EDITOR'S NOTE: A cozy bungalow in East Lawrence. A seven-level midcentury home on the west side. A modern abode with dozens and dozens of windows. A couple of houses that are more than a century old. Those are just a few of the interesting homes whose stories the Journal-World has told ...
A Lawrence chiropractor’s recent messaging in response to the coronavirus is “disturbing,” an area physician says, labeling the chiropractor's advertising as "reckless" and a danger to the community. Amelia Rodrock, of Rodrock Chiropractic, has disseminated information on her ...
Story updated at 10:49 a.m. Saturday Two more Douglas County residents — both having recently traveled outside the state — have tested positive for COVID-19, the local health department announced Saturday morning, bringing the county's total identified cases to three. The new cases ...
One of Lawrence’s largest manufacturers is temporarily closing its plant as it tries to combat the spread of COVID-19. Hallmark will shutter its Lawrence facility on Monday, the company announced in a news release Friday afternoon. The plant near the McDonald Drive interchange of the Kansas ...
Story updated at 9:18 a.m. Friday Some Lawrence grocery stores are either expanding or altering their shopping hours to reserve periods for customers considered at high risk during the COVID-19 pandemic. As of Thursday, senior citizens and other vulnerable customers had the option to shop ...
The Sister Cities Lawrence program has canceled two student exchanges and a delegation visit because of the coronavirus pandemic. The program canceled student exchanges for 2020 between Lawrence and Eutin, Germany, and Hiratsuka, Japan, as well as the 30th anniversary visit of a delegation ...
Leaders of LMH Health on Wednesday said they were making long-term preparations for dealing with the spread of COVID-19, which they expect to grow much wider in the coming weeks. “We need to be prepared for not only the next six weeks but the next six months,” LMH President and CEO Russ ...
In an effort to slow the spread of COVID-19, the Journal-World began limiting public access to its office on Wednesday. “We are fully committed to serving the community throughout this pandemic,” editor and publisher Chad Lawhorn said. “However, we believe it is a best practice to ...
Story updated at 4:51 p.m. Wednesday Douglas County’s health officer has ordered all restaurants, dining facilities, bars, taverns, night clubs and movie theaters closed to the public as a proactive social distancing measure in light of the spreading coronavirus. In his order Wednesday ...
Story last updated at 6:06 p.m. Wednesday After orders to close school facilities, Lawrence public school employees will continue to be paid through the end of the academic year, the district announced late Wednesday afternoon. But long-term plans are still being developed for some other area ...
Story updated at 7:49 p.m. Wednesday MINNEAPOLIS — President Donald Trump on Wednesday invoked emergency authority to marshal industry to fight the coronavirus, as the economic fallout from the crisis mounted with word that nearly the entire U.S. auto industry is shutting down its North ...
Story updated at 3:41 p.m. Thursday Lawrence Meals on Wheels will be temporarily suspending its service for those with specialized diets beginning Thursday until April 2 amid the COVID-19 outbreak, the organization's director announced Wednesday. "This is something we have never done and ...
With schools, businesses and other organizations shut down to help stop the spread of the COVID-19, some Lawrence residents — particularly schoolchildren — may have been left without the opportunity to eat a meal. But the school district and many Lawrence businesses and organizations are ...
Story updated at 5:10 p.m. Tuesday Public health officials have identified the first case of the coronavirus disease, COVID-19, in Douglas County, the local health department announced Tuesday afternoon in a news release. The case involves a man in his 20s who recently traveled from Florida, ...
The organizers of the upcoming Paper Plains Literary Festival in Lawrence have postponed the inaugural event for one year, in light of local and national recommendations about gatherings during the coronavirus pandemic. The festival, which was scheduled for April 23-26, had boasted a lineup of ...
Story updated at 4:15 p.m. Tuesday New recommendations from the Douglas County health department stop short of ordering the closure of local restaurants, as has been done in nearby Kansas City, instead "strongly" advising that they halt in-house dining amid the worldwide coronavirus ...
Story updated at 3:43 p.m. Tuesday Lawrence's hospital has begun asking visitors screening questions, and it is now imposing a limit of one visitor per patient. LMH Health announced the measures Tuesday afternoon immediately after Lawrence's health department announced the county's first ...
People don’t need to scour the CVS at Iowa and 23rd streets in search of toilet paper, hand sanitizer or face masks. A sign in the entranceway alerts visitors with red block letters spelling “Attention” that they are out of those items, plus sanitizing wipes, rubbing alcohol and gloves, ...
The Lawrence Arts Center has closed and all programming suspended until the end of the month because of the coronavirus outbreak. The center’s building closed at the end of the day Saturday and will remain closed through March 29 to help prevent the spread of the new coronavirus, COVID-19, ...
Story updated at 6:31 p.m. Monday WASHINGTON — Racing to stall an expected surge of coronavirus cases, the White House on Monday released a series of sweeping guidelines that for the next 15 days will temporarily rewrite the norms of American society. President Donald Trump, employing a ...