Updated at 3:57 p.m. Wednesday, Sept. 2 Anyone who has visited the new Judicial and Law Enforcement Center more than once has likely heard about — or personally experienced — frustrations with the lone elevator available to the public. The county's courtrooms are located in what's called ...
The Lawrence Journal-World is moving delivery of its newspaper to the U.S. Postal Service and will replace its Sunday print edition with a new Weekend Edition that publishes on Saturdays. Postal delivery will begin on Tuesday, Sept. 8 and the new Weekend Edition will debut on Saturday, Sept. ...
UPDATED 6:30 P.M. Plans to build more than a thousand new homes and apartments west of the Bob Billings Parkway and South Lawrence Trafficway interchange hit a snag at Monday’s Lawrence-Douglas County Planning Commission meeting. Planning commissioners on a 4-3 vote recommended denial of a ...
Lawrence school board members on Monday heard about the principles that will guide the district in creating a new artificial intelligence policy, which is expected to be proposed before the next school year. Although the board is still some time away from seeing a draft of the policy, district ...
The Lawrence school board president wants to bring public comment back to school board meetings, but – at least right now – is proposing only letting people speak about specific agenda items being discussed, and not allowing comments via videoconference. The school board hasn’t had a ...
Updated at 5:10 p.m. Monday, Aug. 17, 2026 A dull and dingy wall in downtown Lawrence is now colorful and inviting, thanks to local Girl Scouts who spent a good part of the past year planning and painting a mural at the site. Troop 2856 gathered Sunday to officially unveil their contribution ...