Eudora city leaders will soon decide whether to create special housing districts for a large home development, and Douglas County commissioners will hear more about the project on Wednesday.
The proposed project, known as Holladay Woods, is anticipated to include approximately 119 single-family residential units and 49 duplex units north of Kansas Highway 10 and east of East 2100 Road in Eudora. Zack Daniel, ...
Kansas Senate leaders from both parties unveiled bipartisan legislation on Tuesday that would ban cell phones in K–12 classrooms.
The bill, Senate Bill 302, would require Kansas public school districts and accredited private K–12 schools to adopt policies limiting student use of personal electronic communication devices during class time. Under the bill, students would be prohibited from using devices such ...
When Perry-Lecompton High School's production of "Annie" took the stage late last fall, it wasn't just a showcase for the students' talents, but also for the new fine arts auditorium they were performing in.
“At the musical, you just felt like you were on stage with the kids,” Superintendent Josh Woodward told the Journal-World at an open house held on Monday to celebrate the district's new facilities. ...
After crafting a story about two rival kingdoms and a third secretly pulling the strings, middle schooler Hailee Shrimplin is about to see her story brought to life on Theatre Lawrence’s big stage.
Hailee, a seventh grader at Eudora Middle School, joined the Suitcase Stories Club, where students craft their own original stories and then see them performed by a professional troupe. It’s a club in partnership ...
Douglas County law enforcement increased holiday patrols through a state-funded campaign aimed at deterring impaired driving and shared the total DUI arrests reported over the past week.
The year-round Special Traffic Enforcement program includes several campaigns timed around holidays such as Thanksgiving, Christmas, New Year’s Eve, Memorial Day, and Labor Day and is meant to provide a period of public ...
If you want to jump right into your New Year's resolutions with a run, hike or bike ride, there are several planned in and around Lawrence on Thursday — even though it might get a little chilly.
While the high temperature for Wednesday was forecast to be in the 50s, a cold front will cause the highs to dip into the low 40s for the rest of the week, including around 41 degrees for the holiday on Thursday. But ...
