Most years, Erick Vaughn says one of the biggest challenges facing his organization, Douglas County CASA, is people not knowing much about it.
The group’s mission is to use specially trained volunteers called Court Appointed Special Advocates to advocate for children who have been removed from their homes and placed under court protection. In Douglas County in any given year, there are about 140 children in ...
The Lawrence City Commission approved a rezoning request Tuesday for a vacant piece of land near LMH Health that could allow the development of a 24-unit apartment complex.
The commission voted 3-2 to rezone 0.69 acres of land at the southwest corner of West Third and Michigan streets from an R-2 low-density residential district to an R-4 high-density residential district. Commissioners Bart Littlejohn and ...
Nearly two dozen residents emotionally and publicly beseeched the Lawrence City Commission to not consider a resolution that could potentially harm vulnerable populations in the community.
The city had included Resolution No. 7599 on Tuesday's agenda when the agenda was first publicly posted on Thursday evening. That resolution, in order to “comply with federal Executive Orders of the current ...
The Lawrence City Commission will consider a rezoning request for a vacant piece of land near LMH Health that would allow for the development of a 24-unit apartment complex.
The request would rezone about .69 acres of land at the southwest corner of West Third Street and Michigan Street from an R-2 low density residential district to an R-4 high density residential district. The land has been split between ...
The City of Lawrence is asking for community feedback about the possibility of adding memberships and fees to its parks and recreation facilities.
The city has opened up an online survey and will host multiple pop-ups in the coming weeks for residents to weigh in.
As part of the 2026 budget process, the Lawrence City Commission earlier this year directed the Parks, Recreation and Culture Department to explore ...
A plan to build row houses on a vacant parking lot in downtown Lawrence was approved Thursday night by the Historic Resources Commission, the third time the body had considered the project.
The commissioners voted 3-2 in favor of a certificate of approval for the project at 700 New Hampshire St. and to find that the proposed three-story complex meets the Downtown Design Guidelines. Commissioners Jeanne Klein ...
