At a holiday band performance by eighth-graders from Southwest Middle School on Wednesday, the Lawrence Schools Foundation surprised the band director, Deborah Woodall Routledge, with a $5,000 award for her dedication to the school’s music program.
Routledge is this year's recipient of the foundation's Dedication to Education Award, which recognizes a certified teacher or paraeducator each year for going ...
Douglas County commissioners approved a nearly $82 million budget on Wednesday for the Judicial and Law Enforcement Center and Public Safety Building project — an amount that will also cover some extra features like solar panels and a new parking lot.
The commission unanimously approved the total figure of $81,982,074 for the renovations and expansion of the JLEC and the construction of the new Public Safety ...
Douglas County commissioners will on Wednesday consider approving an approximately $82 million budget for the improvement and expansion of the Judicial and Law Enforcement Center and a new Public Safety building built next to the county jail.
County commissioners will receive a presentation from Treanor Architects and J.E. Dunn Construction regarding the $81,982,074 budget for the JLEC and Public Safety ...
Two 500-pound concrete wrens have had a significant flight path around Lawrence for several decades, but one has landed at the Watkins Museum of History, where it will permanently reside.
On Monday, the museum held a reception for a new exhibition featuring the recently restored wren, part of a pair that ended up being all that remained of the “WREN Building,” which sat on the northeast corner of Eighth ...
High school students in the Lawrence school district soon won't be able to use their cellphones during instructional time.
On Monday, the Lawrence school board unanimously approved a new policy that will make high school classrooms phone-free during instructional time. The policy is set to begin in January.
During the meeting, Interim Superintendent Jeanice Swift said the goal of the new policy was all about ...
Before European settlement, Kansas was dominated by vast prairies of tall grasses and wildflowers. However, farming and development have since altered the landscape, prompting researchers at the University of Kansas to help uncover how much of it remains intact in Douglas County.
Prairie pastures, which include native prairie that has never been plowed being grazed by cattle, have played an important ...
