Incumbent Douglas County Commissioner Shannon Reid on Tuesday defeated Lawrence City Commissioner Lisa Larsen in the Democratic primary for the county's District 2 seat. Reid will now face Brad Chun, an independent candidate, in the November general election. Reid, the only incumbent county commissioner to face a primary challenger this year, works as a court advocate for victims of domestic violence at The ...
To build better understanding between the Lawrence Police Department and the community it serves, Lawrence will have to talk about misunderstandings — about what the police do, about how they're perceived, and about how the community may be feeling. That was a takeaway from Saturday's workshop on police-community relations, the second of two facilitated by the Department of Justice as part of LPD's ...
The Clinton Marina received significant damage after being hit with wind gusts that reached 70 mph during the storm on Wednesday evening, and it will be closed until further notice. The storm broke several anchor lines at the marina, causing it to move about 25 feet. It also left the marina, the only one at Clinton State Park, mostly without electricity, fuel, water and sewer services. Peter Meiusi, one of the ...
After receiving enough signatures from members of the community to get on the November ballot, Brad Chun will be running for the Douglas County Commission as an independent candidate in the general election. Chun will be running for the seat in District 2, which includes North Lawrence, the eastern Lawrence area around downtown, Grant Township and the portion of Wakarusa Township north of Lawrence. This ...
At a special meeting on Thursday, the Lawrence school board approved an increase to the administrative salary pool and interviewed the final candidate for the interim superintendent position. The school board approved the superintendent’s recommended 4.077% increase to the administrative salary pool, a total increase of $245,520. This increase will allow the district to finalize compensation packages for all ...
With COVID-19 and weather cancellations, it had been a few years since the Douglas County Fair held its last antique tractor pull. But if you think that's a while to wait, try spending 25 years in a shed. That's what happened to one of the tractors in Thursday's competition before Doug Montis bought it from a neighbor who had it in storage. It was made in 1951 — the same year as all of the tractors his ...