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Douglas County’s Treatment and Recovery Center to serve community members battling addiction, mental illness
Many in the Douglas County community have spent years advocating and collaborating on the Treatment and Recovery Center. At the ribbon-cutting ceremony Thursday, they celebrated the new facility as a resource for residents who have serious mental illness and substance use disorders.
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Kansas schools are poised to ditch class hours for real-world training as graduation requirements
A group in charge of evaluating Kansas graduation requirements says classroom time is a poor yardstick for measuring learning. It’s arguing for ways to let local school districts sub in real-world experiences and other metrics more calibrated to the 21st century.
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Free State student invited to National Youth Wind Ensemble, prestigious youth band experience
Trumpeter Keith Popiel said he doesn’t usually get jitters before performing, but when he found himself sitting on a historic stage in the nation’s capital among some of the best youth musicians in the country, he realized his musical career had come to a pinnacle moment.
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Bridging the digital divide can reduce gaps between Kansas communities (Column)
“As state and local governments invest in broadband, they should also ensure their work is focused on digital equity,” members of the Governor’s Commission on Racial Equity and Justice write in this Kansas Reflector column.
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New Hampshire Street parking garage to close July 5-18
The parking garage on New Hampshire Street between Ninth and 10th streets will be closed for renovation and improvement work from Tuesday, July 5 through Monday, July 18.
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Organizers launch ‘Vote Neigh’ to boost the reproductive justice movement ahead of the Aug. 2 election
Young activists have formed an organization to energize people around reproductive justice and appeal better to young voters. With a fun, western theme, Vote Neigh aims to get people excited about mobilizing to vote “no” on Aug. 2 and preserve abortion rights.
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‘Panda-Monium’ event to provide family fun and help check tasks off your health to-do list
Kids can get dental fluoride treatments and sports physicals, and the whole family can get COVID-19 vaccines and have some fun at the free “Panda-Monium” Summer Party this weekend.
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Here’s how little ones ages 6 months to 4 years can get COVID-19 vaccines in Lawrence
Lawrence-Douglas County Public Health has announced dates and times for 15 upcoming COVID-19 vaccination clinics for children ages 6 months to 4 years old.
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Basketball champ coaching Firebirds eyes another former Jayhawk as his assistant coach
All-American and 2008 National Champion Sherron Collins plans to bring along a former Kansas basketball teammate to help coach the Free State boys basketball team this upcoming season.
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Lawrence Delta-8 distributors commit to compliance after DA clarifies guidelines; proprietors offer tips to find reputable sources
Douglas County’s top prosecutor says her office has not yet issued any notices for violating laws regulating the sale of certain forms of THC products, and Lawrence business owners would like to keep it that way.
But some proprietors fear that “One or two of these people are going to ruin it for everyone else.”
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Person killed in crash was Lawrence man, 33
The driver who was killed in a crash early Sunday was Michael Travis “Gibby” Gibbons, 33, of Lawrence.
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Kansas to give child care workers $53M in appreciation pay
Gov. Laura Kelly on Tuesday announced a $53 million program to deliver bonuses to 22,000 child care workers at licensed facilities in Kansas.
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Kansas Supreme Court issues full opinions on legislative, congressional redistricting cases
The Kansas Supreme Court released full opinions of decisions affirming constitutionality of new congressional and legislative district maps for use in the 2022 elections that concluded reliance on partisanship to gerrymander district boundaries wasn’t prohibited.
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‘Time bomb’ lead pipes set to be removed. But first water utilities have to find them
Water utilities have never been required to thoroughly inventory lead pipes except in a crisis. Health experts warn problems with these ‘underground poisonous straws’ can arise out of the blue.
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City of Lawrence pauses its SeeClickFix web and mobile reporting platform
The city is hitting pause on its Lawrence Listens — SeeClickFix reporting platform for about nine months.
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Much coal cleaned up at Lawrence train derailment site; some wreckage remains
Much of the coal that was spilled when about 30 railroad cars derailed north of Lawrence Friday afternoon had been cleaned up as of Sunday evening; however, much wreckage remained at the site.
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Scam alert: No one should ask you for gift cards because you missed jury duty
Some area residents have recently been scammed out of $1,000 worth of gift cards by callers pretending to be current or retired Douglas County Sheriff’s Office deputies.
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Kaw Valley Almanac for June 20-26, 2022
This rattlesnake master emerging seedhead is something to behold. Go out on the prairie and find one for yourself!
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Mark McCormick: This Juneteenth, let’s redefine freedom as parity (Column)
“Parity offers the truer path to freedom for African Americans and to a healthier democracy. Juneteenth’s emancipation remembrance merely marks the first step,” Mark McCormick writes in this Kansas Reflector column.
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One man dead after single-vehicle crash in Lawrence
Police say a man died early Sunday after crashing into a light pole in southern Lawrence.
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Meet the first Mass Street Kitten Academy recruits of 2022
Jupiter, Luna, Nova and Orion are the first Mass Street Kitten Academy recruits of 2022. This morning, they got to be the first to try out the academy’s stellar new window display, hosted at Love Garden Sounds.
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Lawrence Juneteenth celebration unites community, honors people who make a difference
“It’s a celebration of freedom; of how far Black people have come,” said Janae Colter, of Lawrence, cradling her two-week-old daughter, Zya, at Saturday’s Juneteenth celebration.
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Kansas high school students embrace importance of journalism and voting
Hayden Houts, a 17-year-old from Lawrence who practiced multimedia this week and plans on a career in broadcast journalism, said being able to vote and making a difference would be an “awesome achievement in (his) life.”
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Crews work into the night to clean up after train derailment near Lawrence
Union Pacific crews were working well past midnight Saturday following the derailment of about 30 railroad cars carrying coal Friday afternoon.