More than 135 people filled the Lawrence Community Shelter on Sunday night during the height of the winter storm, with some staff members being transported to work by all terrain utility vehicles due to the icy roads.
Lawrence Community Shelter Executive Director James Chiselom said the icy roads made it much more hectic to get people to the shelter, but ultimately 137 people were housed at the shelter ...
Major highways across the state are beginning to reopen Monday after having closed over the weekend due to dangerous conditions from a massive winter storm, according to the Kansas Department of Transportation.
KDOT said in a news release Monday morning that the major state highways in northeast Kansas are now open. That includes all interstate highways in the Kansas City metro area. Previously, Interstate-70 ...
In three years on Haskell Indian Nations University's Board of Regents, board president Brittany Hall has watched her alma mater seemingly spin out of control — and has had almost no power to do anything about it.
She's watched as the school was rocked by allegations of fraud, nepotism, sexual assaults, intimidation and more. She's been there through multiple Haskell presidents and through the entire Bureau ...
Lawrence city commissioners will consider approving an application for a federal grant that could net around $22.9 million for sidewalk and other pedestrian improvements across the city.
The city is aiming to earn funding from the U.S. Department of Transportation’s Rebuilding American Infrastructure with Sustainability and Equity (RAISE) grant, according to a city memo. If the city wins the grant, it would ...
The City of Lawrence is now taking applications for the 2025 Community Arts Grant Program, and the city will add another option of “mini grants” for artists as well.
The grants program is a competitive grant initiative designed to provide funding for art programs and projects in Lawrence. The program is overseen by the Cultural Arts Commission, and the grants are funded through the city’s transient guest ...
A dredging project at the Kaw River Water Treatment Plant could close a portion of the river for up to two months sometime this year, but the exact details of when that work might happen are still up in the air.
The Lawrence City Commission recently approved a $510,000 agreement with Veit & Company Inc. to complete the project, which will help maintain the intake pumps for the Kaw River Water Treatment ...
