”High-quality care is vital as in the first few years of life, children build more than a million new neural networks every second, and the rate of growth and learning is massive. … We have the chance, as a community, to set our children up for a better life,” Will Averill writes in this column.
A Haskell Indian Nations University student is missing, and people are asked to keep a lookout and report any information on his whereabouts to Lawrence police.
During an upcoming ceremony, community members will be planting an orchard of fruit trees at the Lawrence Public Library and serenading it into life.
Tom Harper
The City of Lawrence wants community feedback as staff members look to develop a policy on maintenance, restoration and preservation of brick streets and sidewalks.
Carl Edward Flory, 1/20/1947 – 3/28/2024
The Marion County Record has filed a lawsuit against local authorities who planned and carried out an illegal raid last year, accusing the “co-conspirators” of seeking revenge for unfavorable news coverage through falsified and invalid search warrants.
Jessica Beeson, the interim executive director of the Willow Domestic Violence Center, has been selected for the permanent position at the helm of the organization.
Verbena is an early spring wildflower that has begun to bloom, and this giant swallowtail honed right in on it.
Kansas Athletics will pay a rental fee of $100,000 for each of the two football games it plans on hosting at Sporting Kansas City’s stadium during the upcoming season. Details on the cost of games at Arrowhead have not yet been disclosed.
Lawrence teachers spent years with wages near the bottom compared to similar sized school districts, along with large pay gaps relative to administrators. But recent efforts to raise teacher wages have helped teacher salaries move closer to other districts.
