The field of candidates for the Lawrence City Commission race is set, with one current commissioner opting against another run. Commissioner Lisa Larsen will not seek reelection. Larsen, who once served as mayor, has been on the commission since 2015, when she was appointed to a seat. Larsen ...

Lawrence city commissioners on Tuesday will consider no longer live-streaming their meetings on YouTube and, instead, uploading recordings of meetings the next day. The potential change comes after Gov. Laura Kelly signed a law in April that updated the Kansas Open Records Act and Kansas Open ...

Washington — The Department of Homeland Security is putting more than 500 communities across the country that it labels “sanctuary jurisdictions,” including Lawrence and Douglas County, on notice that the Trump administration views them as obstructing immigration enforcement as it ...

Twenty employees with the City of Lawrence have been accepted for the voluntary early retirement program, which the city began offering as part of an effort to address the city’s budget shortfall. At a City Commission meeting in April, city staff presented a budget that addressed a projected ...

A hearing for a Lawrence police officer accused of misdemeanor battery in Shawnee County was delayed on Friday due to a busy court schedule. The officer, Myrone Grady, 51, is charged with one misdemeanor count of battery in connection with an incident on Jan. 27 at Shawnee Heights High ...

The City of Lawrence will be holding a community open house Thursday evening to help develop a comprehensive plan for the East Lawrence neighborhood. At the open house, residents can talk with the city’s Planning & Development Services staff about the goals for the plan. The meeting will ...