After a Lawrence-based nonprofit received a $250,000 grant from the FIFA Global Citizen Education Fund, its leader said the donation will make a big difference to the students it supports. The nonprofit, SparkWheel, announced it was one of the 27 organizations worldwide that received support ...
Representatives from the Lawrence Police Department, Douglas County Sheriff's Office, KU, Eudora and Baldwin City police departments and Douglas County Special Olympics athletes carried the Flame of Hope for the area leg of its journey before the Kansas Summer Games. Their leg of the run ...
A Douglas County supportive housing program helping chronically homeless residents secure stable housing has generated an estimate of nearly $108,000 in public service savings, according to a new county analysis. A work session was requested by the Douglas County Commission to provide an ...
Jake Potter, the Lawrence school district's executive director of communications, is leaving the district after less than a year, and another communications staff member will assume his responsibilities, the Journal-World has independently learned. On May 25, at a Lawrence school board ...
A new mural visible from the Burroughs Creek Trail is coming to East Lawrence after a local trails nonprofit secured two grants to support the project. The mural project is being led by Friends of Lawrence Area Trails, or FLAT, a nonprofit dedicated to maintaining an accessible trail system in ...
A Democratic challenger, Milton Scott has filed to take on the incumbent for the Douglas County Commission's 1st District seat. Scott, who previously ran for Lawrence City Commission in 2021, will be facing incumbent Patrick Kelly in the Democratic primary election. Scott said he was running ...