 4:12 p.m. Thursday, March 7, 2024:
After two homicides in less than 24 hours in Lawrence, Police Chief Rich Lockhart on Thursday identified one of the victims and sought to address the community's concerns about violent crime in the city.
In a news conference at police headquarters, Lockhart said that Vincent Lee Walker, 39, of Lawrence, was the man fatally shot across the street from the ...
Lawrence-Douglas County Public Health on Wednesday announced that it’s updating its guidance around respiratory viruses to align with new guidance from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention released earlier this month.
On March 1, the CDC updated its guidance for respiratory viruses like COVID-19, influenza and RSV. Previously, the CDC recommended that individuals who test positive for COVID isolate ...
