Updated at 12:19 p.m. Tuesday, Dec. 9 A Douglas County judge is considering whether a Kansas law that nullifies the rights of terminally ill, incapacitated pregnant women is constitutional. Three women and two doctors filed the civil lawsuit in May challenging the 46-year-old state statute ...
Lawrence school board members reviewed data on Monday showing that more than 2,100 students entered or left the district last year and that showed class sizes for middle and high schools in 2025-2026. As the Journal-World reported, the Lawrence school district’s enrollment this school year ...
To say the past year has been a busy one for Kasey Flynt is an understatement. Flynt, the development director for the Haskell Foundation, an organization designed to fulfill the unmet needs of Native Americans through direct support, research and partnerships, said the foundation was thrust ...
The Lawrence City Commission will consider approving Tuesday night a preliminary development plan for an apartment complex that would feature 200 units along a portion of the golf course at the Jayhawk Club. The proposed project would convert a vacant 17-acre parcel just south of the main ...
Douglas County residents are invited to a collaborative workshop to explore ways to better support low-income and single-parent families. The workshop will allow participants to review data and stories collected through Douglas County Thrives, a community effort that gathered perspectives from ...
A large police presence in central Lawrence is due to a suspected suicide near West 24th Street and Ridge Court, police said on Monday. Laura McCabe, a spokeswoman for the Lawrence Police Department, said officers were called there shortly after 9 a.m. "and have every reason to believe it’s ...
