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Arts & Events May 18, 2021 - 5:11 pm

Lawrence City Band to return from COVID-19 hiatus for weekly summer concert series

by Lawrence Times

After COVID-19 forced the Lawrence City Band to take an unexpected summer off last year, the group is finally able to return to its weekly concert series, the city announced Tuesday.

Education May 18, 2021 - 4:23 pm

Surprise! Lawrence High’s Susan Mička awarded $10K Bobs teaching award

by Tricia Masenthin

Susan Mička, of Lawrence High School, is the winner of the Lawrence Schools Foundation’s 2021 […]

Mackenzie Clark
Crime & Courts May 18, 2021 - 1:50 pm

Judge could grant Sarah Gonzales-McLinn a new trial — but attorneys want to agree to ‘hard 25’ sentence

by Mackenzie Clark

An attorney fighting to get Sarah Gonzales-McLinn’s hard-50 sentence overturned has come to an agreement with prosecutors: they’re asking for 25 years to life instead for the 2014 murder.

Tim Carpenter/Kansas Reflector
State Government May 18, 2021 - 11:07 am

Convening Kansas redistricting town halls before Census data in hand: Efficient or inept?

by Tim Carpenter, Kansas Reflector

Kansas lawmakers organizing upcoming work to redraw legislative and congressional district boundaries are wrestling with decisions about whether to begin a series of town hall meetings before arrival in September of detailed population numbers.

Lawrence news May 18, 2021 - 4:45 am

Who killed Nick Rice? Part 7: Pocketing the bullet

by Conner Mitchell

KBI laboratory testing released 50 years after Nick Rice was killed revealed that a bullet found almost exactly where the teen’s body lay was fired from the gun of Officer Jimmy Joe Stroud. But a Lawrence police captain had tampered with that evidence, rendering it inadmissible.

Lawrence Life May 18, 2021 - 4:00 am

The Raven Book Store’s bestsellers for the week of May 18, 2021 (Sponsored post)

by Brought to us by The Raven Book Store

Hi! Welcome to what will become a regular column highlighting the bestselling books of the week at the Raven Book Store! (Sponsored post)

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State Government May 17, 2021 - 5:10 pm

Rep. Samsel hit with 3 counts of battery in Wellsville school fracas

by Tim Carpenter, Kansas Reflector

The Franklin County attorney compounded legal challenges Monday for a Republican state legislator entangled in a classroom disturbance at Wellsville High School.

Lawrence news May 17, 2021 - 3:22 pm

Douglas County health department to recommend removing local mask mandate at Wednesday meeting

by Conner Mitchell

Local public health officials will recommend later this week that Douglas County remove its public health order that includes a mask mandate to slow the spread of COVID-19.

Crime & Courts May 17, 2021 - 11:20 am

KU professor’s memoir shares two decades teaching writing classes at Douglas County jail

by Mackenzie Clark

In an upcoming memoir, “Words is a Powerful Thing,” Brian Daldorph, a senior lecturer in KU’s English department, reflects on 20 years of teaching a writing class at the Douglas County jail. He also shares works of more than 50 students he’s taught over the years.

Sherman Smith/Kansas Reflector
State Government May 17, 2021 - 9:21 am

KDHE secretary Norman: Colleagues target of rage, CDC mask guidance ‘bold’

by Tim Carpenter, Kansas Reflector

Physician Lee Norman anticipated the risk of deploying to combat zones with the Kansas National Guard, but the doctor didn’t predict the level of animus directed at public health officials by skeptics of the COVID-19 pandemic.

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