City leaders indicated Tuesday that they are interested in pursuing a proposal to charge people for disposable grocery and shopping bags in an effort to reduce waste and help the environment. As part of a study session, the Lawrence City Commission discussed the Sustainability Advisory ...
Lawrence police took a 27-year-old man into custody without incident after a standoff in the 900 block of Arkansas Street Tuesday evening. Officer Drew Fennelly told the Journal-World via email that police were dispatched to an apartment in that block in reference to gunshots being fired just ...
Lawrence city commissioners have finalized the city’s 2020 budget, which holds the property tax rate flat and increases utility rates, parking rates and commissioner pay. Commissioners gave preliminary approval on the budget last week, and they made no further changes at their meeting on ...
A Lawrence mother is mourning the loss of her young son and hoping she'll soon have answers about his death. The mother, Kristina Turner, said it was intuition that drove her to pick up the phone and call the relative who had been caring for her child. “I had just a gut-wrenching feeling ...
The Douglas County Commission will soon consider authorizing its 2020 budget and begin discussions about finding a permanent county administrator. The commission previously said it would not begin the search for a new county administrator until the budget work was finished. Commissioners are ...
The Lawrence school district unveiled a new logo through its social media platforms on Monday. The new logo features a lit lightbulb — with a star representing a student as the light source — wearing a blue mortar board, above the district’s name. Superintendent Anthony Lewis said on ...
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. Monday to 6 a.m. Tuesday and includes 256 incidents. Each listing gives a date, time and ...
No oversized thermometer will be measuring the rise in donations during the United Way of Douglas County's campaign this year, said Jeffrey Cornish, the agency's president and CEO. “We are not setting a number goal because we want to focus on communicating the purpose of the United Way,” ...
A Tennessee man has been charged with multiple felonies in connection with allegedly leading Douglas County Sheriff’s Office deputies on a 3.5-mile chase with a baby and loaded guns in his vehicle. Kenneth Jeremy Leedom, 32, of Woodbury, Tenn., was charged in Douglas County District Court ...
Let’s do an update on some 23rd Street projects. “Soon” is the key word on that street, just as it is the key word I keep repeating to my kids who have taken on that late-summer feral look. Soon school will start, and soon a couple of new businesses will open on 23rd Street. The ...
Story updated at 3:59 p.m. Tuesday KANSAS CITY, KAN. — Kansas City, Kansas, police shot and killed a man on Tuesday who told a hotel manager that he had killed his wife and was heading to a popular shopping and restaurant area. The "very angry and distraught" man entered the Country Inn ...
It’s not clear exactly how, but a gate to the University of Kansas chancellor’s residence was damaged over the weekend. Deputy Chief James Anguiano, of KU police, said Tuesday that someone had caused an estimated $1,500 in damage to a gate leading to 1532 Lilac Lane from Louisiana Street. ...
WICHITA — A court filing shows Kansas’ failed effort to strip Medicaid money from Planned Parenthood will cost the state more than $464,300 in attorney fees, expenses and other costs. A stipulation filed Monday in federal court in Kansas comes after the U.S. Supreme Court rejected last ...
After making hundreds of thousands of dollars in cuts, the Lawrence school board approved a 2020 fiscal year budget and ratified its agreement with the local teachers union. Kathy Johnson, executive director of finance for the district, proposed making $368,000 in cuts during the board’s ...
Organizers of a literary festival set for next spring are lining up authors for the four-day event in Lawrence. “The Paper Plains Literary Festival,” scheduled for April 23-26, 2020, will be a collaboration of the University of Kansas Hall Center, The Commons, the Raven Book Store and the ...
City leaders will soon discuss a proposal to charge people for disposable grocery and shopping bags in an effort to reduce waste. As part of its study session Tuesday, the Lawrence City Commission will discuss the Sustainability Advisory Board’s recommendation that the city develop an ...
Updated at 4 p.m. Monday Lawrence police have identified the child who was found dead inside a parked car Sunday afternoon as DéVonté Lashawn Turner. Police Chief Gregory Burns Jr. at a news conference on Monday said the 2-year-old Lawrence boy at the time was in the care of family members ...
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 169 incidents. Each listing gives a date, time and ...
Lawrence city commissioners will soon finalize the city’s 2020 budget, which as proposed would hold the property tax rate flat and increase utility rates, parking rates and commissioner pay. The commission will finalize the budget and the ordinances required to increase the rates as part of ...
Story updated at 6:24 p.m. Monday, Aug. 12: A jury trial for a Lawrence man charged with shooting another man in the doorway of his home nearly two years ago has been delayed again as his appointed attorney has withdrawn from the case. Steven A. Drake III, 22, is charged with first-degree ...
