The City of Lawrence extended the closure of Ninth Street near downtown an additional block west to accommodate further construction. The city closed Ninth Street from Louisiana Street to Mississippi Street to traffic on Tuesday as part of the work on the Jayhawk Watershed Middle Reach Project ...
The Lawrence Mardi Gras Parade partied through Massachusetts Street on Tuesday.
Story updated at 7:30 p.m. Tuesday, Feb. 17: A Lawrence organization called Sanctuary Alliance alerted the community on Tuesday that agents with U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement, or ICE, were detaining individuals in Lawrence, and Douglas County's sheriff was sharply critical of ICE's ...
Hundreds of Lawrence and Free State High School students walked out of class Tuesday to protest U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement. The walkout came after two Minneapolis residents were killed this month by federal immigration agents. In a social media post, community groups Sanctuary ...
Haskell Indian Nations University once again has a new interim leader at the helm, and it is still working to identify a permanent president, the Bureau of Indian Education announced on Monday. The BIE said in a news release that Alex Red Corn, a citizen of the Osage Nation and director of ...
The City of Lawrence's Historic Resources staff will be holding an open house this weekend for people to comment on the potential listing of Watson Park on the Lawrence Register of Historic Places. The open house will be from 1 to 3 p.m. on Saturday, Jan. 31, in Room B of the Lawrence Public ...