The three newest members of the Lawrence City Commission were sworn into office Tuesday night, and the new commission selected Lawrence’s next mayor — Bart Littlejohn.
Incumbents Brad Finkeldei and Amber Sellers and former commissioner Mike Dever were seated at Tuesday’s City Commission meeting, with Dever replacing outgoing commissioner Courtney Shipley. Both Finkeldei and Sellers will be serving a ...
The members of the Lawrence City Commission elected in the 2023 general election will be sworn into office this week, and commissioners will choose the city’s next mayor.
Tuesday’s City Commission meeting will largely revolve around seating and organizing the commission’s leadership for the next year. Two of the three commissioners elected last month, incumbents Brad Finkeldei and Amber Sellers, are ...
A couple of weeks from now, headstones scattered throughout Oak Hill Cemetery will be adorned with some new decorations — wreaths meant to honor fallen veterans.
At least some of those wreaths will be placed by Lawrence’s chapter of the Sons of Union Veterans of the Civil War. The group is participating in National Wreaths Across America Day on Saturday, Dec. 16, for the first time.
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Construction at the City of Lawrence’s Pallet shelter village for people experiencing homelessness wrapped up Friday, a city spokesperson confirmed.
Four days after construction on The Village at 256 N. Michigan St. began, there are now 50 cabins, each 64 square feet, and several other, slightly larger structures erected on the site. As the Journal-World has reported, the city plans for The Village to ...
The Lawrence Community Shelter Board of Directors received well over 100 applications for the shelter’s executive director position, and a board committee leading the search process has already narrowed the field to a group of 10 candidates.
In fact, if all goes to plan, the board will have selected the shelter’s next leader from among that smaller group in the space of just the next month. At a meeting ...
Bert Nash Community Mental Health Center and O’Connell Children’s Shelter are partnering to form a new youth crisis continuum of care.
Bert Nash announced the partnership in a news release Tuesday, noting that the collaboration is intended to address the “acute behavioral health needs of youth and families in Douglas County.” The new crisis continuum of care will integrate Bert Nash’s mobile response ...
