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Demolition underway at Allen Press building in downtown Lawrence
Demolition began Wednesday on the former Allen Press buildings at 11th and Massachusetts streets in downtown Lawrence.
LMH Health to stop accepting certain Medicare Advantage insurance in 2025
When the new year begins, Lawrence Memorial Hospital will no longer accept two types of Medicare Advantage plans that more than 3,000 patients currently have.
August Rudisell/Lawrence Times
Lawrence community members call for city to ‘stop the sweep’ of Amtrak camp
Several Lawrence community members, both housed and unhoused, pleaded with city commissioners Tuesday not to close the camp where people are living behind the Amtrak station in East Lawrence.
Lawrence City Commission general public comment for Sept. 3, 2024
Here’s the general public comment for the Lawrence City Commission’s Tuesday meeting, as public comment is no longer being broadcast.
August Rudisell/Lawrence Times
Pups go for a dip in the pool at Lawrence’s Pooch Plunge
As Lawrence’s Outdoor Aquatic Center is closing for the season, pups got to go for a swim Tuesday at the annual Pooch Plunge.
Lawrence City Commission approves 2025 budget; most residents will see property tax increases
Lawrence city commissioners on Tuesday voted 3-2 to approve the city’s 2025 budget and five-year capital improvement plan.
Obituary: Norman Caulfield
Norman Caulfield, 10/17/1951 – 8/22/2024
Molly Adams / Lawrence Times
Furry booksellers make a comeback at Raven Book Store
Ready to serve and slumber, a fluffy and friendly trio has settled into their respective roles at Raven Book Store in downtown Lawrence.
Letter to the Times: An open letter to the Lawrence community about homelessness
”Those of us who work informally on the ground with the unhoused are painfully aware of failures,” independent advocates for unhoused people write in this open letter to the Lawrence community.
Baldwin man seriously injured in motorcycle crash
A 43-year-old man from Baldwin City was seriously injured in a crash Monday evening, according to the Douglas County Sheriff’s Office.
Clear the Shelter Day is Saturday, but these dogs have their fees waived now at Lawrence Humane Society
Clear the Shelter Day, the annual effort to find furever homes for shelter animals nationwide, is coming up Saturday — but it’s getting an early start this year in Lawrence. Here’s an updated list of pups whose fees are waived ahead of the big day.
August Rudisell/Lawrence Times
How to unionize your workplace: Lawrence union leaders share tips
Happy Labor Day! The holiday is rooted in the late 19th-century labor movement and honors the sacrifices of workers. We reached out to some Lawrence union leaders and organizers to find out how to go about unionizing a workplace here.
Kaw Valley Almanac for Sept. 2-8, 2024
Here are Jerusalem artichoke blooms, from green flower buds to fully open, pollinated by a sweat bee among its disk flowers.
August Rudisell/Lawrence Times
Revised Lawrence city budget would delay fire station projects, keep mill levy almost flat
Lawrence city commissioners on Tuesday will consider approving a revised 2025 budget that would delay plans to construct two new fire stations and keep the mill levy almost flat, though residents would still see property tax increases.
Lawrence Lions Alumni Association announces 2024 Hall of Honor inductees
Five Chesty Lions will be inducted into the Lawrence Lions Alumni Association Hall of Honor in October, the organization has announced.
Lawrence Times file photo
‘We’re not just loading people on a bus,’ Lawrence’s homeless solutions director says
Questions have surfaced about the city’s policy to prioritize Douglas County residents with homelessness services — among them, how does someone without an address prove they live here? Here’s more about the policy, its purpose and how it’s played out over the last few months.
Party, silent disco in Lawrence to celebrate local ‘artist-adventurers’ and their open space projects
A party complete with a silent disco in Lawrence will soon celebrate seven “artist-adventurer teams” who created original works documenting adventures in Douglas County’s open lands.
Obituary: Donald Gene Strole
Donald Gene Strole, 2/6/1952 – 8/29/2024
August Rudisell/Lawrence Times
Need to feed community persists following Just Food’s shortage, fire at meal production center
Thanks to more than 10,000 pounds of food donations in 22 hours, Douglas County’s food bank has bounced back from a severe shortage and a fire at its meal production facility. But the need to feed community members persists, aggressively.
Molly Adams / Lawrence Times
Lawrence author collaborates with ledger artist on children’s book celebrating Kiowa storytelling
Collaborating to tell a family’s true story has connected two local creatives who didn’t previously know each other in a way that’s everlasting like the Kiowa people.
LMH Health Fair to offer free and reduced-price medical screenings
LMH Health’s annual Health Fair will give folks a chance to catch up on routine health screenings, get a flu shot and learn from community organizations. Register early to save on a blood panel.
Kansas COVID-19 spike coincides with unexplained tuberculosis infections
As the Kansas and Missouri medical communities prepare for respiratory illness season, health officials grapple with an early COVID-19 infection spike and higher-than-normal tuberculosis infections in Wyandotte County.
Mackenzie Clark/Lawrence Times
Kansas Supreme Court closes valve in protracted dispute on illegal hog-effluent pipeline
A Kansas hog farmer’s campaign to convince the courts he had a right to install a livestock sewage pipeline along a public road in the right-of-way on neighbors’ property without permission has come to an end in state courts.
August Rudisell/Lawrence Times
Pooch Plunge to invite Lawrence pups to go for a splash
It’s that time of year again — all the good doggos are invited to go for a swim before the pool at the Lawrence Outdoor Aquatic Center is drained for the year.
