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Free State High School debate team takes 3rd place at nationals
The Free State High School debate team of Ethan Harris and Aiden Basore took third place in the National Speech and Debate Association’s national tournament Thursday night.
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Missing Ottawa girl found safe, police say
Ottawa Police announced Thursday evening in a Facebook post that Aliyah Hardridge, a 15-year-old girl who had been missing for several days, has been located safe.
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Fire that damaged East Lawrence garage was set on purpose, investigators say
Investigators have reportedly determined that the cause of an overnight fire early last week in East Lawrence was incendiary, meaning it was set on purpose.
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Lawrence teacher turns ‘magical’ classroom event into inspirational book
Jessica Brown, a teacher at Sunflower Elementary School in Lawrence, has turned a “magical” moment in her classroom into a self-published picture book to help kids with social-emotional learning.
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KU says it won’t use controversial faculty termination policy; 18-year-olds can now conceal-carry firearms
After months of deliberation, the University of Kansas has decided not to adopt a Kansas Board of Regents policy that would have made it easier to terminate tenured faculty members for financial reasons in the wake of the COVID-19 pandemic.
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Traffic planning: Lane near Emery Road and 9th Street to close next week
The southbound lane of Emery Road near 9th Street will close on Wednesday and Thursday of next week, June 23 and 24.
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Lawrence’s ‘Nick the Brave’ has died of brain cancer at age 14
In just 14 years of life, Nicholas Steven Parscale became a podcast host, a published author, and an inspiration to many far older than him.
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Kansas health care providers get $900K boost for COVID-19 vaccination efforts
Community health care providers across Kansas will soon receive $900,000 in state grant funds to help with local COVID-19 vaccination efforts, Gov. Laura Kelly announced Tuesday.
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Kelly appoints 3 to state’s higher education board, including Lawrence attorney
Gov. Laura Kelly moved to place a larger imprint Wednesday on the Kansas Board of Regents by naming a retired railroad executive, a prominent educator and a former Republican legislator to the state’s higher education governance board.
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Girl, 15, missing from Ottawa since Saturday, police say
A 15-year-old girl went for a walk in Ottawa Saturday afternoon, never came home, and her phone last pinged in Illinois, according to a Wednesday news release from police.
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Will Metropolitan Lawrence become Micropolitan Lawrence?
Is Lawrence in danger of being micro-sized? Will Lawrence be as cosmopolitan if it is less metropolitan?
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Grammy winner’s portrait of women Supreme Court justices headlines Sunflower Music Festival
At the Sunflower Music Festival, Grammy winner Libby Larsen is set to debut a new work celebrating the first four women to serve on the U.S. Supreme Court, and Gov. Laura Kelly will narrate.
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Kimberly Lopez: One step forward, stinging steps back — using dating apps when you’re nonbinary (Column)
“You open the app and you’re pleasantly surprised that you’re able to identify as nonbinary, only to immediately be misgendered in the next step by being forced to be perceived as either a man or a woman to others,” Kimberly Lopez writes.
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Kansas public schools calculating how to spend $830M in federal pandemic aid
TOPEKA — The Kansas Department of Education plans to use a slice of $830 million […]
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Bar concept would introduce adoptable dogs to future owners as part of Lawrence ‘pet campus’
Working with animals, particularly dogs, has been Anthony Barnett’s life in Lawrence for two decades. Now, he wants to start a new venture he hopes will lead to more dog adoptions in Lawrence — a bar.
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Kansas COVID-19 emergency will expire after GOP leaders refuse to meet
TOPEKA — Senate President Ty Masterson announced Tuesday that GOP legislative leaders would force an […]
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B.L.A.C.K. Lawrence to host Juneteenth celebration featuring local artists
Black Literature & Arts Collective of Kansas (B.L.A.C.K.) Lawrence will celebrate Juneteenth and the release of Tai Amri Spann-Ryan’s book of poetry on Friday.
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Obituary: Linda Fulton McKay
Linda Fulton McKay, 2/15/1940 – 6/11/2021
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The Raven Book Store’s bestsellers for the week of June 15, 2021 (Sponsored post)
Here’s the bestseller list for the Raven’s first full week of being open to browsing.
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Recap: Lawrence school board meeting, June 14
The Lawrence school board on Monday approved the PAL-CWA as the bargaining unit for all classified employees, heard a report on behavioral health programming, tabled an MOU on Safe Routes to Schools and more.
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What’s the status of the historical markers for Nick Rice and Tiger Dowdell’s deaths?
In the nine months since the Lawrence City Commission unanimously approved creating historical markers to memorialize two teenagers killed by Lawrence police, the conversation on what those markers might look like, where they’ll be placed, and how much they’ll cost has mostly gone silent.
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Lawrence outdoor pool opens for summer season
Summer has officially come to Lawrence, as the outdoor aquatic center opened for the season Monday.
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Kelly rescinding handful of executive orders, seeks extension of disaster declaration
TOPEKA — Gov. Laura Kelly prepared to issue directives rescinding seven executive orders tied to […]
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Lawrence Juneteenth organization plans virtual event
With uncertainty surrounding the situation with COVID-19 and health regulations — but also with certainty that they’d have plenty more than 50 people in attendance — the Lawrence, KS Juneteenth Organization planned a virtual celebration this year.