Story updated at 6:01 p.m. Monday. Offices of local governments are encouraging residents to avoid conducting business in person. Some offices of the Douglas County government are remaining open as many other organizations are closing as a response to the coronavirus pandemic. But the ...
Story updated at 3:05 p.m. Monday All nonessential dockets in Lawrence Municipal Court have been canceled for the next two weeks, beginning immediately, the city announced Monday afternoon. Judge Scott Miller of the court, which handles city ordinance violations including traffic and parking ...
The city clerk has suspended the license of a Lawrence massage therapist who has been charged with a child sex crime, and a citizen advisory board must soon provide guidance on whether to uphold that suspension. Shawn Paul O’Brien, 48, was charged in February in Douglas County District ...
Story updated at 7:04 p.m. Friday Douglas County's health department said Friday afternoon that it will be closing local public and private schools, indoor parks and recreation facilities and public libraries for two weeks in response to the spread of the new coronavirus. Douglas County's ...
The Lawrence City Commission will defer some topics that it had planned to discuss at its meeting Tuesday in the hopes of limiting public attendance amid the coronavirus pandemic. Although the March 17 meeting is still scheduled and will remain open to the public, commissioners will not be ...
Lawrence will cancel certain nonessential city-coordinated events and activities in light of the spreading coronavirus, according to a Thursday news release. Parks and Recreation programs, trips and classes that may place vulnerable populations at risk will be canceled. The Parks and ...
The counting of all U.S. residents is set to begin. Douglas County households will begin receiving notices for residents to participate in the 2020 Census on Thursday. Karrey Britt, a spokeswoman for the county, said the notices will explain how residents can respond to the census either ...
There will be no Lawrence City Commission meeting on Tuesday, according to the city calendar. The City Commission usually meets the first three Tuesdays of the month, but there will be no meeting on Tuesday because of spring break. The next City Commission meeting will be on March 17.
The city’s new $19.5 million police headquarters is now halfway complete, and police representatives say the project could far exceed original goals to bring more police under one roof. The project’s halfway point was marked with the placement of the final piece of the structure’s steel ...
City Manager Craig Owens says he thinks unrest within the Lawrence Police Department stems from a lack of direction and problems with communications. In his most detailed comments since the public learned last week that the Lawrence police officers union had taken a vote of no confidence in ...
The City of Lawrence Compost Facility will be open to the public beginning Saturday. Residents can drop off brush or yard waste and purchase compost or wood chips from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. every Saturday through mid-December, weather permitting, according to a news release from the city. The ...
Story updated at 4:49 p.m. Wednesday: The recently restored Santa Fe train depot could soon have an additional use, though city leaders acknowledged the potential tenant is not exactly what they had imagined. The City of Lawrence put out a request for proposals last spring for a currently ...
City leaders will continue their discussion of changes to the local resolution governing city employee unions with the hope that city and union representatives can come to more agreement on certain items. As part of its meeting Tuesday, the Lawrence City Commission voted unanimously to defer ...
City leaders will soon consider changes to the local resolution governing city employee unions that an area union says are “anti-worker.” Teamsters Local 696 requested changes in December to the resolution that union representatives say will ensure employees’ right to organize and join ...
Lawrence City Hall may soon have a new position responsible for urging city government to be more racially sensitive and aware of issues related to social justice and equity. City commissioners at their meeting on Tuesday will be asked to give City Manager Craig Owens permission to start ...
Lawrence and Baldwin City will each receive more than a million dollars in state grant funding for bicycle and pedestrian trail projects, the Kansas Department of Transportation announced Friday. Lawrence will receive a $1.07 million grant to help close one of the gaps in the Lawrence Loop ...
A Lawrence man who sued the City of Lawrence over the Queens Road taxing districts continues his legal efforts to stop the $5.3 million road project from proceeding as planned. Last year, Queens Road homeowner Kurt Schaake filed a lawsuit against the city in Douglas County District Court ...
When a group of residents were asked what changes they wanted to see in Lawrence in 10 years, common replies included more affordable housing, higher paying jobs and progress addressing social issues such as homelessness. About 40 people attended a public meeting Wednesday at the Carnegie ...
The City of Lawrence has revoked the contractor license of Lawrence developer Thomas Fritzel following his recent felony convictions and ordered all work to stop on his current project. A red stop work order from the city’s building safety division was seen taped to a door at Hawker ...
An aerial photograph taken Saturday, Feb. 22, 2020, shows the ongoing construction of the city’s new $19.5-million police headquarters at 5100 Overland Drive, which is behind the Walmart near Sixth Street and Wakarusa Drive. It’s estimated the headquarters will be complete in December 2020, ...