A special Lawrence school board meeting will be held this week for the annual evaluation of Superintendent Jeanice Swift. The meeting will be at 6 p.m. Wednesday at the district's Facilities and Operations Office, 711 E. 23rd St. In addition to the evaluation on Swift, there will also be ...
An eight-year-old pitbull’s life had changed forever after an outing to the Lawrence Pride Festival this past July. The dog, known as Lilo, was roaming downtown Lawrence amid rainbow flags and festival music, far from the kennel she had grown used to at the Lawrence Humane Society. While ...
Members of the Lawrence community gathered on Sunday evening to celebrate the lighting of a community menorah outside the Lawrence Public Library. The menorah will be in place throughout the Hanukkah season, which began Sunday and runs through Dec. 22.
Development around Eudora has been a hot topic in the past few years, and this past week, the Eudora Commission helped pave the way to a future mixed-use development just north of Kansas Highway 10. On Monday, the Eudora Commission approved a sale agreement with Borchardt Development for the ...
After gathering feedback from families and staff last fall, the Lawrence school district has been streamlining and reducing the number of positions within the district. Superintendent Jeanice Swift said on Monday that as a part of this work, eight positions in the administrator group were ...
Friday, Dec. 12 Christmas Through the Ages: Historic Lecompton’s Annual Christmas Tree Display, 10 a.m.-4 p.m., Territorial Capital Museum, 640 E. Woodson Ave., Lecompton. KU Visual Art Winter Market Student Art Sale, 5-9 p.m., Off-Site Art Space, 924 Delaware St. Lawrence Lights: Making ...