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HIV, hepatitis testing to expand for underinsured Douglas County residents
New funding will allow two local health service providers to expand testing for HIV, hepatitis B and hepatitis C through outreach for people who are uninsured and underinsured in Douglas County.
HIV, hepatitis testing to expand for underinsured Douglas County residents
New funding will allow two local health service providers to expand testing for HIV, hepatitis B and hepatitis C through outreach for people who are uninsured and underinsured in Douglas County.
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Click here for the Lawrence police blotter — new log uploaded each day around 1 p.m.
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Part of 19th Street to close, Wakarusa lanes reduced and more Lawrence roadwork coming up
Roadwork is popping up all over Lawrence, including a closure at 19th and Mass, reduced lanes for about a mile of Wakarusa, and more.
Lawrence-area law enforcement officers to participate in NAACP panel
Douglas County Sheriff Jay Armbrister, Lawrence Police Chief Rich Lockhart and KU Police Chief Nelson Mosley will soon participate in a panel hosted by the local NAACP branch.
Lawrence woman still missing after nearly a year; search coming up
Saturday will mark one year since Wanda Dyer left her Lawrence home and never returned. Volunteers are planning to search for her again this weekend.
Section of Iowa Street south of Lawrence set to close for the weekend
A section of U.S. 59 Highway, or Iowa Street, south of Lawrence is set to close for the weekend for bridge work.
Douglas County likely to see snow, major wind gusts
Douglas County will likely see snow Sunday, and wind gusts up to 60 mph are expected.
August Rudisell/Lawrence Times
Transgender people in Lawrence lack answers about enforcement around invalidated driver’s licenses
Transgender people in Lawrence — and former residents who left the country to avoid persecution — have been swept up in the statewide confusion about enforcing anti-trans legislation that invalidates driver’s licenses with corrected gender markers.
ICE agents arrest people in Lawrence and on KU campus, advocates say
ICE agents returned to Lawrence Friday morning and detained people on KU’s campus and elsewhere, according to local immigration advocates.
Lawrence, Lenexa residents injured in 4-vehicle crash in Johnson County
A Lawrence resident and a Lenexa resident, ages 21 and 20, were seriously injured in a four-vehicle crash Wednesday on I-435 near the K-10 exit in Johnson County.
via Sanctuary Alliance
Lawrence police, Douglas County Sheriff say they had no notice ahead of ICE arrests
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.
via Sanctuary Alliance
Multiple reports of ICE detainments, sightings in Lawrence; 5 arrests confirmed, advocates say
Lawrence was swept with reports of ICE sightings and arrests Tuesday. Advocates say they’ve confirmed five people were detained.
