Heartland Community Health Center is poised to ask for $1.5 million from Douglas County to support remaining construction costs at its new 8,000-square-foot building dedicated to behavioral health services.
Though the Douglas County Commission will hear more about that request at its weekly meeting Wednesday, commissioners won’t be making any decisions on whether to award that funding right away. Instead, ...
Members of the Lawrence school board on Monday had a chance to learn more about the information the school district must gather for a pair of reports analyzing students’ performance on state assessments.
At Monday’s school board meeting, Chief Academic Officer Patrick Kelly gave a presentation on the district’s “Building Needs Assessment” and “State Assessment Review,” two reports Kansas school ...
The Lawrence City Commission will handle a light agenda at its meeting this week.
As of Monday afternoon around 2:30 p.m., the City Commission has no business listed on the regular agenda for its Tuesday meeting.
There are, however, items to consider on the meeting’s consent agenda, which is reserved for items generally considered routine that can be approved by one vote from commissioners without any ...
Though there aren’t many people milling about inside the city’s brand-new bus station on a Tuesday afternoon in early June, there’s still plenty going on behind the scenes.
That’s because the bus station — Central Station near Bob Billings Parkway and Crestline Drive — is just one of a bevy of significant changes for the City of Lawrence’s transit office since the beginning of 2024.
The launch ...
Next week, the Lawrence school board is set to learn more about the information each building — and the school district as a whole — must gather and review regarding students’ performance on state assessments.
At Monday’s school board meeting, the group will hear a presentation on the district’s “Building Needs Assessment” and “State Assessment Review.” State law requires school districts to ...
Though the city’s new Homeless Response Team only recently began its work, the team is already gearing up for its first major outreach event.
On Tuesday, the Homeless Response Team is hosting an “integrated outreach” event, making various local and regional service providers available from 9:30 a.m. to 2 p.m. along a block near downtown Lawrence. The event will take place along 10th Street between Vermont ...
