Candidates for the Lawrence City Commission on Wednesday gave their suggestions for supporting Lawrence’s Native American community, specifically Haskell Indian Nations University. During a candidate forum hosted by the Lead Horse Open II event at the Lied Center, seven of the eight ...
A forum for Lawrence City Commission candidates is scheduled for Wednesday at the Lied Center — with the topic of how the would-be municipal leaders plan to "improve the Native American community." The free forum, which is part of Lead Horse Open II Jingle Dress Tournament Dance Competition, ...
The Lawrence Police Department has settled in to its nearly $20 million home in the northwest part of town, and it's seeing improvements in operations that it had hoped to see with the new facility. Since moving into its new headquarters, 5100 Overland Drive, about seven months ago, the law ...
The City of Lawrence could be facing a multimillion-dollar budget gap in two years, forcing the city to either cut services or increase property taxes to make up the difference. However, city officials are hopeful that a third option — growth in revenues as the economy picks up — will bring ...
The Lawrence Parks and Recreation Department has closed the South Park wading pool for the rest of the summer. The pool had been scheduled to be open through Aug. 7, but Parks and Rec closed the pool for the season because of a maintenance issue, according to a city news release. The news ...
Citing its negative effect on board participation, the city’s Community Police Review Board has decided to remove a criminal background check as a requirement to join the board. For about a year, the board has been working on a new version of its governing ordinance with the main goal of ...