Lawrence school board members decided to hire a firm to aid in the search for a permanent superintendent to lead the school district. At the meeting on Monday, board members agreed to hire a firm to coordinate the tasks associated with selecting a new superintendent for the Lawrence school ...
Kansas Appeals Court Judge Jacy Hurst drew more than a few chuckles Monday as she repeatedly — and a bit scornfully — emphasized the word “male” while reading aloud from the 14th Amendment of the United States Constitution. Hurst was participating in a public reading of all 7,591 words ...
I hate to break the news, but it’s true. Sept. 22 marks the date when only 100 days remain in 2024. Did you do all the things you set out to do at the beginning of the year? Did you learn to speak Spanish? What about training for that marathon? You may find yourself asking the age-old ...
Sam Seetin has a deep connection to the tumultuous, bloody history of Lawrence's earliest days. Any proud Lawrencian and longtime Kansan knows the stories of Lawrence’s founding and the decades before and during the Civil War — supporters of slavery moving in to try to vote Kansas in as a ...
Despite some rain early in the day, Monarch Watch's annual butterfly tagging event went on at the Baker Wetlands on Saturday. Each fall, Monarch Watch participants catch butterflies, affix circular tags to their wings to allow them to be identified later, and then release them again. As the ...
As the Lawrence school district inches closer to beginning the search for its next leader, its interim superintendent is not saying whether she will apply for the job. Jeanice Swift declined to answer questions about her plans past serving as interim superintendent or if she would be applying ...