In their first discussion of the city’s 2022 budget, city leaders said they would like to keep the property tax rate flat and were interested in ways to mitigate the city’s rising utility rates. As part of its study session Tuesday, the Lawrence City Commission discussed 2021 revenue ...
Data from Douglas County’s district and municipal courts shows some racial disparities in the setting of bond amounts, but what causes them is not yet clear, a county official said Tuesday. During a Criminal Justice Coordinating Council meeting, Data Analyst Matt Cravens showed several data ...
County leaders will soon consider plans for the expansion of an airplane parts manufacturing facility near Vinland. As part of its meeting Wednesday, the Douglas County Commission will consider approving a site plan for a new 22,000-square-foot building for McFarlane Aviation on approximately ...
Sports are big business in Lawrence. College partying is even bigger. A new downtown Lawrence bar and restaurant plans to get in on both industries, and soon may have at least three floors of space — including a rooftop seating area — to do it from. Logie’s on Mass has opened at 728 ...
Parks and Recreation Advisory Board chair and former neighborhood leader Bart Littlejohn has filed for election to the Lawrence City Commission. Littlejohn, who is the former chair of the Pinckney Neighborhood Association, said he saw work on the commission as an extension of his role on the ...
Douglas County’s health department has been administering COVID-19 vaccines to about 280 people a day during its weekday clinics at LMH Health, according to data from Lawrence-Douglas County Public Health. Of those roughly 280 people per day, around 63 are receiving their first COVID-19 ...
Listed below is the majority of Lawrence police activity within the last 24 hours. Each afternoon the Lawrence Police Department releases a list of officer activity up to 6 a.m. on the date listed and extending back to 6 a.m. on the previous day. Each listing includes a date, time and general ...
A University of Kansas alumna has won a large grant to help expand her business, which seeks to provide AI-powered technology to entrepreneurs who are women of color. Michelle Tran Maryns is one of 24 recipients of the 2021 Bush Fellowship. The Bush Fellowship is granted by the Bush ...
Updated at 2:19 p.m. Tuesday NEW YORK — Reenergized under owner Jeff Bezos, The Washington Post named Associated Press veteran Sally Buzbee as its executive editor Tuesday, making her the first woman in the paper's 144-year history to lead the newsroom. She succeeds the retired Marty Baron ...
The Lawrence school board now has an equity policy that aims to address educational disparities in the school district. During a meeting on Monday, the board approved an amended policy with a 6-0 vote. Board member Paula Smith was absent from the meeting. Board President Kelly Jones said the ...
Douglas County reported 9,254 cases of COVID-19 as of Monday, an increase of 18 cases since Friday. In Douglas County, 9,063 out of the 9,254 cases are inactive or beyond the infectious period, according to Lawrence-Douglas County Public Health, meaning 191 cases are active. The county has ...
The recently removed president of Haskell Indian Nations University said on Monday that it was his “honor” to serve in his role and that he would never intentionally violate the First Amendment. Ronald Graham, who was removed from office on Friday, also shared what he considered his ...
COVID-19 vaccines finally are headed for more kids as U.S. regulators on Monday expanded use of Pfizer's shot to those as young as 12, sparking a race to protect middle and high school students before they head back to class in the fall. Shots could begin as soon as a federal vaccine advisory ...
Scientists say that if we’re going to stop rising global temperatures, the world will need to greatly reduce the amount of carbon it’s emitting into the air. Electricity production is one of the largest culprits and transitioning away from fossil fuels is seen as a key step in stopping ...
When you're young and still deciding who and what you want to be, the options can seem limitless. It can be hard to know which passions will ignite from spark to flame to blazing furnace fire. That was the case with Gabe Lewis-O’Connor when he walked into his first choral practice at the ...
City leaders will soon receive an update on revenue projections for this year and begin discussions regarding their priorities for the upcoming 2022 budget. As part of its study session Tuesday, the Lawrence City Commission will receive 2021 revenue projections on the city’s major revenue ...
Data from local health organizations showed that more than 54,000 first doses of COVID-19 vaccine had been administered in Douglas County as of Thursday. Lawrence-Douglas County Public Health reported that 54,258 first doses and 44,924 second doses of COVID-19 vaccine had been administered. ...
A Dole Institute of Politics exhibit about Bob Dole's early years in Congress will include a virtual event on Tuesday featuring former U.S. Sen. Pat Roberts. The exhibit, "Voices from the Big First, 1961-1968," focuses on Dole's role as a congressman representing the western half of the ...
OLATHE — A Kansas school board has fired a high school baseball coach for allegedly using a racial slur toward a Black player. The Olathe board met Monday morning and announced the firing of Olathe North High School Coach Pete Flood, the Kansas City Star reported. The father of the team's ...
TOPEKA — The state that made saloon smasher Carrie Nation famous is moving to allow people to get beer and cocktails to go after the coronavirus pandemic. Kansas lawmakers approved a bill last week to allow to-go beer and alcoholic drinks from clubs, bars and restaurants until 11 p.m., as ...
