A Kansas nonprofit will assist Lawrence’s Homeless Response Team after receiving funding from the city by providing better access for substance use treatment, and it believes its peer mentors can help better engage people for recovery.
Mirror Inc., a nonprofit organization with multiple locations across Kansas that provides a range of substance use treatment options, received $220,000 this month from the City ...
Lawrence city leaders have received the University of Kansas' application for financial incentives for the second phase of its Gateway development, starting the process on what KU representatives are calling a “once in a generation project.”
The incentives themselves are still a ways away from being approved, but the Lawrence City Commission voted 4-1 to accept the university's application. KU is seeking ...
Lawrence city commissioners on Tuesday selected city parking lot No. 14 in the 700 block of Vermont Street as the location for the city’s new downtown transit station.
The commission voted 4-1 in favor of the site near the current bus transfer area. They chose it over city parking lot No. 9, which is on the west side of the 900 block of Vermont Street. Commissioner Amber Sellers was the lone no vote. ...
When a small community in Kansas has a homelessness problem, what's stopping it from just dropping people off on the streets of a bigger city like Lawrence?
Last year, the deterrent might have been some “colorful language.”
According to Lawrence Police Chief Rich Lockhart, that's what the Anderson County Sheriff's Department got after it dropped a homeless woman off here. She was arrested after reports ...
After they rejected a consultant's recommendation to purchase a vacant building for a new City Hall, Lawrence city commissioners will be considering a new contract with the same firm to reassess the project and evaluate as many as two alternative sites.
On Tuesday, the commission will vote on a $63,500 agreement with Multistudio to “reset the project” of reconfiguring City Hall. As the Journal-World has ...
Some City of Lawrence utility customers who have fallen behind on their payments will soon be able to set up payment plans to help pay those amounts down, the city announced on Thursday.
“We’re excited to open up payment arrangements to our customers who have been advocating for this process, especially for our community members who might be experiencing hardship during this holiday season and beyond,” ...
