If the idea of a lemonade stand is an age-old tactic for raising funds, surely an entire city full of lemonade stands will work even better. A local nonprofit who works to support foster children and their caregivers is betting so.
Foster Village – an organization working to support foster caregivers and advocates for progress to the foster care system – is aiming to raise $15,000 in support of northeast ...
Lawrence teachers could receive salary increases next school year if a tentative agreement is approved between the teachers union and the district.
On Tuesday, representatives of the Lawrence Education Association (LEA) met with the district and representatives of the Lawrence school board to form a tentative contract agreement to increase a teachers’ base annual salary by $1,400 starting this fall.
“I ...
The Douglas County Commission at its meeting Wednesday approved an engineering plan to extend Wakarusa Drive, but the timing of it could clash with another KDOT project and cause problems for first-responders, some at the meeting said.
Commissioners approved an approximately $91,000 contract for BG Consultants to begin preliminary engineering work needed to extend Wakarusa Drive to a point south of the ...
Ever since Lawrence became a two high school town in the late 1990s, 15th Street — also known as Bob Billings Parkway in parts of the community — has been one of the more significant markers in the city.
Public school children who live north of 15th Street/Bob Billings Parkway attend Free State High. Those who live south of the street attend Lawrence High.
Now, there’s talk that all of that may change. ...
A county-hired consultant anticipates a $1.4 million to $2.2 million wage gap for county employees, and county commissioners on Wednesday will be briefed on how those employees might need to be paid more in the future.
McGrath, a human resource group, has put together a draft report that examines how county employee wages compare to average wages for similar jobs in the broader region surrounding Lawrence. The ...
The Lawrence school district on Monday heard from several teachers about the cell phone policy for the middle schools and high schools. They came with a petition signed by 84 of their peers in the hopes of making changes to the district’s policy.
The policy, “which leaves room for teacher discretion and requires some (cellphones) to simply be, ‘put away and out of sight,’ is problematic,” said ...
