It’s officially been a year since the National Suicide Prevention Lifeline switched to the 988 dialing code, and the Lawrence agency that serves as the Lifeline’s crisis center for all 105 Kansas counties has taken thousands of calls in the time since then.
According to a Monday press release from Gov. Laura Kelly’s office, Kansas Suicide Prevention Headquarters, based here in Lawrence, took an average of ...
Renovations to LMH Health’s Emergency Department waiting room are now finished after about three months of work on the project.
As the Journal-World reported, in early April construction began to increase the waiting room capacity at LMH Health’s 325 Maine St. campus, which meant the Emergency Department entrance wasn’t accessible for any patients not seeking emergency care. The hospital announced Monday ...
A safe-haven ordinance codifying protections for transgender, nonbinary and gender-nonconforming people — and the LGBTQ+ community in Lawrence as a whole — will be up for consideration by city leaders this week.
Draft ordinance No. 9999 is slated to appear on the Lawrence City Commission’s agenda this week for its first reading. The ordinance would declare the City of Lawrence a “safe haven for all ...
All eight people running for the three open seats on the Lawrence City Commission appeared at a candidate forum Saturday, and just about all of them said housing and homelessness issues are the greatest challenges facing the city in the immediate future.
This was the second forum appearance in as many weeks for most of the group, including incumbents Amber Sellers, Brad Finkeldei and Courtney Shipley and ...
Following weeks of public outcry urging Lawrence city leaders to enact protections for transgender, nonbinary and gender-nonconforming people, a local initiative has confirmed that it’s working with city attorneys to draft a safe-haven ordinance.
The Lawrence City Commission has heard ample public comment at recent meetings from community members concerned about the Kansas Legislature’s passage of SB 180, ...
City of Lawrence leaders signaled this week that they once again want to consider an ordinance banning single-use plastic bags, possibly as soon as early next month.
As the Journal-World reported, the long-discussed ordinance failed to pass after a 2-2 vote at the Lawrence City Commission’s June 20 meeting. The commissioners who voted against it, Brad Finkeldei and Amber Sellers, cited concerns about the ...
