ICYMI: Lawrence Times news stories with longer shelf lives, deeper reporting, bigger impacts, more interactivity and/or stronger pushes for accountability. Oftentimes, these are the stories that exemplify our mission of shining light on our community and amplifying voices that have been silenced.
If this kind of journalism is meaningful to you, please support The Lawrence Times so we can do more work like this.
LATEST
Mississippi Street to close at 9th as construction continues in Lawrence
Mississippi Street will close at both sides of its intersection with Ninth Street in Lawrence next week as construction continues on the Jayhawk watershed project.
Mississippi Street to close at 9th as construction continues in Lawrence
Mississippi Street will close at both sides of its intersection with Ninth Street in Lawrence next week as construction continues on the Jayhawk watershed project.
MORE
Sur Landscape Architecture/Contributed image
Midco and Native Lands collaborate to plan native plant park in downtown Lawrence
A park will soon take over an unused lot next to Midco in downtown Lawrence, incorporating native plants with the work of several local artisans and offering community members a chance to step into the role of stewards of native land.
Lawrence school district must answer record requests from plaintiffs in AI surveillance lawsuit, judge rules
Lawrence Public Schools must quickly comply with open records requests related to a controversial AI monitoring software at the heart of a federal lawsuit after months of delays, a federal judge has ruled.
Meet the new Lawrence Times staff members on this Local News Day
It’s Local News Day — the perfect opportunity to introduce two new members of our news team.
Nathan Kramer / Lawrence Times
‘We are not the national narrative’: Lawrence-area law enforcement heads address distrust
Local law enforcement agency heads spoke about ICE activity, data collection, biased policing and more at a panel Saturday, saying they stand with the community and that Lawrence’s law enforcement is “not the national narrative.”
KU chancellor defends finances, calls for unity after ‘no confidence’ vote
KU Chancellor Doug Girod defended recent budget decisions and urged unity in the KU community following an unofficial vote in which nearly 80% of respondents said they had lost confidence in the university’s leadership.
Molly Adams / Lawrence Times
Lawrence NAACP to preserve stories of Black people buried in unmarked graves with headstones, biographies
Lawrence’s NAACP chapter will reclaim the stories of 30 Black people who were buried in unmarked graves in Oak Hill Cemetery, including three men lynched by a mob in 1882, with new granite headstones and a digital biography archive.
Cuyler Dunn/Lawrence Times
Thousands in KU community vote ‘no confidence’ in chancellor, CFO
A majority of KU faculty and students who participated in an unofficial vote this month said they do not have confidence in the leadership of Chancellor Doug Girod.
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.
Molly Adams / Lawrence Times
Judge denies request to pause anti-transgender law during ongoing lawsuit
A Douglas County judge on Tuesday denied plaintiffs’ request to temporarily halt an anti-transgender law in Kansas from taking effect while a lawsuit against the state plays out.
Molly Adams / Lawrence Times
Lawyers for Kansas state departments see benefit to monthlong delay in enforcing anti-transgender bill
Legal representatives for two Kansas state departments said Friday that there would be benefits to delaying the enforcement of a new anti-transgender bill for another month, drawing an apparent concession from AG Kris Kobach.
Find out what’s really going on in your town. Read The Lawrence Times.
Don’t miss a beat … Click here to sign up for our email newsletters
Click here to learn more about our newsletters first
