Story last updated at 10:35 p.m. Tuesday, Feb. 12: For the second time in the span of a week, a Lawrence High School student has allegedly brought a gun to school. In an email to LHS parents and a news release to local media, district spokeswoman Julie Boyle wrote, “Acting on a tip that a ...
NEW YORK — Cigarette smoking rates have stopped falling among U.S. kids, and health officials believe youth vaping is responsible. For decades, the percentage of high school and middle school students who smoked cigarettes had been declining fairly steadily. For the past three years, it has ...
Today, Feb. 12 Library Storytime (ages 3 & up), 10:30-11:15 a.m., Lawrence Public Library, 707 Vermont St. Family Art Experience: Abstract Atmospheres, 3 p.m., Lawrence Arts Center, 940 New Hampshire St. Coalition for Homeless Concerns, 3:30 p.m.-5 p.m., Lawrence Public Library, 707 ...
One problem facing the district’s PowerSchool team is getting the sour taste out of users’ mouths, Kirsten Wondra told the Lawrence school board at its Monday meeting. “That initial impression is hard to rebrand,” said Wondra, the district’s assistant director of learning and ...
A Lawrence man has been convicted in the repeated stabbing of his roommate at their home on Oak Hill Avenue in 2016. Wynn S. A. Anderson, 39, pleaded no contest to attempted aggravated battery, a felony, according to Dorothy Kliem, trial assistant with the Douglas County District Attorney’s ...
TOPEKA — Kansas Attorney General Derek Schmidt wants to change state law to prevent judges from easing sentences for adult sex offenders because a child victim is purportedly an "aggressor" in the crime. The legislation proposed Monday was sparked by the decision of Leavenworth County Judge ...
Lawrence police arrested a man over the weekend after a bicycle chase that lasted several blocks. Officers spotted the bicyclist — a man they knew had multiple active arrest warrants — shortly after 1:40 a.m. Sunday in the 800 block of Vermont Street, Officer Shawn Gross said in an email. ...
A man was taken to the hospital after being injured in a fight around bar-closing time early Sunday morning near 14th and Ohio streets in Lawrence. At 1:40 a.m., University of Kansas police responded to a fight in the 1400 block of Ohio Street and encountered a group of about 15 to 20 people ...
With the city’s new affordable housing sales tax set to go into effect this spring, city leaders will soon discuss how those dollars can be used to help alleviate the affordable-housing shortage. As part of its work session Tuesday, the Lawrence City Commission will meet with members of the ...
The Kansas Supreme Court has announced it will make its first visit to Lawrence in the court’s 158-year history. At a special evening session set for April 1, justices will hear oral arguments in two yet-to-be-announced cases, according to a Monday news release from the state. The session is ...
An antibiotic-resistant “superbug” carrying a gene that originated in India has been found in a remote part of the world by a group of researchers that includes a University of Kansas geology professor. Jennifer Roberts, chair of KU’s Department of Geology, participated in a 2013 study ...
Listed below is the majority of Lawrence police activity within the last 24 hours. Each afternoon the Lawrence Police Department releases a list of officer activity. This call blotter spans from 6 a.m. Sunday to 6 a.m. Monday and includes 135 incidents. Each listing gives a date, time and ...
A long vacant property near the entrance of the SuperTarget retail area in south Lawrence is set to be filled. But don’t look for an exciting new retailer or restaurant. Instead, look for a dentist office with a twist. The twist: This dental practice will be part of a large national chain. ...
Kenta Nakagome doesn’t think of the audience as he faces the huge drum; instead, he descends deep into a primal rhythm with each beat of the stick. As a member of Kodo, a professional Japanese drumming troupe currently touring North America, he will be featured during a performance at the ...
The Jayhawk Audubon Society has rescheduled its annual Kaw Valley Eagles Day for Saturday. This year's event was originally scheduled for Jan. 19 but was canceled because of icy weather. The rescheduled event will be at 8:30 a.m. Saturday at Billy Mills Middle School, 2734 Louisiana St., ...
TOPEKA — Kansas has trouble keeping road equipment operators from leaving for other, better-paying jobs — so much so that supervisors worry about being able to cobble together crews to clear snow after blizzards and to fill potholes quickly. For Department of Transportation leaders, the ...
Kathy Rose-Mockry has seen a lot of change during the 20 years she has served as the director of the University of Kansas’ Emily Taylor Center for Women and Gender Equity. But in June, Rose-Mockry is set to retire, finishing the longest stint as the leader of the center. Under her ...
Story updated at 8:45 a.m. Monday, Feb. 11: The Lawrence school board on Monday will hear an update on the student management software that the district has implemented this year. The rollout of PowerSchool — a single program that has replaced the district’s former student information ...
WICHITA — A Kansas judge who blamed two teenage girls for a sexual encounter with a 67-year-old man spent nearly a decade on the bench overseeing mostly sealed juvenile and child-in-need-of-care cases behind closed doors before taking over the adult criminal cases for a retiring judge last ...
Today, Feb. 11 Toddler Storytime (ages 2-3), 10:30-11 a.m., Lawrence Public Library, 707 Vermont St. Affordable Housing Advisory Board meeting, 11 a.m., City Commission meeting room, City Hall, 6 E. Sixth St. Teen Zone Homeschool Hours, 12:30-2:30 p.m., Lawrence Public Library, 707 Vermont ...
