A rebrand is often seen as an opportunity to change an identity for the better, and that much was true for the Jayhawk Audubon Society when its board voted earlier this summer to rename the group the Lawrence Bird Alliance.
But the reason behind that change was much bigger than a simple image refresh — it was to push back against an association with a namesake that has been revealed as a racist, an ...
The site selection process for a new bus station in downtown Lawrence has officially begun, the city’s transit office announced in a news release Tuesday.
As the Journal-World has reported, the city’s Public Transit Advisory Committee discussed plans for the site selection and public outreach process in late November. Now, those topics are slated to be discussed as part of the Lawrence City Commission’s ...
What might the path from Seventh Street to Constant Park along the Kansas River — or even the path across the river itself — look like a few years from now? That’s what community members and the Lawrence Parks and Recreation Department are currently working to envision.
That stretch is one of the few remaining segments left to be completed in the Lawrence Loop, which will eventually be a continuous ...
Story updated at 3:50 p.m. Friday, Dec. 22, 2023:
The next executive director at the Lawrence Community Shelter has been announced, and he starts in two weeks.
On Friday, LCS Board of Directors President Charlie Bryan announced that James Chiselom — currently the deputy director for community needs and services at the Topeka Rescue Mission — has accepted the role and will start Friday, Jan. 5, 2024. As the ...
The Lawrence Community Shelter Board of Directors on Thursday unanimously adopted a $3.43 million budget for 2024, and it also voted to extend a job offer for a new permanent executive director.
As the Journal-World reported, the Lawrence City Commission earlier this week unanimously approved nearly $2.7 million in city funding for LCS as part of an updated funding agreement. The shelter’s 2024 budget as ...
Updated at 12:28 p.m. Wednesday, Dec. 20
The cause of a fire that damaged a home in North Lawrence early Wednesday morning is under investigation by Lawrence-Douglas County Fire Medical.
No one was injured in the overnight emergency.
Police and firefighters were called to the house at 712 Locust St. at 1:37 a.m. Wednesday, and initial reports indicated there were visible flames on the house’s porch, as the ...
