Police now believe there are "more than two potential victims" in the case of a speech pathologist accused of sex crimes against students at Prairie Park Elementary School, and they're urging parents to talk to their kids and report anything concerning. Lawrence Police Deputy Chief Anthony ...
Lawrence school board members will explore enrollment and class sizes while gathering data as a part of the district's equity initiative to help all students graduate prepared for success. On Monday, school board members received a report outlining the elements to be included in the upcoming ...
Frequent public commenter Michael Eravi stood before the Lawrence school board and spoke for 53 seconds before board President Kelly Jones paused his time on Monday night. Eravi had called the board’s enforcement of the public comment policy, which doesn’t allow for disruptive, foul or ...
Updated at 6:57 p.m., Monday, Feb. 10, 2025. Lawrence Police launched an investigation Saturday into an alleged sexual assault of two students at Prairie Park Elementary School. A school employee has been charged — and his bond has been set at $1.5 million cash or surety, with the Douglas ...
Beat you, Patrick Mahomes. While football fans across the region will be tuning in Sunday to see if the Kansas City Chiefs can win the big one three times in a row, Lawrence sixth grader Maci Perrins beat them to the “threepeat.” Perrins, a Southwest Middle School student, won the 2025 ...
Lawrence school board members will hear an update from district staff on Monday about how new restrictions on cellphone use have been implemented in Lawrence’s high schools. As the Journal-World has reported, school board members approved a new cellphone policy for high school students which ...