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 ...
The Community Children’s Center will host an early childhood family resource fair next weekend that is designed to connect families with young children to valuable community resources.
The fair is set for April 1 from 10 a.m. to noon, the nonprofit announced in a news release Friday. The ...
TOPEKA — Johnny’s Tavern North owner Rick Renfro says operating a business next to a large site for people without housing has taken its toll.
To deal with the growing homelessness problem in Lawrence, unhoused people were sent to the North Lawrence site starting in September. Renfro said ...
Story updated at 6:27 p.m. Thursday, March 23:
The Lawrence school district has released a map of proposed new school boundaries should Broken Arrow and Pinckney elementaries close.
The Boundary Advisory Committee met on Wednesday evening, and consultants working with the district went over ...
The woman who died this week at the city-run support camp for people experiencing homelessness was 36-year-old Ashley Sawyer, of Lawrence, according to a news release from the Lawrence Police Department.
On Tuesday, police and fire and medical personnel were called to the scene just after 8 ...
Updated at 6:57 p.m. Thursday, March 23, 2023
The Lawrence Police Department has increased its presence at Lawrence High School following a homicide over the weekend that involved two former LHS students.
Derrick Del Reed, 17, is charged with one count of first-degree murder in the shooting ...