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There was no lightning in the sky during Lawrence's rainy women's rights rally on Saturday, but you might have heard a t...
02/11/2024

There was no lightning in the sky during Lawrence's rainy women's rights rally on Saturday, but you might have heard a thunderous chant at the end: "We're not going back!"
It came from the dozens of people leaving South Park carrying their umbrellas, lawn chairs and signs — a slogan that has defined Vice President Kamala Harris' presidential campaign, and a slogan that Johnson County LGBTQ+ activist Jae Moyer said all Kansans should take to heart.

There was no lightning in the sky during Lawrence’s rainy women’s rights rally on Saturday, but you might have heard a thunderous chant at the end: “We’re not going back!” It came from the dozens of people leaving South Park carrying their umbrellas, lawn chairs and signs — a slogan that...

An outdoor Día de los Mu***os event for scheduled for Saturday in Lawrence has announced it is moving to a new indoor lo...
01/11/2024

An outdoor Día de los Mu***os event for scheduled for Saturday in Lawrence has announced it is moving to a new indoor location — at the Sunrise Project — due to predicted stormy weather this weekend.

An outdoor Día de los Mu***os event for scheduled for Saturday in Lawrence has announced it is moving to a new indoor location due to predicted stormy weather this weekend. The community group Somos Lawrence, which is hosting the event in partnership with the Senior Resource Center for Douglas Coun...

From a holiday festival to a beer festival — plus blintzes — this week's events calendar has more than 50 offerings.
01/11/2024

From a holiday festival to a beer festival — plus blintzes — this week's events calendar has more than 50 offerings.

Friday, Nov. 1 First Friday Coffee and Co-working, 10 a.m.-1 p.m., Lawrence Public Library, Meeting Room A, 707 Vermont St. Remote workers and entrepreneurs meet for networking, collaboration or just a change of scenery. Coffee provided. No registration needed. Holiday Open Barn 2024, 2-6 p.m., Hist...

The latest campaign finance reports are out, and they show one incumbent county commissioner trailing in the fundraising...
01/11/2024

The latest campaign finance reports are out, and they show one incumbent county commissioner trailing in the fundraising race, while the gulf between the two candidates for Douglas County District Attorney is more than $50,000.

The latest campaign finance reports are out, and they show one incumbent county commissioner trailing in the fundraising race, while the gulf between the two candidates for Douglas County District Attorney is more than $50,000. Douglas County Commissioner Shannon Reid trails in campaign contribution...

Each of the last two years, Douglas County commissioners have approved budgets that violate — by millions of dollars — t...
01/11/2024

Each of the last two years, Douglas County commissioners have approved budgets that violate — by millions of dollars — their own policy that places a cap on how much money the county’s “rainy day funds” can hold. One key fund was nearly $5M over the cap, and was twice as large as what the policy called for.

Each of the last two years, Douglas County commissioners have approved budgets that violate — by millions of dollars — their own policy that places a cap on how much money the county’s “rainy day funds” can hold. The county has a policy in place that limits the amount of money key operatin...

After Monday’s announcement that the current Douglas County Commission may approve a large-scale solar project by year’s...
30/10/2024

After Monday’s announcement that the current Douglas County Commission may approve a large-scale solar project by year’s end, many of the candidates running for the commission have concerns about taking action on it before the new members are seated.

After Monday’s announcement that the current Douglas County Commission may approve a large-scale solar project by year’s end, many of the candidates running for the commission have concerns about taking action on it before the new members are seated. The two incumbents in the race, meanwhile, sa...

A Douglas County jury took less than 40 minutes Tuesday to acquit a man of aggravated assault with a deadly weapon — in ...
29/10/2024

A Douglas County jury took less than 40 minutes Tuesday to acquit a man of aggravated assault with a deadly weapon — in a case where the state said the defendant pulled a menacing knife but the defendant said it was simply a flashlight.

A Douglas County jury took less than 40 minutes Tuesday to acquit a man of aggravated assault with a deadly weapon — in a case where the state said the defendant pulled a menacing knife but the defendant said it was simply a flashlight. The defendant, Anthony D. Davis, was accused of pointing a 7-...

A lawsuit regarding a large solar project is heading back to Douglas County District Court, but now there are questions ...
28/10/2024

A lawsuit regarding a large solar project is heading back to Douglas County District Court, but now there are questions about whether the county may act on the controversial development before new county commissioners are seated in January.

A lawsuit regarding a large solar project is heading back to Douglas County District Court, but now there are questions about whether the county may act on the controversial development before new county commissioners are seated in January. A federal judge on Monday ruled that a lawsuit filed by are...

A lawsuit regarding a large solar project is heading back to Douglas County District Court, but now there are questions ...
28/10/2024

A lawsuit regarding a large solar project is heading back to Douglas County District Court, but now there are questions about whether the county may act on the controversial development before new county commissioners are seated in January.

A lawsuit regarding a large solar project is heading back to Douglas County District Court, but now there are questions about whether the county may act on the controversial development before new county commissioners are seated in January. A federal judge on Monday ruled that a lawsuit filed by are...

Amid an election year where much is made of what divides us, an upcoming community Día de los Mu***os event will pay tri...
28/10/2024

Amid an election year where much is made of what divides us, an upcoming community Día de los Mu***os event will pay tribute to deceased loved ones with a special focus on what connects us. This year’s main altar will be dedicated to the lives of departed grandparents and elders.

Amid an election year where much is made of what divides us, an upcoming community Día de los Mu***os event will pay tribute to deceased loved ones with a special focus on what connects us. The community group Somos Lawrence, which is hosting the event in partnership with the Senior Resource Center...

Applications have just wrapped up for a grant program for small- to medium-sized food-related businesses in the region, ...
27/10/2024

Applications have just wrapped up for a grant program for small- to medium-sized food-related businesses in the region, and Douglas County K-State Research and Extension expects to be helping grant recipients as they grow their operations.

Applications have just wrapped up for a grant program for small- to medium-sized food-related businesses in the region, and Douglas County K-State Research and Extension expects to be helping grant recipients as they grow their operations. The county extension is a partner with the Heartland Regiona...

Business owners across Lawrence have had to reckon with the orange cones as the city has been undertaking projects along...
27/10/2024

Business owners across Lawrence have had to reckon with the orange cones as the city has been undertaking projects along important arterial roadways like 23rd Street, Sixth Street and North Second/Third Street. With another huge construction project on the horizon for Ninth Street, Michael Leos, the communication and community engagement specialist for the Municipal Services and Operations department in Lawrence, said the city is aiming to improve communication with businesses about construction updates to help provide a heads up during what can be a tough time for businesses.

Entering the parking lot for Uplift Coffee on North Second Street in North Lawrence, you’ll have to navigate through orange traffic cones. As you walk up to the counter to place your order, you’ll also encounter some orange traffic cones there. They are spongy, miniature cones styled after a str...

Since 1969, donors to the LMH Health Foundation have generously supported access to high-quality, compassionate care in ...
27/10/2024

Since 1969, donors to the LMH Health Foundation have generously supported access to high-quality, compassionate care in Douglas County and beyond. Benefactors have funded leading-edge technology, assisted departments with unique service needs, provided educational scholarships and programming, and more for the community’s not-for-profit, safety net hospital. This story from LMH Health is free to read.

There have been many highlight-reel moments at LMH Health over the years. Snapshots from 2024 include celebrations of major initiatives like the installation of the new positron emission tomography scanner and the ongoing renovation and expansion of the LMH Health Cancer Center. Just as notable, tho...

Police were looking for suspects Sunday after an early morning shooting near Eighth and New Hampshire streets left one m...
27/10/2024

Police were looking for suspects Sunday after an early morning shooting near Eighth and New Hampshire streets left one man with a gunshot wound to his leg.

Police were looking for suspects Sunday after an early morning shooting near Eighth and New Hampshire streets left one man with a gunshot wound to his leg. Police responded to reports of fighting and a gunshot about 2:30 a.m., according to a social media post by the Lawrence Police Department. Offic...

The Lawrence chamber of commerce has officially endorsed a proposal on the November ballot that would change the city’s ...
26/10/2024

The Lawrence chamber of commerce has officially endorsed a proposal on the November ballot that would change the city’s government structure to one with a directly elected mayor and some city commissioners elected by districts.

The Lawrence chamber of commerce has officially endorsed a proposal on the November ballot that would change the city’s government structure to one with a directly elected mayor and some city commissioners elected by districts. The Chamber announced in a statement Friday afternoon that it would en...

Step into what looks like an ordinary alleyway in the shadow of downtown Lawrence’s taller buildings, and you’ll catch a...
26/10/2024

Step into what looks like an ordinary alleyway in the shadow of downtown Lawrence’s taller buildings, and you’ll catch a glimpse of colorful sunflowers, coneflowers, bees and monarch butterflies. They’re part of a new mural that welcomes guests to the Social Service League’s thrift store. The league is one of Lawrence’s oldest nonprofit organizations, and it collaborated with Indigenous artist Mona Cliff to brighten up its building at 905 Rhode Island St.

Step into what looks like an ordinary alleyway in the shadow of downtown Lawrence’s taller buildings, and you’ll catch a glimpse of colorful sunflowers, coneflowers, bees and monarch butterflies. They’re not real ones, of course; they’re in a new mural that welcomes guests to the Social Serv...

A Douglas County judge on Friday ordered a man to stand trial for 2nd-degree murder in the death of a Lawrence resident ...
25/10/2024

A Douglas County judge on Friday ordered a man to stand trial for 2nd-degree murder in the death of a Lawrence resident who was shot earlier this year in front of the Lawrence Public Library.

Updated at 6:37 p.m. Friday, Oct. 25 A Douglas County judge on Friday ordered a man to stand trial for 2nd-degree murder in the death of a Lawrence resident who was shot earlier this year in front of the Lawrence Public Library. Nicholas Beaver, a Topeka man who had stayed at the Lawrence Community....

A Lawrence man was sentenced Friday to a year of probation for threatening to harm a woman if she reported him for alleg...
25/10/2024

A Lawrence man was sentenced Friday to a year of probation for threatening to harm a woman if she reported him for alleged abuse. But before sentencing got underway, Servando Martinez-Vazquez’s attorney, Razmi Tahirkheli, attempted to have the jury’s verdict thrown out.

A Lawrence man was sentenced Friday to a year of probation for threatening to harm a woman if she reported him for alleged abuse. The sentence for Servando Martinez-Vazquez, 24, capped a yearslong case that included a jury trial in September at which he was acquitted of aggravated domestic battery b...

A woman who formerly lived in Lawrence is accusing a man she met through a dating app of secretly filming their sexual a...
25/10/2024

A woman who formerly lived in Lawrence is accusing a man she met through a dating app of secretly filming their sexual activity and later sending the footage anonymously to her boyfriend.

The man is now facing a felony count of breach of privacy in Douglas County District Court.

A woman who formerly lived in Lawrence is accusing a man she met through a dating app of secretly filming their sexual activity and later sending the footage anonymously to her boyfriend. The man, Garrett Christopher Lynch, of Kansas City, Missouri, is now facing a felony count of breach of privacy....

A woman was arrested Thursday evening in East Lawrence on suspicion of beating another woman with a baseball bat.Lawrenc...
25/10/2024

A woman was arrested Thursday evening in East Lawrence on suspicion of beating another woman with a baseball bat.

Lawrence police were called shortly after 7 p.m. to the 800 block of East Delaware Street, where three unhoused women had apparently set up a camp in the nearby woods.

A woman was arrested Thursday evening in East Lawrence on suspicion of beating another woman with a baseball bat. Lawrence police were called shortly after 7 p.m. to the 800 block of East Delaware Street, where three unhoused women had apparently set up a camp in the nearby woods, according to LPD s...

Get ready for the Whataburger line.The fast food chain has confirmed via press release that it will open its first Lawre...
25/10/2024

Get ready for the Whataburger line.The fast food chain has confirmed via press release that it will open its first Lawrence location at 11 a.m. on Monday, at 707 W. 23rd Street.

The Journal-World reported earlier this month that Monday was when the company hoped to open the restaurant, but that it may also have to delay the opening for a week while it was completing training.That training has progressed and the Monday opening is now official. Other Whataburger openings in the Kansas City area have produced long lines on opening day.

Get ready for the Whataburger line. The fast food chain has confirmed via press release that it will open its first Lawrence location at 11 a.m. on Monday, at 707 W. 23rd Street. The Journal-World reported earlier this month that Monday was when the company hoped to open the restaurant, but that it....

Douglas County Commissioner Karen Willey was among the panelists at a KU conference that focused on renewable energy. Wi...
25/10/2024

Douglas County Commissioner Karen Willey was among the panelists at a KU conference that focused on renewable energy. Willey said Douglas County's population likely means wind energy will never be big here. However, she and others lamented the amount of misinformation that gets spread about wind turbines.

Jack Thimesch, county commissioner in Kingman County, will tell you what the biggest threat is to the future of wind energy. It is not the Audubon Society, it is not the Farm Bureau, it is not even Big Oil. Rather, the county commissioner who has three wind farms in his county and one more under [.....

Usually RVs and dump trucks don’t mingle, but they might for the next few years in far west Lawrence.Plans have been fil...
24/10/2024

Usually RVs and dump trucks don’t mingle, but they might for the next few years in far west Lawrence.Plans have been filed with the Lawrence-Douglas County planning office for a major construction landfill and borrow site for the South Lawrence Trafficway expansion. The facility is proposed to be near the entrance of Clinton State Park, where the bulk of the lake’s campgrounds and marina are located. On its busiest days, it would produce about 100 trucks per day.

News and notes from around town: — Usually RVs and dump trucks don’t mingle, but they might for the next few years in far west Lawrence. Plans have been filed with the Lawrence-Douglas County planning office for a major construction landfill and borrow site for the South Lawrence Trafficway expa...

A Lawrence teen accused of shooting another teen to death in June pleaded not guilty Wednesday to first-degree murder, a...
23/10/2024

A Lawrence teen accused of shooting another teen to death in June pleaded not guilty Wednesday to first-degree murder, and the court scheduled his trial to begin on Jan. 27.

A Lawrence teen accused of shooting another teen to death in June pleaded not guilty Wednesday to first-degree murder, and the court scheduled his trial to begin on Jan. 27. The defendant, Cir Allen Keith Glover, 19, is accused of killing Isaiah Neal, 17, on June 13 outside of Neal’s home, as the ...

A Douglas County judge on Wednesday sentenced a 38-year-old Lawrence man to more than five years in prison for electroni...
23/10/2024

A Douglas County judge on Wednesday sentenced a 38-year-old Lawrence man to more than five years in prison for electronic solicitation of a child.
Judge Amy Hanley announced the 66-month prison term after hearing from the mother of an 11-year-old victim, who said that the defendant, John Grant Redding, “stole my son’s innocence” and “took his childhood” after the two encountered each other online.

A Douglas County judge on Wednesday sentenced a 38-year-old Lawrence man to more than five years in prison for electronic solicitation of a child. Judge Amy Hanley announced the 66-month prison term after hearing from the mother of an 11-year-old victim, who said that the defendant, John Grant Reddi...

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Day 2 - Kansas Legislature joint hearings on school finance. (Note: This feed is experimental and may become unstable. Follow along with updates from reporter Peter Hancock and the Associated Press here: ljworld.com/ksleg617)

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City Commissioner Matthew Herbert on fireworks ban

The enforcement of Lawrence's fireworks ban was a topic of discussion Tuesday at City Hall. Catch up on commissioners' comments: ljworld.com/fireworks0510

Lawrence City Commission adopts Indigenous Peoples Day as annu...
Lawrence City Commission adopts Indigenous Peoples Day as annu...

Indigenous Peoples Day will now be recognized on the second Monday of every October in Lawrence. The city commission voted Tuesday to unanimously adopt the day at the urging of community members, including staff and students from Haskell Indian Nations University.

Floyd Bledsoe, wrongfully convicted of murder, discusses pain ...
Floyd Bledsoe, wrongfully convicted of murder, discusses pain ...

Floyd Bledsoe recently discussed the 15 years he spent as an innocent man in prison. Read and watch more: ljworld.com/bledsoeinterview “It’s very frustrating. It goes back to (inmates) say, ‘It wasn’t me, it wasn’t me.' It’s not like a new profound revelation that an accused person ever said, ‘It wasn’t me.’ "All you can do is grasp on and hope that the right person will listen and take up your cause."

More than 100 people dressed as Santa — or close to it — gathered in front of The Sandbar Saturday afternoon as part of SantaCon Lawrence. The stop was part of the Santas’ mass, three-hour stroll through downtown.

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