Music superstar Taylor Swift may not be hanging around Lawrence, as her local fans had recently hoped, but her music will be front and center at a downtown event exploring the signs of emotionally unhealthy relationships.
“We Are Never Getting Back Together: A Taylor Swift Sing-Along” is slated for 7 p.m. Wednesday at Lucia, 1016 Massachusetts St. The free event for those 18 and older takes its name from ...
Advance voting is about to begin in the Lawrence school board race, and with five seats up for grabs and 10 candidates running, this election could significantly change the board's composition. Candidates recently spoke about their reasons for running, and the Journal-World also asked them about their stance on equity issues in the district.
There are two separate pools of candidates on the ballot this year. ...
County commissioners selected a construction company on Wednesday for a more than $1 million project that will build a new maintenance facility at the Douglas County Fairgrounds.
At their meeting Wednesday, commissioners unanimously chose to use B.A. Green Construction for the project, which will replace a structure on the fairgrounds that was built in the 1960s and that Jay Zimmerschied, the county’s ...
Douglas County commissioners at their meeting on Wednesday will consider approving nearly $1 million for the construction of a maintenance building at the Douglas County Fairgrounds.
According to a memo from Jay Zimmerschied, the county's director of capital projects, a new maintenance/equipment facility is needed to replace the outdated 1960s structure at the fairgrounds, which Zimmerschied described as an ...
In a 6-1 vote Monday night, the Lawrence school board approved a contract with a consulting firm that provides the district with enrollment projections and other demographic-related data.
The firm, Overland Park-based RSP and Associates, predicted last fall that the district’s enrollment would fall by approximately 300 students over a five-year period. That data factored into a decision-making process that ...
A 37-year-old Overland Park man was taken into custody after allegedly leading authorities on a sprawling pursuit through Lawrence on Saturday evening in a vehicle that was reportedly stolen out of Kansas City.
According to a social media post by the Lawrence Police Department on Sunday afternoon, the vehicle's owner used GPS to track it through several cities, including Lawrence. After receiving multiple ...
