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Power out in parts of downtown Lawrence; meeting at City Hall briefly disrupted
A transformer blew and knocked out power for parts of downtown Lawrence late Wednesday.
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Lawrence Public Library wants to address community members’ safety concerns, director writes
Staff members of the Lawrence Public Library have heard safety concerns from community members, and they want to take action to improve the situation, LPL Director Brad Allen wrote to cardholders Wednesday.
August Rudisell/Lawrence Times
Lawrence Police Department’s crisis team takes homicide suspect into custody after standoff
The Lawrence Police Department’s crisis response team took a man wanted in connection with a Wichita homicide into custody on Wednesday afternoon following an overnight standoff.
Kansas foster care providers and staff debate ways to reduce racism in system
In Kansas, disparities in treatment of Black children appear to start before birth. Black children are also consistently overrepresented in foster care.
Kansas lawmakers press state’s child advocate for foster care solutions
With increased rates of children in the foster care system sleeping in offices and social workers spending their time “shuttling kids” from place to place, advocates say lawmakers and government officials need to step up before the state faces another lawsuit.
Kansas Supreme Court plans child welfare summit to forge ‘better paths forward’
Kansas Supreme Court Justice Melissa Standridge on Tuesday announced plans for a two-day summit next year to brainstorm innovative solutions for problems surrounding child welfare in Kansas.
August Rudisell / The Lawrence Times
Kaw River Roots Festival, FidPick coming up in Lawrence
It’s going to be a musical weekend in Lawrence as the Kaw River Roots Festival and Kansas State Fiddling and Picking Championships both return.
Lawrence city commissioners hold hearings, vote to move forward with budget that will increase property taxes
During a relatively brief meeting Tuesday evening, the Lawrence City Commission heard from the public about the proposed 2024 budget and voted to stick with the plan that will increase property taxes.
August Rudisell/Lawrence Times
Lawrence City Commission gives final approval on tax breaks for First Management headquarters
Lawrence city commissioners on Tuesday took a final vote to approve tax breaks for First Management Inc. to renovate a long-vacant downtown building into its corporate headquarters.
Vicki Stanwix/Contributed photo
Lawrence Municipal Court receives big haul in school supply drive to reduce ticket fines
A Lawrence Municipal Court initiative that allowed people to pay for $50 worth of traffic tickets with $15 worth of school supplies brought in more than 900 items.
After Kansas newspaper raid, lawmaker proposes taking warrant power away from magistrates
House Minority Leader Vic Miller said Tuesday he would introduce legislation to take away a magistrate’s power to authorize a search warrant, addressing one aspect of the circumstances surrounding the raid on the Marion County Record.
Lawrence Humane Society wants to send 175 pets to furever homes on Clear the Shelter Day
All animal adoption fees will be waived Saturday at the Lawrence Humane Society, and staff members are hoping to send at least 75 dogs and 100 cats home with loving furever families.
Molly Adams / Lawrence Times
Vendor market to celebrate, promote local Black businesses
August is National Black Business Month, and the Lawrence community is invited to celebrate its Black businesses during a vendor market.
‘Sexism from a new lens:’ Kansas athletes point out inequities in face of anti-LGBTQ law
Kylie Forney spent her whole life training to play collegiate softball, a dream deferred by a year because of a shoulder injury easily avoided with better attention for women in athletics.
Topeka author to give reading from her new women’s fiction book at Raven event
Author Lara Avery will give a reading and hold a discussion on her new novel, her women’s fiction debut, during a Thursday evening book launch celebration at the Raven Book Store.
Letter to the Times: Causing stress for property owners
”Living beyond one’s means seems a common philosophy these days,” Tom Guba begins this letter to the Times.
Lawrence committee can’t reach consensus on restructure of city boards; will revisit
Members of the Lawrence Board and Commissions Structure Committee could not decide Monday on whether to advance a recommendation to nix the Sustainability Advisory Board and consolidate or eliminate several other boards.
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Photos: Runners ‘defend Lawrence’ on anniversary of Quantrill’s Raid
Many Lawrencians got up very early Monday morning ready to defend the town on the 160th anniversary of Quantrill’s Raid.
City of Lawrence pausing yard waste collection, outdoor Parks & Rec sports through Thursday; heat index reaches 136°
The city will not collect yard waste and all outdoor Parks and Recreation department sports are canceled through Thursday because of the extreme heat, which has brought heat indices as high as 136° in Lawrence.
‘You’re an ***hole, police chief’: Kansas newspaper owner defiant in video of home invasion
Marion County Record co-owner Joan Meyer leaned into her walker and stood up to law enforcement personnel executing a search warrant in her living room during a bizarre series of legally questionable raids of her residence, the newspaper’s office and a city council member’s home.
Lawrence City Commission to hold public hearings on budget that will increase property taxes
The Lawrence City Commission on Tuesday will hold its annual hearings on the proposed city budget, which will include property tax increases.
Lawrence’s Pooch Plunge canceled because of extreme heat
The City of Lawrence Parks and Recreation department has canceled the Pooch Plunge, which was set for Monday afternoon.
Kaw Valley Almanac for Aug. 21-27, 2023
Tall thistle is a native thistle that provides nectar to a wide number of pollinators, including this great spangled fritillary butterfly.
Now-withdrawn affidavit in Marion County Record raid shows police ignored Kansas open records laws
The now-withdrawn documents used to justify a search of the Marion County Record show that the police chief knew a reporter was verifying the authenticity of a local business owner’s driving record by searching on a public website — which is legal under Kansas law.
