Lawrence school board members reviewed data on Monday showing that more than 2,100 students entered or left the district last year and that showed class sizes for middle and high schools in 2025-2026. As the Journal-World reported, the Lawrence school district’s enrollment this school year ...
To say the past year has been a busy one for Kasey Flynt is an understatement. Flynt, the development director for the Haskell Foundation, an organization designed to fulfill the unmet needs of Native Americans through direct support, research and partnerships, said the foundation was thrust ...
Douglas County residents are invited to a collaborative workshop to explore ways to better support low-income and single-parent families. The workshop will allow participants to review data and stories collected through Douglas County Thrives, a community effort that gathered perspectives from ...
Lawrence-Douglas County Public Health has launched a Suicide Fatality Review Board designed to strengthen community-wide understanding and prevention of suicide. According to the board’s charter, the Suicide Fatality Review Board of Douglas County is “a multidisciplinary group of ...
Boeing said Monday that it has completed a $4.7 billion purchase of key supplier Spirit AeroSystems, which builds fuselages for the giant aerospace company's 737 Max jetliners, including an Alaska Airlines aircraft that suffered a door-panel blowout last year. The deal, in the works for over a ...
Art panels by local high schoolers, depicting native plants and animals – from sunflowers to the Ornate Box Turtle – will soon be on display in a downtown Lawrence parking garage. Hang12 is a group of nine Lawrence high school students dedicated to curating and celebrating the arts within ...