The Lawrence school board on Monday will vote on whether to proceed in contract negotiations with the three architecture firms interviewed for the district’s upcoming $87 million bond projects. District staff is asking board members to move forward in negotiations with architectural design ...
Three people, including a 3-year-old girl, were found dead Sunday, according to a news release from the Douglas County Sheriff’s Office.Deputies responded to a reported shooting around 1:30 p.m. Sunday in the 1000 block of East 900 Road, southwest of Lawrence. In the driveway of a residence ...
As Baldwin City finance director Brad Smith prepared that city’s 2018 budget, he was under a city council direction to limit any tax increase to 1 mill, which was a near match to the limit the state’s tax lid legislation placed on any mill levy hike.He prepared the city’s 2018 budget ...
For this month’s edition of Chef’s Choice, Lee Meisel of Leeway Franks decided that Little Saigon Cafe was his spot for pho. Perhaps that's because Little Saigon owners Steve and Anna Nguyen have mastered the classic Vietnamese dish to the same degree that Meisel has mastered sausages and ...
A little primer before Aug. 21's solar eclipse. What’s the big deal, anyway? Barbara Anthony-Twarog, a professor of physics and astronomy at the University of Kansas, has been asked that question a lot lately. But she was kind enough to humor the Journal-World by ...
Consent agenda• Approve City Commission meeting minutes from 08/08/17.• Receive minutes from various boards and commissions• Approve all claims. The list of claims will be posted by the Finance Department on Monday prior to the meeting. If Monday is a holiday, the claims will be posted ...
Agency: United Way of Douglas CountyContact: Shelly Hornbaker at volunteer@unitedwaydgco.org or at 785-865-5030, ext. 301The kids will soon head back to school. The United Way and education partner agencies have many opportunities to help ensure that they have the support they need to thrive in ...
After being elected at a special convention Saturday, the newest member of the Kansas House said she would bring a message of sustainability to Topeka.Eileen Horn, the Lawrence-Douglas County sustainability coordinator, was elected to the Kansas House of Representatives at a convention of the ...
At its meeting Tuesday, the Lawrence City Commission will gets its first look at a multimillion-dollar incentives request from developers of a downtown grocery store and apartment project. As part of the incentives application, a development group led by Lawrence businessman Mike Treanor is ...
Two years ago, the University of Kansas opened a pair of brand-new residence halls, Oswald and Self, in an effort to bring students together on Daisy Hill, the university’s on-campus housing hub. KU Student Housing has similar goals when it comes to Cora Downs Residence Hall, which opens ...
Lawrence police are investigating after a Kwik Shop employee was shot during an attempted armed robbery early Friday morning outside the store at 3440 W. Sixth St.Officers were dispatched to the business shortly after 3:40 a.m.The victim, according to a news release Friday from Lawrence police, ...
Racial disparities, police officers in schools and concerns over transparency were among the issues discussed at a forum Thursday for Lawrence school board candidates. As part of the event, hosted by the local NAACP, school board hopefuls fielded prepared questions submitted by NAACP members. ...
Subscribers to the Lawrence Journal-World will receive KUsports.com’s 2017-18 Basketball Preview Magazine with their Sunday, Oct. 1, edition of the newspaper.The 100-page glossy magazine includes a preview of the upcoming University of Kansas men’s basketball season and a look back at the ...
Eudora — Not a drop of rain fell on the young golfers assembled at the Twin Oaks golf learning center to partake in a clinic given by one of the sport’s all-time greats. And right on cue, as Tom Watson was ready to start his lesson, a rainbow appeared high in the sky, off to his right.Can a ...
A displeased Douglas County Commission gave conditional approval Wednesday to a special event permit allowing a country music star to perform this fall on a farm south of Lawrence.Although they approved the permit with the provision that promoters agree to all the county’s conditions, ...
City officials say missing city invoices and payments may not be as extensive as initially feared when the city began an audit of its billing procedures. In June, the city identified a major billing discrepancy with the Riverfront Plaza's ground lease, but Finance Director Bryan Kidney said he ...
The University of Kansas will soon have a new interim vice chancellor for public affairs. Reggie Robinson, director of KU’s School of Public Affairs and Administration, will assume his new role effective Aug. 14, KU announced earlier this week. Robinson, a KU alumnus, has led the School of ...
Lawrence Memorial Hospital is now accepting grant applications for community wellness projects in Baldwin City, Eudora and Tonganoxie, the hospital announced Wednesday. The grants will be awarded to programs or projects that enhance local health and wellness, according to LMH’s news release. ...
Ex-Lawrence mayor Jeremy Farmer should not only pay more than $80,000 in restitution, but should also spend 10 months in prison, the U.S. Attorney’s Office argues in a new court filing. A federal judge is scheduled to sentence Farmer on Tuesday in U.S. District Court in Kansas City, Kan., ...
The Lawrence City Commission on Tuesday expressed support for reductions and changes to the more than 40 committees and advisory boards that fall under its purview.At its work session Tuesday, the commission directed city staff to move forward in the process of consolidating some boards, ...