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LDCFM’s Mobile Integrated Health team shares progress update
The Mobile Integrated Health team, which includes two Lawrence-Douglas County Fire Medical technicians, aims to meet people where they are and help them with their medical needs to avoid use of emergency services in the future.
Nathan Kramer/Lawrence Times
Lawrence Public Schools interim superintendent announces fall community engagement meetings
The interim superintendent of Lawrence Public Schools has announced dates for her fall community engagement tour to find out what school families want for the future of their children.
Obituary: Sone Lavongsa
Sone Lavongsa, 3/4/1952 – 9/22/2024
Kansas mental health ranking improves, but numbers for young people worsen
Kansas ranked worst in the nation for mental illness prevalence and mental health care access in a 2023 report, but new data shows the state’s ranking significantly improved this year.
Molly Adams/Lawrence Times
Haskell Welcome Back Powwow set for this weekend
Haskell Indian Nations University will host its fall 2024 Welcome Back Powwow on Saturday, and the community is welcome.
Lawrence school district committee to host first meeting on high school boundaries
After postponing its first planned meeting, the Lawrence school district’s Boundary Advisory Committee will meet on Wednesday to begin evaluating high school boundaries.
The Raven Book Store’s bestsellers for Sept. 24, 2024 (Sponsored post)
”Fresh on the heels of her book’s release and her wonderful event at Liberty Hall, Sarah Smarsh tops our bestseller list with her new collection of essays and articles,” the Raven Book Store writes.
Forget the stereotypes. Many homeless Kansans have jobs but can’t afford a place to live
Advocates say homelessness in Kansas is mainly caused by a lack of affordable housing, not issues like mental health. Efforts to increase housing stock have built thousands of new units, but it’s not enough, and some communities oppose new developments.
Obituary: Brian Eric Newman
Brian Eric Newman, 1/28/1959 – 9/17/2024
Lawrence school board approves plan to seek superintendent search firm
The Lawrence school district will employ an outside firm and create a committee to lead the search this year for the next permanent superintendent.
Lawrence’s Homeless Resource Center, Chuck Olcese selected for Peace and Justice Awards
A longtime leader who has worked to improve life for refugees in Lawrence and the director of a center that serves unhoused people are the 2024 recipients of the Tom and Anne More Peace and Justice Awards.
Kansas Supreme Court affirms police conduct allegedly ‘akin to a psychological rubber hose’
The Kansas Supreme Court reversed a judge’s decision to suppress a confession despite detectives’ claims that a computer voice stress test was 100% accurate and proved a defendant lied about his innocence in an alleged sexual abuse case.
Jordan Winter/Lawrence Times
Lawrence Fruit Tree Project invites the public to join its upcoming potluck and cider-pressing party
Since 2012, Lawrence Fruit Tree Project has been sharing the fruits of its labor — from pawpaws to persimmons — with the local community. As its late summer harvest comes to a close, the team is celebrating the season’s bounty with a Fall Party.
Obituary: Mary Anne Schreck
Mary Anne Schreck, 8/16/1936 – 9/20/2024
Kaw Valley Almanac for Sept. 23-29, 2024
Sumac is one of the first leaves to shut down the green chlorophyll, leaving the red anthocyanin pigment that extends its ability to create glucose in the shorter days.
Molly Adams / Lawrence Times
These are common scams to watch for, Douglas County sheriff says
A local family was recently scammed out of $90,000. That’s just one example of a loss Douglas County Sheriff Jay Armbrister is hoping to help people avoid by informing the community about common scams.
Letter to the Times: It’s time for ‘The Talk’ on Lawrence city budgets
”As City Manager Craig Owens made clear, the 2025 budget recipe won’t work for 2026 and beyond. Hence, the unavoidable Talk — frank community dialogue about the 2026 budget,” Phil and Peggi Englehart write in this letter to the Times.
Molly Adams / Lawrence Times
Haskell hosts bison harvest workshop ahead of community cookout
Bison have sustained many Native American tribes for centuries as a source of food, clothing and tools. Now, Haskell is sharing the bison’s deep cultural significance with the general public through a harvest workshop and community meal.
August Rudisell/Lawrence Times
Lawrence Community Shelter plans 2 people per Pallet shelter behind building; Monarch Village to reopen
The Lawrence Community Shelter is planning to randomly assign two unhoused people night by night to sleep inside each of the 24 Pallet shelters — tiny cabins — to be built behind the main shelter.
Kansas GOP chairman complains about Democratic congressional candidate’s lack of disclosures
Democratic congressional candidate Nancy Boyda failed to disclose who paid for her ads, according to a complaint filed by the Kansas GOP chairman. Boyda admitted to “clerical errors” but said Republicans were trying to distract voters.
Obituary: Aristeo Anthony Ramirez
Aristeo Anthony Ramirez, 7/22/1949 – 9/9/2024
Molly Adams / Lawrence Times
Lawrence school board to consider permitting district to seek superintendent search firm
The Lawrence school district plans to seek out a firm to lead the search for a permanent superintendent and create a committee to support the search, pending school board approval.
Federal grand jury indicts Lawrence man in bank robbery
A Lawrence man has been indicted in connection with the July robbery of Bank of America, according to the U.S. Attorney’s Office for the District of Kansas.
As Kansas farms grow bigger, more people leave and rural life gets lonelier
Kansas farms have expanded their operations and are now bigger than ever, which has led to an economic boom. But that also means fewer farmers, and that has contributed to depopulation in rural parts of the state that were socially isolated to begin with.
