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Spokespeople for the Lawrence Police Department and the Douglas County Sheriff’s Office said that neither agency was involved in Tuesday’s ICE sightings and arrests, nor did they know they were coming.
Molly Adams / Lawrence Times
The Lawrence Mardi Gras parade drew a crowd of energetic and festive paradegoers who sang, danced and cheered their way through downtown Lawrence Tuesday.
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Lawrence was swept with reports of ICE sightings and arrests Tuesday. Advocates say they’ve confirmed five people were detained.
Lawrence Transit will start charging $3 for each one-way on demand ride starting next month, and the city will only accept credit card payments.
Here are the opened male blossoms of the silver maple, resting on tree bark. Some maples are male while others are female, and some have both types of flowers.
Molly Adams / Lawrence Times
The Lawrence Humane Society has taken in three dogs so far this year who were surrendered because their owners were afraid of detainment and deportation. The shelter had never documented cases like this before.
Molly Adams / Lawrence Times
The Haskell Welcome Back Powwow drew hundreds of community members to the Coffin Sports Complex Saturday.
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The Willow and the Care Center in Lawrence are partnering to provide human trafficking awareness and response training in preparation for the World Cup games in Kansas City.
The Lawrence community can ring in the Year of the Horse at the KU Center for East Asian Studies’ New Year Festival, which will feature giveaways, performances from local organizations, activities and more.
A Kansas property owner wants to impose a restriction across the entire state because of Lawrence’s ordinance protecting low-income renters.
