A Lawrence Virtual School student has won the Douglas County Youth Entrepreneurship Challenge for the second year in a row. The Youth Entrepreneurship Challenge is an annual competition for students in grades 6-12 in Douglas County where students pitch business ideas, including a written plan, ...
Lawrence school board members will consider a construction bid for a remodeling project for Free State High School’s outdoor athletic field press box on Monday. Board members will consider the bid from Mammoth Sports Construction LLC in the amount of $390,500 with a 10% contingency fund up ...
The Douglas County Spelling Bee always comes down to letters, but you couldn’t be blamed for taking note of a certain number when it appeared at Saturday’s event. Maci Perrins entered the lobby of Billy Mills Middle School on Saturday morning to check in for the event that features the ...
A 34-year-old man who was reportedly the reason for four Lawrence schools going into lockout on Thursday has been charged with two felonies and five misdemeanors. The man, Dylan Michael Siler, of Lawrence, was arrested just before 1 p.m. Thursday at Lawrence High School, 1901 Louisiana St., ...
Updated at 5:32 p.m. on Thursday, Feb. 12, 2026. Four Lawrence schools initiated lockout safety protocols Thursday as officers investigated reports of a person behaving strangely, according to a press release from the Lawrence Police Department. Lawrence High, Liberty Memorial Central Middle ...
TOPEKA — Central Christian Academy and Atchison County Community Schools serve distinct K-12 populations, but superintendents of both oppose a proposed mandate by the Kansas Legislature to force private and public schools to ban personal cellphones and other electronic devices during school ...