The Lawrence school board on Monday will consider whether to grant development incentives for a project that would convert the historic Turnhalle building into an event space and restaurant — incentives that have already been approved by the city and county commissions. Turnhalle, at 900 ...

A Lawrence High and Haskell alumnus with a background in Native health care and cultural nonprofits is the Lawrence school district's new Native American Student Services coordinator, the district announced in a news release Thursday. David Farve, a Mississippi Choctaw tribal member, will ...

A Sunflower Elementary first-grade teacher has been named as a Kansas Master Teacher, the Lawrence school district announced Thursday. The teacher, Jessica Brown, was one of seven teachers in the state to earn the honor. Established in 1954, the Kansas Master Teacher awards honor exemplary ...

More than two dozen students from Lawrence's Southwest Middle School received special recognition at the recent Future City Competition international finals in Washington, D.C. The group, representing the Great Plains Future City Kansas-KC Metro Region, brought home the "Outstanding Future ...

Liberty Memorial Central Middle School's Felix Kirkland took first place at the Douglas County Youth Entrepreneurship Challenge last Friday, winning a $1,250 check and the chance to represent the county in a statewide competition later this year. According to a news release from the county, ...

A Lawrence High School student has won the Kansas Student Journalist of the Year award. Maya Smith, a senior, was given the award Wednesday by Kansas Scholastic Press Association Executive Director Eric Thomas in a surprise ceremony attended by LHS students and staff and Smith's family. A ...