Some members of a council that considers equity issues for the Lawrence school district say the council as a whole was not asked for input on the district’s proposal to close Broken Arrow and Pinckney elementary schools, and that they have serious concerns about how closures would affect ...
Though enrollment projections provided to the Lawrence school board in January predicted that the district would lose about 300 students over the next five years, a few new residential developments have moved forward since then that could affect those numbers. The district hired RSP & ...
Another pandemic relief program has come to an end, and the leader of Just Food expects that Lawrence will be profoundly affected. During the COVID-19 pandemic, Congress increased Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program benefits through emergency allotments to help mitigate the country’s ...
Let’s do some news and notes from around town: — It sure sounds like the new owners of longtime Lawrence-based business Allen Press — now known as Sheridan Kansas — are making some changes that are impacting jobs at the company’s East Lawrence facility. I’ve heard from multiple ...
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 up to 6 a.m. on the date listed and extending back to 6 a.m. on the previous day. Each listing includes a date, time and general ...
Updated at 3:23 p.m. Friday, March 24, 2023 A former Free State High School paraeducator was granted probation Friday in Douglas County District Court for lewd touching of a teenage girl and for sexually exploiting another. Jalil Lynn Brown, 30, of Lawrence, entered a no contest plea on ...
