Lawrence school district officials on Monday will present the latest findings from a series of community conversations held earlier this year.
During the 2024-2025 school year, the district held multiple community conversations and asked people to participate in a survey to engage hundreds of staff and community members. The purpose of the feedback was to understand what the district is doing well, where it ...
Douglas County commissioners raised questions about a proposal to expand local social detox services, directing providers to further refine the plan and address concerns about funding and coordination.
The proposal shared on Wednesday was to redirect funding from existing social detox services to Avalon Wellness & Recovery Center to provide four to six dedicated social detox beds in Douglas County for ...
A new proposal could increase Douglas County's detox capacity by up to 60% by establishing four to six dedicated detox beds at Avalon Wellness & Recovery Center.
On Wednesday, county staff are seeking feedback from the County Commission on redirecting funding from the existing social detox services to Avalon, which would partner with organizations including Heartland RADAC, the Treatment and Recovery ...
The Perry-Lecompton school district has implemented an AI gun detection technology to protect students and staff from gun-related threats.
The software is known as ZeroEyes, a multi-analytics weapons detection and threat intelligence platform that is often easily integrated with an existing camera system. It's a firm founded by military veterans after the fatal shooting at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School ...
Panasonic has announced plans to repurpose production lines inside its U.S. plants, including De Soto, in order to produce energy storage systems for data centers. Currently, the De Soto facility makes batteries for electric vehicles.
A Panasonic spokesperson told the Journal-World that the company is still in the beginning stages of planning its data center battery cell production in Kansas. However, this ...
An EF0 tornado touched down in North Lawrence early Tuesday morning, according to damage assessment data from the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration.
The tornado was estimated to be on the ground for just two minutes from 12:24 a.m. to 12:26 a.m., according to the NOAA.
The tornado's path began near the intersection of Walnut St. and North Seventh St. in North Lawrence and moved northeast. The ...
