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Douglas County Commission takes next steps toward repairing, waterproofing historic courthouse
Douglas County commissioners on Wednesday voted unanimously to allow staff to seek out professional design services for a project to waterproof and repair the basement of the historic county courthouse.
Kansas students four times as likely to get COVID-19 at schools without mask requirement
Kansas public schools without a mask mandate report COVID-19 illnesses at more than four times the rate of schools where a face covering is required.
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Douglas County Commission takes next steps toward repairing, waterproofing historic courthouse
Douglas County commissioners on Wednesday voted unanimously to allow staff to seek out professional design services for a project to waterproof and repair the basement of the historic county courthouse.
Kansas students four times as likely to get COVID-19 at schools without mask requirement
Kansas public schools without a mask mandate report COVID-19 illnesses at more than four times the rate of schools where a face covering is required.
Young entrepreneurs of Douglas County invited to compete in virtual challenge
Innovative students in grades six through 12 are invited to compete for big prizes in the 2021 Douglas County Youth Virtual Entrepreneurship Challenge.
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Kansas Suicide Prevention HQ to hold art show, auction fundraiser
Over the next month, Kansas Suicide Prevention HQ will hold “The Art of Hope,” an art showcase, to wrap with a live auction on Dec. 4.
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City of Lawrence wants to hear from transit riders and pedestrians about getting around town
Changes are coming to the way people get around town in Lawrence. City staff and steering committee members want to hear from the public about the future for pedestrians and transit riders.
LAWRENCE NEWS
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Lawrence High School science classes create a city-scale solar system
Allie Lippe-Mackey likes her Lawrence High School students to learn by doing. So rather than just quiz them on planets, she had them build a whole solar system.
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Lawrence High School club to host mental health discussion Tuesday
A student-led suicide prevention program has taken root at high schools in the Lawrence school district. Using peer leaders and adult advisers, Sources of Strength is a program focusing on suicide prevention and other issues teens face, including substance abuse and violence.
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Lawrence school board approves PAL-CWA contract; hears update on behavior data, restorative practices and mental health services
The Lawrence school board on Monday heard from several administrators with updates on student behavioral and mental health, restorative practice and more. It also approved the district’s first contract with PAL-CWA.
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KU student dies in dorms; no foul play suspected
A University of Kansas student was found dead in her room at Lewis Residence Hall Sunday, according to a news release from the KU Public Safety Office.
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STATE NEWS
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Indoor temperatures break 100 at Kansas prisons without air conditioning
Prisons run by the Kansas Department of Corrections aren’t always air-conditioned, and inmates and staff who work inside say the heat can be unbearable.
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Feds seized a van carrying $166K from legal marijuana sales in Kansas City, and no one knows why
Legal experts are scratching their heads over a case that implicates a murky area of the law governing when legal marijuana businesses can be prosecuted in states where marijuana is still not legal.
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COMMUNITY VOICES (OPINION)
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From the Stacks: An interview with Bathsheba Demuth ahead of her Wednesday event
“One of my favorite books of the past couple years is Bathsheba Demuth’s award-winning ‘Floating Coast,’ so I was pleased to see that the author is part of this season’s speaker series at KU’s Hall Center for the Humanities,” Jake Vail of Lawrence Public Library writes.
Ask Cody: Being an ‘accomplice’ does not mean centering your whiteness (Column)
“There is an expectation of immense labor for Black trans folks; and there are no thank-yous for the labor given and risk taken,” Cody Charles writes.
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LAWRENCE LIFE
The Raven Book Store’s bestsellers for Oct. 26, 2021 (Sponsored post)
Nearly everything on this week’s bestseller list is Kansas-related!
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Photo gallery: Just Us League and friends greet Reverse Halloween Parade-goers
For the second year, members of the Just Us League — a group of local cosplayers — teamed up with the City of Lawrence to welcome trick-or-treaters to Broken Arrow Park for their Reverse Halloween Parade.
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Lawrence donation orchard seeks volunteers to plant ‘giving’ fruit trees
A Lawrence donation garden’s growers aim to end local food insecurity. They’ve shared 7,500 pounds of produce in Douglas County so far this year, and they need help planting fruit trees this weekend.
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Jesse Kielman: In redistricting, Kansas legislators shouldn’t use prison populations as bargaining chips (Column)
“Despite denying enslaved people civil rights, slave states demanded that these men, women and children be included in population counts because it increased their political power. … This exploitation has resurfaced in recent redistricting efforts,” Jesse Kielman writes in this column for Kansas Reflector.
Clay Wirestone: At two historic Kansas graveyards, the scariest of frights and the deepest of emotions (Column)
“No horror lurked here, bloodcurdling or otherwise. Nor did I feel abstracted peace. Limitless sorrow permeated, bound up with unyielding love,” Clay Wirestone writes in this column for Kansas Reflector.
#BeMoreLikeClaire: Candlelight vigil planned for domestic violence awareness (Announcement)
The community is invited to a candlelight vigil during Domestic Violence Awareness month to remember victims, honor survivors and explore opportunities to act to make a difference.
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