Around 30 parents and students at Limestone Community School joined together in a “bike bus” to start their day Friday morning.
A bike bus is a group of children and families bicycling to school together along a set route, according to Bike Bus World. The group, which advocates for bike buses — citing benefits to health and well-being, the environment and community-building — lists over 50 registered ...
The Lawrence Police Department will soon brief city commissioners on the findings from community conversations held last summer about how to improve the relationship between the community and the police.
At their meeting Tuesday, commissioners will receive a presentation from LPD Chief Rich Lockhart about the workshops facilitated by the Department of Justice through the Strengthening Police and Community ...
Gov. Laura Kelly has vetoed a $1 million allocation for a Lawrence-based children’s center, which the center's executive director said would have been used to "fill a gap" in the system for youth in foster care.
But, as the Legislature attempts to override the governor's dozens of line-item vetoes, there's the possibility that the funding could still be coming.
O’Connell Children’s Shelter, at 1925 ...
Gov. Laura Kelly signed a bill on Wednesday that will require the Lawrence City Commission to change the way it handles public comments in its live streams of meetings.
The new law updates the Kansas Open Records Act and Kansas Open Meetings Act, and a provision in it says that any governing body or agency that “elects to live stream their meeting on television, the internet or any other medium shall ensure ...
Lawrence city commissioners approved a request on Tuesday to add a Lawrence church to the local register of historic places, after a discussion about how a building's historic status can affect nearby development.
The commission voted unanimously to approve the nomination for the First Presbyterian Church building, 2415 Clinton Parkway, to the local list of historic places. The city’s Historic Resources ...
City Commissioners will once again consider a request from a local church to be added onto the Lawrence Register of Historic Places.
The commission will vote on approving the nomination for the First Presbyterian Church, located at 2415 Clinton Parkway, but this time only a portion of the church’s structure was nominated. The Historic Resources Commission voted in December to recommend approving the church to ...
