Activists converged on Lawrence City Hall on Friday to demand action on climate change — in solidarity with other activists around the world. The Climate Strike Walkout, organized in part by Lawrence branches of the Sunrise Movement and The Sierra Club, united hundreds of people who left ...
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. This call blotter spans from 6 a.m. Thursday to 6 a.m. Friday and includes 221 incidents. Each listing gives a date, time and ...
TOPEKA — A Kansas judge whose past political tweets sank his nomination for a higher court and prompted Republican legislators to call for a review of his conduct announced Friday that he will step down early next year. Labette County District Judge Jeffry Jack said he will retire Jan. 2 ...
Lawrence police have arrested a man in connection with a reported armed robbery, according to the Douglas County Jail booking log. A 20-year-old Lawrence man was arrested Thursday evening at an apartment in the 4300 block of West 24th Street on suspicion of armed robbery, jail records show. ...
As a planning commissioner, Rob Sands understands that there will be disagreements at City Hall and that sometimes emotions will run high. Sands said what makes those situations easier was reminding himself what everyone agreed on. “We all love Lawrence and we want it to stay the way it ...
As a graduate of the former Lawrence Alternative High School, Paula Smith said she wants to help Lawrence students find pathways to success that best suit them. “The way the program was geared to fit me better helped me succeed to graduate on time,” she said of her time at the Lawrence ...
A student who survived the Feb. 14, 2018, Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School shooting in Parkland, Fla., will deliver a lecture on Nov. 8 at the Lied Center. The lecture by gun control activist David Hogg is titled "Putting the USA over the NRA: What we must do to end gun violence." It's ...
For several years, the staff of the Watkins Museum of History has been working on the third-floor exhibits in the iconic red brick building at 1047 Massachusetts St. In the large space, several of the exhibits are now completed and help tell the story of everyday life in Douglas County. Plus, ...
The season opener for Theatre Lawrence is not just a chance to see a Broadway hit; it’s a chance to see a local politician playing a bunch of “really terrible people.” “I mean, they’re pretty awful,” said Douglas County Commissioner Patrick Kelly of the multiple characters — at ...
Nationally acclaimed authors Colson Whitehead and Natalie Diaz will headline the Paper Plains Literary Festival, a free community event that will be hosted at locations throughout Lawrence April 23-26, 2020. Festival director Danny Caine announced some of the authors during a Paper Plains ...
New raises approved Wednesday brought University of Kansas Chancellor Douglas Girod’s salary $87,500 higher than that of the second-highest salaried president among the six public universities. For fiscal year 2020 Girod’s salary is $600,000. This is a $50,000 raise from the last fiscal ...
Thea Perry has always been interested in public service, but she was too shy to run for office. That changed, however, when she was diagnosed with breast cancer in January 2018. Perry, a candidate for the Lawrence school board election this fall, said the health issue motivated her to ...
Though Joey Hentzler has an active interest in politics, he didn’t necessarily plan to run for office. However, as he was trying to motivate others to run, many suggested that he would make a good candidate himself. “I had been searching for candidates who I thought would be committed to ...
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. This call blotter spans from 6 a.m. Wednesday to 6 a.m. Thursday and includes 202 incidents. Each listing gives a date, time and ...
Story updated at 7:02 p.m. Thursday, Sept 19: A few months before she was murdered, 19-year-old Justina Altamirano Mosso came to work with a black eye, her best friend testified Thursday morning in Douglas County District Court. Blanca Estela Galeana Aviles testified through an interpreter ...
During his first year of teaching, Chad Aberle showed an ability to build strong relationships with his students and their parents, which is a sign of a great teacher, said West Middle School Principal Brad Kempf. “What Chad did to create a culture for learning in his first year of teaching ...
Amid continuing financial losses, leaders of LMH Health are now combating — and denying — rumors that the nonprofit hospital will turn to large-scale layoffs to improve the business’s bottom line. At a Wednesday evening meeting of the hospital’s board of trustees, board member Bob ...
Kansas’ other five public universities will soon join the University of Kansas in using grade point averages instead of class rank as a criterion for admissions. But under the standards unanimously approved by the Kansas Board of Regents on Wednesday, KU will still have the highest bar of ...
Two suspects reportedly stole a lifesize cutout of the Kansas City Chiefs’ star quarterback, fled the scene and wound up in a car accident, according to information from Lawrence Police Department spokesman Patrick Compton. Just after noon Monday, Lawrence police officers were handling a ...
