Temporary shelters for homeless people can now house up to 40 occupants as long as the building has adequate space to do so. As part of its consent agenda Tuesday, the Lawrence City Commission approved new occupancy limits for temporary shelters that typically house homeless people during the ...
Local public health officials say they are creating a plan to step up enforcement of health orders put in place to help stop the spread of the coronavirus, including a recent order that prohibits businesses from serving alcohol after 9 p.m. As part of its work session Tuesday, the Lawrence ...
The City of Lawrence will be testing sewer pipes for leaks in the Indian Hills neighborhood for the next several weeks. Starting this week, the city will be working with TREKK Design Group to blow the smoke, which is nontoxic and odorless, into sewer pipes to document where smoke escapes the ...
One of the stark markers of segregation in Lawrence was that white children swam in a private pool with a snack bar and lifeguards while Black children often resorted to the muddy Kansas River. And in the case of 12-year-old Wray Jones, ended up drowning in its waters. The river can hide its ...
City leaders will soon get a look at details regarding the ongoing coronavirus pandemic in Douglas County and efforts to address it. As part of its work session Tuesday, the Lawrence City Commission will receive a report and presentation from Lawrence-Douglas County Public Health regarding ...
Last year’s heavy rains have delayed the city’s plans to make repairs to the Kansas River dam and increased the project’s cost by hundreds of thousands of dollars. In March of last year, the Lawrence City Commission approved an approximately $1.24 million contract with TSP Environmental ...
The City of Lawrence will soon resume parking enforcement downtown after its temporary suspension due to the coronavirus pandemic. As part of its meeting Tuesday, the Lawrence City Commission voted unanimously to resume all downtown parking enforcement beginning on Sept. 14, including parking ...
City leaders have voted to move forward with the creation of historical markers to commemorate two young men who were killed in confrontations with police during racial and political unrest in the summer of 1970. As part of its meeting Tuesday, the Lawrence City Commission voted unanimously to ...
City leaders have voted to move forward with a project that would add a historical marker at a site where three Black men were lynched in 1882 near present-day City Hall. As part of its meeting Tuesday, the Lawrence City Commission voted unanimously to authorize an agreement with the Community ...
City leaders will soon consider moving forward with the creation of historic markers to commemorate two young men who were killed in confrontations with police during racial and political unrest in the summer of 1970. As part of its meeting Tuesday, the Lawrence City Commission will consider a ...
City leaders will soon decide whether to move forward with a project that would add a historical marker at a site where three Black men were lynched in 1882 near current-day City Hall. As part of its meeting Tuesday, the Lawrence City Commission will consider authorizing an agreement with the ...
The City of Lawrence has reached an $80,000 settlement with a Black driver who was shot by a rookie police officer after a traffic stop turned violent. The driver, Akira Lewis, filed an excessive-force lawsuit in September 2019 against former Lawrence Police Officer Brindley Blood, who shot ...
As members of the city’s Community Police Review Board continue to discuss changes to strengthen their review powers over complaints against police, some members disagreed about which complaints should be the focus. As part of its meeting Thursday, the board continued its review of a ...
Updated at 4:22 p.m. Thursday The City of Lawrence’s solid waste employees have voted overwhelmingly to unionize, and union leaders say that efforts to improve wages and working conditions are forthcoming. In a news release Thursday morning, the city clerk’s office reported that the ...
Though preservation efforts in Lawrence's historic neighborhoods have conserved the turreted homes, craftsman bungalows and stone cottages built in the city’s early years, neighborhood representatives of a new coalition say there is an important piece missing — the streets. The coalition, ...
The public will soon be able to learn more about the city’s new field operations headquarters, including efforts to mitigate potential impacts on residents living near the proposed site for the project. The City of Lawrence plans to build a $29 million field operations campus that will span ...
Plans are taking shape to create a campground for homeless people that will provide access to toilets, showers, laundry facilities and social services. The location of the campsite is still undecided, but organizers say to be useful, it will need to be within the city and close to ...
It has been five weeks since Lawrence developer Thomas Fritzel was sentenced to a year in prison for his scheme to collect fraudulent tax refunds from the City of Lawrence, but it is unclear where his request to serve his sentence at home stands. Fritzel previously pleaded guilty to one count ...
City leaders have approved a permit that will allow the proposal for a tiny-home village for homeless people to move forward. As part of its meeting this week, the Lawrence City Commission voted unanimously to approve the special use permit required for the project, which will use shipping ...
The Lawrence Historic Resources Commission is recommending that the city create markers for two young men who were killed in confrontations with police during civil unrest in the summer of 1970. As part of its meeting Wednesday, the HRC voted 6-0 to recommend that historic markers be created ...