After eight months of research and discussion, the city’s police review board is asking residents what they think of the board’s proposed changes to increase oversight of police complaints. The changes are meant to provide greater transparency and accountability in the handling of ...
The City of Lawrence was awarded a $564,000 grant from the Kansas Department of Transportation for the Lawrence Loop project, according to a news release Thursday from the city. Lawrence received the award for the shared-use path from Michigan Street to Sandra J. Shaw Community Health Park, ...
Before Lawrence city leaders consider taking over certain sidewalk maintenance responsibilities, they have a couple of questions for city staff, including how the city might fund a maintenance program and what kinds of legal issues it might face if it tried to enact one. At its meeting ...
Lawrence will be spending another $90,000 on a program to house homeless people in hotels amid frigid winter temperatures. At its meeting Tuesday, the Lawrence City Commission voted unanimously to approve the additional spending for the program, for which demand has more than doubled over the ...
The outside consultant the City of Lawrence hired to study its police department has been gathering input from city and police leaders — and will soon be gathering it from the public. And that feedback could help inform changes to police duties and shape the city's search for a new police ...
City leaders will soon consider spending another $90,000 on a program that shelters homeless people in hotels, allowing the program to continue operating another few weeks amid frigid temperatures. As part of its meeting Tuesday, the Lawrence City Commission will consider authorizing spending ...
Lawrence city leaders will soon discuss whether the city should take responsibility for maintenance of sidewalks once they are repaired to a certain standard. As part of its meeting Tuesday, the Lawrence City Commission will receive a report on potential costs of taking over sidewalk ...
Douglas County’s new district attorney Suzanne Valdez told members of Lawrence Community Police Review Board that she has some concerns with their effort to strengthen oversight of complaints against police. Valdez, who replaced longtime District Attorney Charles Branson a month ago, ...
City of Lawrence leaders have agreed to incorporate aspects of the Green New Deal into the city plans, including goals related to environmentally sustainable jobs and infrastructure. As part of its meeting Tuesday, the Lawrence City Commission voted unanimously to direct staff to integrate ...
City leaders have decided not to move forward with a contract to make repairs on the Bowersock Dam after the proposal came in around $400,000 more than anticipated. As part of its meeting Tuesday, the Lawrence City Commission voted 4-1, with Mayor Brad Finkeldei opposed, to authorize city ...
The Lawrence City Commission’s virtual meeting was delayed Tuesday after an interruption, or “Zoom bombing,” which included an image of sexual abuse and a racist message. As the commission’s virtual meeting was opened Tuesday, it was interrupted in brief intervals by noise or heavy ...
After a proposed contract to complete additional repairs on the Bowersock Dam came in higher than anticipated, city leaders will have to decide whether to go ahead with the project as planned or try to reduce some of the estimated $1.9 million price tag. As part of its meeting Tuesday, the ...
With bitterly cold weather forecast for this weekend and next week, the City of Lawrence will be opening its recreation centers and other facilities for use as drop-in warming spots. As the Journal-World has reported, temperatures are expected to be in single digits with subzero wind chills ...
Lawrence police officers will soon begin enforcing the city’s recently lowered speed limits on neighborhood streets. Starting Monday, police will begin pulling over drivers who exceed the new 25 mph speed limit as part of a $40,000, three-month traffic enforcement campaign. Senior Project ...
Lawrence city leaders have approved spending another $208,000 to further study contamination levels at the former Farmland Industries fertilizer plant, but they emphasized that the most difficult decisions about the site's cleanup were still ahead. As part of its meeting Tuesday, the Lawrence ...
One lane of the southbound bridge over the Kansas River at Lawrence will be closed Tuesday for a waterline repair project. Work was scheduled to begin at 8:30 a.m. Tuesday and last one day, according to a news release from the City of Lawrence's Municipal Services and Operations department. ...
As part of Lawrence’s yearslong effort to clean up nitrogen spills at the former Farmland Industries fertilizer plant, city leaders will soon discuss spending another $208,000 to further analyze the spread of the contaminants and develop a new remediation plan for the site. As part of its ...
Lawrence city officials say a bill that Kansas legislators are referring to as the “Energy Choice Act” is an attempt to limit local governments’ ability to move toward more renewable energy sources and combat climate change. Last year, Lawrence joined other communities across the nation ...
The Evergy energy company is planning to build an $8.5 million substation in central Lawrence that it says will improve electricity service in the community and strengthen the regional power grid. Evergy purchased land near Kasold Drive and Bob Billings Parkway, near the University of ...
City planners are moving forward with drafting a code change that would allow homeowners to build garage apartments and other smaller living quarters in all neighborhoods. The city will soon begin taking public input regarding the details of the code amendment, and it is expected to go to the ...