Lawrence's Affordable Housing Advisory Board has voted to recommend that city leaders consider changes to the board’s membership or procedures following concerns about potential conflicts of interest. The board voted 10-0 as part of a meeting Thursday to recommend that the Lawrence City ...
A Lawrence man was sentenced on Thursday in Douglas County District Court to 27.5 years in prison for sexually abusing two children under the age of 14. Zachary Jonathan Lang, 38, pleaded guilty to four counts of aggravated criminal sodomy in September, and on Thursday Judge Sally Pokorny ...
A Douglas County leader says it’ll take more than just increasing capacity at the Lawrence Community Shelter to make a dent in homelessness in Lawrence, following recent calls from business owners and community members to boost capacity. Last Tuesday, a group of prominent downtown business ...
A prominent downtown parking lot is no longer set to be donated to the Bert Nash Community Mental Health Center for a unique multistory housing project. City commissioners at a Sept. 13 meeting had told city staff to begin working on a plan that could include donating a city-owned parking lot ...
A much debated traffic control effort in Old West Lawrence continues, with the third and final configuration of the pilot program set to be installed soon. The revised configuration of traffic calming devices results in fewer turn restrictions and adds other new features, such as planters ...
Updated at 12:01 p.m. Monday Organizers of Art in the Park were shocked Saturday morning to discover that a number of paintings had been stolen overnight from one of the festival participants at the annual event, and they are offering a reward for the return of the artwork. Maria Martin, ...