A late-19th-century home in the Old West Lawrence neighborhood is enriched by the diverse art collection its owners proudly display, as well as the visiting artists who often frequent the house. Though owners and longtime Lawrence residents Burdett and Michel Loomis have no formal art ...
The Lawrence Interdenominational Nutrition Kitchen’s annual community Thanksgiving dinner will undergo some operational changes this year because of the COVID-19 pandemic. Most notably, LINK’s dining room at 221 W. 10th St. will not be open for seating on Thanksgiving Day, Nov. 26., ...
An investigation by an outside agency into three Douglas County Sheriff’s Office employees found that the presumed next sheriff violated department policies, but not the law, in a 2017 sex-crime investigation. Lt. Jay Armbrister — who won 39% of the vote in the Aug. 4 Democratic primary ...
City leaders will soon consider taking a first step in the extension of a road near the Mutt Run Off-Leash Dog Park that more than 1,300 Lawrence residents say they oppose. As part of its meeting Tuesday, the Lawrence City Commission will consider authorizing the city to issue a request for ...
Many Lawrence parents convened on Monday to protest against the Lawrence school district’s ongoing method of education, calling for schools to further move back to full in-person learning. Between 40 and 50 parents and their children held signs in front of the school district’s ...
Relatively dry weather is helping northeast Kansas farmers make rapid progress this year in what is reportedly a very good fall harvest, area grain elevator operators told the Journal-World. Steve Wilson, owner of the Baldwin Feed Company elevator, and Clark Wenger, general manager of Ottawa ...
TOPEKA — A coronavirus outbreak has killed 10 residents in a nursing home in a northwestern Kansas county that proportionally already had the nation’s largest increase in cases over two weeks. The health department in Norton County reported Monday night that all 62 residents and an ...
Douglas County reported 2,740 cases of COVID-19 as of Monday, an increase of 51 cases since Friday. In Douglas County, 2,374 out of the 2,740 cases are inactive or beyond the infectious period, according to Lawrence-Douglas County Public Health, meaning 366 cases are active. The county has ...
Updated at 5:57 p.m. Monday, Oct. 19: City leaders will soon consider tax breaks and other economic incentives for a project that would bring a pretzel production facility and close to 300 jobs to Lawrence. As part of its meeting Tuesday, the Lawrence City Commission will consider an ...
Two Lawrence elementary schools will transition to hybrid learning this week, two weeks before other buildings at that level. The Lawrence school district announced late Friday that New York and Woodlawn elementary schools would begin their hybrid learning model on Thursday, while the other 12 ...
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 ...
A northeast Kansas school district was named after a leader of the Topeka Ku Klux Klan, student journalists at Seaman High School revealed on Friday. Fred Seaman tried and failed to become head of the state’s public schools in the mid-1920s, when the terror group made a concerted effort ...
A new pet-retention program from the Lawrence Humane Society aims to keep four-legged family members with Douglas County owners who are experiencing financial hardships. The Crisis Pet Retention (CPR) fund provides resources to pet owners struggling with poverty, homelessness, job loss or ...
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 ...
The University of Kansas in June entered into a nine-month contract with a Maryland-based higher education consulting firm tasked with examining virtually every aspect of KU’s operations, from academics to administrative offices. The bill — footed by KU Endowment, the university’s ...
With election day nearing, Douglas County Clerk Jamie Shew told the Journal-World that his office has been working to dispel misinformation that has been getting to voters. As residents are being asked to cast their general election ballots during a global pandemic, Shew has answered questions ...
Scheduling a court hearing in a criminal case long has been a complicated logistical exercise. There’s the judge’s schedule, the prosecutor’s case load, the availability of the defense attorney, witnesses to subpoena and a host of other issues. Now, in the pandemic age, there’s another ...
BELLE PLAINE, Kan. (AP) — Kansas counties are making their own rules about whether to require poll workers to wear masks as the public votes, even though the state spent $1.28 million to buy personal protective equipment for every polling location. Kansas Secretary of State Scott Schwab has ...
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 ...
An attorney quizzed local public health experts during a hearing Friday about studies and data they’ve cited to support a Douglas County health order that restricts the hours that bars can be open and serve alcohol. Meanwhile, the attorney for the county posed the question of whether just ...
