K-12 Education

After school shutdown, rural Kansas community tries to divorce district

Claflin — Barton County residents will decide whether to break up with their school district and “start fresh” following heartbreak and anger over the closure of a rural community’s high school. The change could result in hundreds of students displaced and three more schools shut ...

St. John Catholic School in Lawrence names new principal

Lawrence's St. John Catholic School on Friday announced the hiring of a new principal. Longtime Lawrence educator Jeff Harkin has been named to lead the parish school at 1234 Kentucky St., which teaches preschool through eighth grade. Harkin grew up attending Catholic schools in Iowa ...

Retired area coach pushing new project for Holcom Park

A longtime coach wants to do his part for youth baseball and softball in Lawrence. Dirk Wedd spent 40 years coaching football and baseball at the high school and collegiate levels, spending more than half that tenure at Lawrence High School. Five years removed from his coaching career, he is ...