For Adrian Mendoza, a regular Thursday of work became a life-altering day — and not just for him. The senior at Free State High School was working as a kitchen server at Pioneer Ridge Assisted Living of Lawrence and was handing out desserts when he heard a woman gasping for air. As he ...

Whether speech pathologist Mark Gridley did something criminal when he pulled seven young girls out of class and allegedly tied their hands and blindfolded them as he subjected them to a speech "test" remains to be seen, but there's no doubt in the minds of two Lawrence school district ...

At a combined forum hosted by a local advocacy group Wednesday, Lawrence City Commission and Lawrence school board candidates discussed issues relating to better collaborations between the governing bodies and how to improve community input. The Coalition for Collaborative Governance, a group ...

Two Lawrence High School students have been arrested following a fire in the girls' locker room at the school Monday morning, according to a message Tuesday from the Lawrence school district to the LHS community. The fire originated at a paper towel dispenser that extended to a combustible ...

Updated at 2:26 p.m. Monday, Sept. 29 A small fire in the girls’ locker room prompted an evacuation at Lawrence High School Monday morning, and the cause is under investigation, according to district officials. “We are grateful to report that no students, staff were harmed,” a social ...

The Lawrence school district is asking a judge to delay a civil lawsuit against it relating to alleged child sexual abuse by one of its former employees. In a motion filed late last week, the school district asked Douglas County Judge Catherine Theisen to stay the civil proceedings until a ...