To enhance the safety of city streets, the City of Lawrence is hoping to add speed cushions to three roads in northwestern Lawrence to reduce speeding. During the Connected City Advisory Board meeting on Monday, city staff presented three different road segments where they hope to add speed ...

When it comes to property tax rates in Douglas County, there’s an equal split among the four cities: two are increasing rates and two are lowering them. Residents in Baldwin City and Eudora are both set to have lower property tax rates — also known as mill levies — after recent action by ...

A city advisory board is backing a plan to close the Lawrence Loop’s downtown gap with a route along Seventh and New Hampshire streets, though it might change in the future depending on what happens to the Riverfront Mall property. On Monday, the Connected City Advisory Board reviewed a ...

Haskell Indian Nations University celebrated the 100th anniversary of its stadium and memorial arch with a powwow Saturday as part of Welcome Back Week.

The Lawrence school district’s four-year, on-time graduation rate has improved to 88.7% in 2025, however, there are disparities among many student groups the district hopes to focus on moving forward. The graduation rate is the percentage of students who earn a high school diploma within ...

In 12 years of showing her pottery at Art in the Park, Melanie Harvey has some ideas of what the people want to see. They want the chicken band. They want the T. rex on the drums, or the cat on the bicycle – the “classic characters” she came up with, inspired by people she knows and ...