Lawrence school board members unanimously approved a new bell-to-bell cellphone and personal device ban ahead of the 2026-2027 school year to comply with state law. The policy applies to all pre-K through 12th grade students, and states that cellphones and other personal communication devices ...
A new bell-to-bell cellphone ban will greet students when they return to school next week, raising questions about what the state law requires, how the Lawrence school district will enforce it and whether any exceptions apply. Lawrence school board members have not yet approved the new policy ...
If you have traffic fines that need paying in Lawrence Municipal Court, you can get credit toward them by donating school supplies for local students over the next few weeks. Municipal Court is currently holding its annual School Supplies for Fines drive, in which people who bring $15 worth of ...
A federal judge has determined that the Lawrence school district must pay approximately $113,000 in attorney fees and costs to a group of student plaintiffs who demonstrated that the district violated the Kansas Open Records Act. The Kansas Open Records Act, commonly known as KORA, is a state ...
The Lawrence school board is expected to approve a new policy in August to comply with a bell-to-bell ban on cellphones in schools that's mandated by state law. On Monday, school board members had their first reading of the district’s new policy for wireless electronic communication ...
It was scorchingly hot on Sunday, but these bikers "ride in anything, rain or shine — for the kids" as Dragonfly put it, and on this day they roared into Lawrence to give a young man what he would later call "the best day of my life." That young man, Shawn Collier, thought his family was ...