Lawrence middle and high school choirs to join together for All-City Choir Festival
Students of Lawrence Public Schools’ middle and high schools will soon join together to present the annual All-City Choir Festival.
KU students to build new outdoor classroom at Prairie Park Nature Center; open house to show plans
A new outdoor classroom at Prairie Park Nature Center is in the works, and an open house Monday will reveal plans led by KU architecture students.
Music sale raises $8K for Lawrence Public Library, $20K for Audio-Reader
A Lawrence music sale last month raised more than $8,000 for the Lawrence Public Library’s programs and more than $20,000 for Audio-Reader at the University of Kansas.
Molly Adams/Lawrence Times
KU faculty members push for chancellor’s office to set union election date
Members of the United Academics of the University of Kansas rallied Thursday to push for KU administrators to work with them to set a date for an election — the next step to certify the faculty union and move toward contract negotiations.
Students to perform at Lawrence school district talent show, fundraiser
Middle and high school students are set to sing, dance and tell jokes as part of an upcoming Lawrence school district talent show and annual fundraiser.
Molly Adams / Lawrence Times
Lawrence school district families weigh in on STEAM school, proposed new middle school boundaries
Families on Wednesday gave feedback on Liberty Memorial Central Middle School’s transition to a STEAM school and asked the district committee working on middle school boundaries to maintain students’ communities.
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New venue, portable pool to host Lawrence Polar Plunge fundraisers
There’s a fundraising competition heating up among Chesty Lions that will culminate with a chilly dip in a pool and, if organizers meet their goal, $10,000 for Special Olympics Kansas.
Teen in custody in connection with shooting death of Lawrence girl
A teen has been taken into custody in connection with the Olathe shooting death of Brianna Higgins, a Lawrence High School sophomore, according to police.
Kansas bill ending municipal regulation of plastic bags, containers raises constitutional issue
A bill aggressively promoted by the Kansas Chamber would forbid municipal bans on plastic straws and the thin, cheap plastic shopping bags often given consumers by stores and restaurants.
Mackenzie Clark/Lawrence Times
Albert Wilson’s wrongful conviction case is in the judge’s hands
A Douglas County judge must decide whether to believe Albert Wilson, who says he was wrongly convicted and should be compensated, or the woman who says Wilson raped her when she was 17.
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