The Lawrence school board won't be naming an interim replacement for departing Superintendent Anthony Lewis until mid-August, and it doesn't expect to begin the search for a permanent replacement until this fall.
That's what the board discussed at a special meeting on Tuesday, just a few days after it was announced that Lewis was leaving for a job in Durham, North Carolina. School board President Kelly Jones ...
After an organization providing eye care services had not visited Honduras in five years, a brigade of optometrists and volunteers decided they were up for the challenge — and their visit resulted in some people getting their very first pair of glasses and seeing things they had not seen clearly before.
Dr. Laurie White, the crew’s leader and an optometrist in Oskaloosa, said residents in the rural area ...
Douglas County and representatives from an architecture firm hosted an open house for two construction projects – the Judicial and Law Enforcement Center renovation and addition and the development of a new building next to the county jail.
The community event began on the second floor of the JLEC, 111 E. 11th St., in the Division 4 courtroom with a presentation given by Douglas County, District Court staff ...
Six of the 13 candidates running for Douglas County Commission appeared at a candidate forum on Saturday, and a majority said affordable housing is a significant challenge still needing to be addressed.
The candidates – Mike Kelso, Gene Dorsey, Shannon Reid, Lisa Larsen, Erica Anderson and Pam McDermott – appeared at a Douglas County Commission candidate forum hosted by The NAACP and League of Women Voters ...
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 ...
