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Man killed at Lawrence City Hall had schizophrenia, was stranded during trip, his sister says
The Minnesota man shot and killed in Lawrence City Hall last week had schizophrenia and was distressed after being stranded en route to his grandmother, according to his friend and his sister.
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Man killed at Lawrence City Hall had schizophrenia, was stranded during trip, his sister says
The Minnesota man shot and killed in Lawrence City Hall last week had schizophrenia and was distressed after being stranded en route to his grandmother, according to his friend and his sister.
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Lawrence Times earns Best Investigative Story, Best Community Service Project and more from Kansas Press Association
The Lawrence Times news team has won seven first-place awards from the Kansas Press Association, including best Investigative Story and Best Community Service Project for our accountability work.
Federal grants cut for programs supporting Haskell, KU student researchers
Federal funding for KU programs that enable Haskell and KU students to conduct scientific research, further their studies and launch their careers has suddenly been terminated.
Search continues for Lawrence woman, 74, missing almost 2 weeks
Wanda Dyer, 74, has been missing for almost two weeks. Her husband of 46 years has a couple of requests for the community, and folks are organizing a search coming up this weekend.
Tricia Masenthin/Lawrence Times
Labor board denies union election for O’Connell Children’s Shelter residential staff
Citing “overt supervisory taint,” the National Labor Relations Board has sided with executives and dismissed O’Connell Children’s Shelter employees’ petition to unionize.
Group forming to ‘Bring Wanda home’; Lawrence woman, 74, has been missing for a week
Lawrence community members are coming together to bring Wanda Dyer home. She’s late to celebrate her 46th wedding anniversary.
August Rudisell/Lawrence Times
Here’s a glimpse at Lawrence’s Pallet village by the numbers after one year open
Just fewer than half of the people who have stayed at the Pallet shelter village for people experiencing homelessness have exited back to the streets or emergency shelter during the program’s first year, and about 25% left to permanent housing.
Lawrence police looking for missing woman, 74; silver alert issued
Lawrence police are looking for Wanda Dyer, 74, who has been missing since Friday morning.
Nathan Kramer / Lawrence Times
Lawrence city commissioners open to changes to balance power between tenants, landlords
Experiences of local tenants prompted Lawrence city commissioners to pursue creation of a tenant bill of rights, and to explore what it would take to ensure tenants can have legal counsel.
Nathan Kramer / Lawrence Times
Lawrence City Commission opts for compromise on increased occupancy limits
Lawrence city commissioners on Tuesday voted to change occupancy limits to allow a maximum of four unrelated adults per household in the least dense areas of town, and a maximum of five in the rest of town.
Nathan Kramer / Lawrence Times
Lawrence neighborhoods call for city commission to lower home occupancy limits
Some Lawrence neighborhoods are pushing back against plans to increase home occupancy limits to 5 unrelated adults, worried about increasing numbers of student rentals. But some advocates say the move will make housing more accessible to nontraditional families.
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