A Minnesota man who was shot and killed earlier this month by a City of Lawrence employee suffered from schizophrenia and was traveling to see his grandmother in Mexico at the time of his death, according to his family, who are calling his death a heartbreaking tragedy and urging a greater ...
Courtney Ellis will be the new principal at Sunset Hill Elementary School, according to a press release from the district. Ellis currently serves as assistant principal and athletic director at Billy Mills Middle School, and she will succeed Howard Diacon, who was serving as Sunset Hill ...
A consultant that the Lawrence school district has worked with for many years will conduct a five-year enrollment projection for the district and create a new tool to show which schools children living at certain addresses should attend. On Monday, school board members unanimously voted to ...
The winners of the 2025 general election for Lawrence school board were sworn in at the board's meeting on Monday, as was the fourth-place finisher who was chosen to fill a vacant seat. The three top finishers in November were incumbents Kelly Jones and Shannon Kimball and newcomer Matt ...
Hundreds turned out Sunday in downtown Lawrence for a demonstration against federal violence after an Immigration and Customs Enforcement officer fatally shot a woman in Minneapolis on Wednesday. Demonstrators filled each corner of Ninth and Massachusetts Street in downtown Lawrence on ...
As the Jayhawk Area Agency on Aging celebrates its 50th anniversary in 2026, its executive director said that services nationwide are actively facing challenges, even as the older adult population grows. Susan Harris started with the Jayhawk Area Agency on Aging, JAAA, about 21 years ago as a ...