Inside a dimly lit gym in southeast Lawrence, former amateur boxer Daniel Barajas teaches aspiring boxers the techniques of the ring.
During a training session at "Animal Kingdom Boxing" last week, Barajas told around a dozen participants that it’s imperative to “create opportunity” in the ring. He then demonstrated various moves and punching angles to gain an advantage on the opponent, adding that such ...
At a panel discussion on Saturday, a longtime Lawrence school board member and a member of the state board of education denounced voucher programs and called on the Legislature to fully fund special education.
The discussion about education issues during the current legislative session was hosted by the parent legislative advocacy group Educate Lawrence at the Lawrence Public Library. Its panelists were Ann ...
Snow days have quickly accumulated for the Lawrence school district, and that means the academic calendar will likely be extended by a yet-to-be determined number of hours.
The severe winter weather this month resulted in districtwide school closures on Jan. 9, 10, 16 and 22. And now instructional hours across all grade levels are projected to be below the minimum required number, 1,116, set by the state. ...
An attorney for a renewable energy company says plans for a large wind farm in southwest Douglas County will never advance if the Douglas County Commission approves a recent Lawrence-Douglas County Planning Commission decision that significantly lengthened the distance between wind turbines and property lines.
“If that’s the final regulation, no one will ever do a wind project in Douglas County,” Alan ...
A bill that would prohibit local governments from imposing regulations or taxes on plastic bags, bottles, packaging and an array of "similarly-coated materials” continues to be divisive at the Kansas Statehouse.
The bill comes at a time when the Lawrence City Commission is set to implement a single-use plastic bag ban on March 1.
The first attempt at passing a state bill aimed at that type of ban was ...
Douglas County commissioners on Wednesday unanimously voted to renew permits for several meteorological testing devices associated with potential wind energy developments in southwest Douglas County.
The commission approved the four permit renewal requests from NextEra Energy Inc. on behalf of Tower Associates — one for a 197-foot meteorological tower southeast of the intersection of North 400 Road and East ...
