The Douglas County Criminal Justice Coordinating Council has adopted a new three-year strategic plan focusing on how to improve the criminal legal system.
On Tuesday, the council adopted the plan to guide its efforts for fiscal years 2025 to 2027 after asking for public input on areas that ...
The Lawrence school board held a special meeting on Tuesday — consisting of two closed executive sessions with no action afterward — to discuss its superintendent search with its search committee and search firm, the Kansas Association of School Boards.
Britton Hart from KASB had ...
• Lawrence Public Schools will be closed Wednesday; all school activities will be canceled and all district buildings and parking lots will be closed.
• Baldwin Public Schools will be closed Wednesday; all activities and practices will be canceled.
• Eudora Public Schools will be ...
New figures are in for Douglas County’s 2024 finances, and it is shaping up to be a year of big gains for several of the county’s savings accounts.
The county’s general operating fund — which pays for the bulk of county services — collected $9.3 million more in revenues than what ...
Lawrence school board members will explore enrollment and class sizes while gathering data as a part of the district's equity initiative to help all students graduate prepared for success.
On Monday, school board members received a report outlining the elements to be included in the upcoming ...
Frequent public commenter Michael Eravi stood before the Lawrence school board and spoke for 53 seconds before board President Kelly Jones paused his time on Monday night. Eravi had called the board’s enforcement of the public comment policy, which doesn’t allow for disruptive, foul or ...