4 days ago · In packed hearings Tuesday at the Kansas Statehouse, lawmakers heard testimony on legislation that would bar doctors from prescribing puberty blockers, hormone replacement therapy and other gender-affirming medical care to transgender minors.

1 day ago · The online program the City of Lawrence uses to gather community feedback to help shape its budget is going online Saturday. In budget talks beginning much earlier than usual this year, city commissioners were hesitant to rule out the possibility of a property tax increase, and they indicated they were interested in possibly charging user fees for Lawrence Parks and Recreation facilities.

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5 days ago · Lawrence and Douglas County-based organizations are working to understand the potential effects of a possible freeze on federal funds provided to agencies nationwide.

4 days ago · Publish obituaries of loved ones who lived in the Lawrence/Douglas County community free of charge at The Lawrence Times.

Jan 17, 2025 · In October, prosecutors upgraded the charge, and Glover pleaded not guilty to first-degree murder.. Donovan initially proposed an April date for the rescheduled trial, but Deputy District Attorney David Greenwald said prosecutors expect to be in court for the double murder trial of Rodney Marshall, which is scheduled for two weeks beginning March 31.

4 days ago · A crowd clamored today at the Kansas Statehouse to see the state’s suffragist icons and family members memorialized in paint. Gov. Laura Kelly marked the day as an occasion to celebrate “bold, visionary, badass” women. KCUR also has paywall-free news from around the state at this link. We ...

Jan 16, 2025 · Lawrence Municipal Services and Operations is responsible for pretreating and treating city infrastructure during winter weather. MSO deployed 16 trucks — 12 dump trucks and four flatbeds — with spreaders and plows during shifts to clear priority streets and then head to residential roads after Lawrence received nearly a foot of snow the weekend before last.

Jan 7, 2025 · This Google Street View image from December 2023 shows the eastern entrance to Alvadora Apartments in west Lawrence, off Stonecreek Drive. The complex ultimately replaced a gate with a snow fence after someone kept zip-tying the gate closed while repaving was underway on the complex's only other entrance, a representative of the complex told commissioners.

Nov 20, 2024 · City commissioners approved a pool renovation in August that would have added new features like a lazy river but cut open swim space roughly in half. After more than 1,000 people signed a petition asking the city to reconsider — now up to nearly 1,800 signatures — the commission discarded the plan and asked city staff to look into a renovation that maintained the pool’s current ...