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Lawrence schools superintendent takes job out of state
Lawrence Public Schools Superintendent Anthony Lewis has been selected to lead the school district of Durham, North Carolina.
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Free lunches, meal kits available for Lawrence kids this summer
This summer, children ages 18 and younger will be able to eat a free lunch on weekdays in Lawrence, and families can pick up weekly meal kits to prepare and plan ahead.
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Manager of Pallet shelter village resigns
The manager of the Pallet shelter village for people experiencing homelessness has stepped down from her position.
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Former cellmate says Sarah Gonzales-McLinn, if granted clemency, would ‘show the world that people can heal from trauma’
Roxie Merriman wishes people would focus as much on what was done to Sarah Gonzales-McLinn as they do on how Gonzales-McLinn murdered her rapist.
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University of Kansas, KU Police silent on arrests of 3 student protesters
The University of Kansas has yet to comment on its authorization to have three student protesters arrested inside an open campus library last week.
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Haskell Board of Regents ‘will not stand silently,’ opposes wetland-area development
Members of the Haskell National Board of Regents have voiced deep concerns about the planned New Boston Crossing development as well as the possible sale of land near the Baker Wetlands Discovery Center for affordable housing development.
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City of Lawrence, contractors deny allegations that dam construction project damaged Riverfront Plaza
The City of Lawrence and hired contractors have denied allegations that construction of an access road prior to maintenance work performed on the Bowersock Dam in 2020 destabilized the Kansas River shoreline and caused damage to the Riverfront Plaza.
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Lawrence City Commission will no longer broadcast public comment, which will be near ends of meetings
Lawrence city commissioners approved most proposed changes to public comment procedures, including no longer broadcasting general public comment live.
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Pro-Palestine protesters occupy lawn on KU’s campus
More than 100 pro-Palestine protesters gathered outside Fraser Hall for 17-plus hours Wednesday, calling on KU to disclose and divest any financial connections with Israel amid monthslong violence in Gaza that has killed tens of thousands of people.
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Baker University students protest potential sale of land near wetlands discovery center to developers
Baker University student protesters made it clear Monday that the potential sale of wet prairie lands near the Baker Wetlands Discovery Center will not fly with them.
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Jury acquits man charged in beating death of Lawrence man
A jury on Thursday found Chadwick E. Potter not guilty of second-degree murder in the death last summer of 62-year-old David Sullivan.
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