How will the Lawrence school district reassign sixth- through eighth-graders who don't want to take part in Liberty Memorial Central Middle School's science, technology, engineering, arts and mathematics curriculum next school year? That's what the district's Boundary Advisory Committee met to ...
Ahead of Martin Luther King Jr. Day, a locally produced play at the Lied Center will celebrate the legacy of the iconic civil rights leader. Titled "The Steps of a Good Man," the play, written by Lawrence resident Rita Rials, is an intergenerational story centered on an elderly man who shares ...
Gerry Coffman knew the barn on her rural Douglas County property was historic — it was built in the late 19th century, after all, and there are initials carved in the barn's wood paneling, likely by her grandfather Homer Crawford, that date back to 1902. But that the outhouse on the ...
Campsites on the Kansas River in Lawrence have damaged the levee slopes and must be removed to protect the integrity of the levee, which is a crucial structure for flood control. That’s according to the City of Lawrence’s engineering program manager, Kyle Gonterwitz, in reference to why ...
A University of Illinois basketball player was arrested Thursday in Lawrence on suspicion of rape. Terrence Edward Shannon Jr., 23, of Champaign, Illinois, was arrested Thursday on a warrant at the Douglas County Jail on one count of rape and was released later that day on a $50,000 bond. The ...
When Rontarus Washington Jr. pleaded guilty to felony battery and attempted robbery charges in Shawnee County in October, he says his mind was on what happened to him in the Douglas County court system years ago — how he spent more than five years in jail accused of murder in a case that was ...