The 2024 point-in-time homeless count for Lawrence and Douglas County, which was completed earlier this year, is up 18% from last year, according to results that were shared with the Journal-World on Wednesday.
The point-in-time count is conducted each year by state agencies as mandated by the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development, and it’s intended to give a picture of how many sheltered and ...
The Lawrence City Commission on Tuesday approved more than half a million dollars worth of sidewalk improvement projects at eight locations around the city.
Commissioners voted 4-0, with Commissioner Brad Finkledei absent, to award a $562,265 bid to Sands Construction LLC as part of the 2023 Pedestrian Improvements Project.
The project will construct new sidewalks on Wisconsin Street from Fifth Street to ...
A former deputy district attorney in Douglas County facing a state ethics complaint told the Lawrence City Commission Tuesday that he believed he was the right person to get the Community Police Review Board "off the ground," despite his name having been recently removed from the board nomination list.
Joshua Seiden, who abruptly departed the Douglas County District Attorney's Office in June after he was caught ...
In a couple of years, a major street in Lawrence could have a major facelift.
The Multi-Modal Transportation Commission unanimously voted on Monday to recommend a plan to redesign Ninth Street from Illinois Street to Vermont Street. The plan would drop Ninth Street's traffic flow from four lanes of cars to three lanes and add bike lanes on each side until Kentucky Street.
The design would have one lane of ...
Picture a horror movie scene: it’s the cliche dark, stormy night, right around Halloween. The full moon is out as the protagonist inches towards the abandoned house with a flashlight when suddenly bats come flying out from the doorway.
In real life, it doesn't need to be Halloween time for bats to make their presence known. In northeast Kansas, the most active time for bats is actually going to be in the ...
As sidewalk improvements become a citywide emphasis with funding programs, the City Commission is set to decide on about a half-million dollars worth of specific sidewalk improvement work at its meeting on Tuesday.
City staff is recommending approval of a $562,265 bid to Sands Construction LLC as part of the 2023 Pedestrian Improvements Project that will reconstruct or newly construct sidewalks at eight ...
