After moving from a west Lawrence apartment to an East Lawrence bungalow, Kristen Allen and Jake Bellucci felt they had relocated to a different state. There was that much of a difference going from a contemporary apartment complex to a tree-lined, neighborhood just a block from Lawrence’s ...
The Lawrence school board will soon receive its first update on the progress of its new five-year strategic plan. Superintendent Anthony Lewis is scheduled to provide the update to the school board during its meeting Monday. The overall purpose of the strategic plan, which the board approved ...
When a Gardner man reported to a Douglas County Sheriff’s Office deputy that his truck had been stolen, parts of the story didn’t add up, according to court documents. The deputy later concluded that the man had falsely reported the truck stolen in an attempt to avoid drunken driving ...
Marriages David Duane Wyatt, 32, Lawrence, and Christina Renae Bernhardt, 31 Lawrence. Katy Rosella Winkel, 25, Lenexa, and Marko Dolinar, 28, Kansas City, Kan. Grant Freeman Stock Foster, 24, Lawrence, and Anna Marie Louisa Klompen, 25, Lawrence. Tracie Marie Thompson, 50, Lawrence, and ...
Although the issue of school safety and security has long been a priority for the Lawrence school district, a recent event has again made it an important topic of conversation for candidates vying for a seat on the school board. But importance of a topic does not necessarily mean there will be ...
LINDSBORG — The city-owned utility here wants to sell more electricity to the 3,500 people in town. So it bought a $40,000 Tesla Model 3 sedan. It wants to show that getting around in an electric car can make sense. “We’re trying to sell more electricity in the face of LED bulbs and ...
City leaders will soon decide whether to move forward with a proposal that would allow two houses to be built on one lot as long as both homes are affordable. As part of its meeting Tuesday, the Lawrence City Commission will consider a text amendment to the city’s land development code that ...
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. Saturday to 6 a.m. Sunday and includes 180 incidents. Each listing gives a date, time and ...
Updated at 11:37 a.m. Monday, Oct. 14 When students at a now-suspended fraternity told University of Kansas administrators about acts of hazing — including sleep deprivation, forced alcohol consumption and acts of violence — other members retaliated by striking some of the frat's new ...
Thousands of Lawrence residents are spending more than they can afford for their homes and apartments, and Lawrence City Commission candidates have no shortage of ideas for how to fix it. The Journal-World asked the six candidates what locally controlled factors, policies or practices they ...
At a forum Saturday, candidates for the three open Lawrence City Commission seats were in broad agreement on a slate of questions about environmental issues and the Lawrence Parks and Recreation Department. The forum, hosted by the Lawrence chapter of the NAACP, drew an audience of about 25 ...
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. Friday to 6 a.m. Saturday and includes 183 incidents. Each listing gives a date, time and ...
Two women and an 8-month-old boy were killed early Friday evening in a crash on U.S. Highway 59 that shut down lanes of traffic south of Lawrence for more than five hours. The crash occurred around 5:40 p.m. Friday near mile marker 151.1, about 2.5 miles south of Lawrence, according to a crash ...
Even though it’s the offseason, Kansas Rep. Rui Xu says being a legislator is a full-time job. Over the course of a week, on top of his part-time gig as a freelance marketer, the Democrat spends 20 to 30 hours meeting with constituents in Johnson County, going to events, working on ...
With six university leadership positions currently filled by interims and another interim on the way, some University of Kansas professors and students are calling the situation a “problem,” while interim Provost Carl Lejuez labels the situation unstable but not chaotic. Professors are ...
CONSENT AGENDA: 1. APPROVE CITY COMMISSION MEETING MINUTES: a) Consider approving City Commission meeting minutes of 10/08/19. 2. BOARD AND COMMISSION MEETING MINUTES: a) Receive Bert Nash Governing Board meeting minutes of 07/15/19. Bert Nash Governing Board - Jul 15 2019 - Minutes 3. ...
Members of the Islamic Center of Lawrence had just visited in droves to celebrate Eid al-Adha the weekend prior to a burglary on Aug. 13, according to court documents. So a leader of the center told police he thought that between $1,000 and $2,000 worth of cash donations had likely been ...
The world seems a little smaller thanks to a now 30-year relationship between Lawrence and its German sister city. The program has sent hundreds of students to live with host families in both countries, has facilitated regular visits from delegates, and has even led to at least three ...
Two convicted felons facing criminal charges over a Kansas bar shooting that killed four people and wounded five others had previous brushes with the law that could have kept them behind bars had judges and other officials made different decisions, according to a review of court records by The ...
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. Thursday to 6 a.m. Friday and includes 194 incidents. Each listing gives a date, time and ...
