Group forming to ‘Bring Wanda home’; Lawrence woman, 74, has been missing for a week
Lawrence community members are coming together to bring Wanda Dyer home. She’s late to celebrate her 46th wedding anniversary.
August Rudisell/Lawrence Times
Here’s a glimpse at Lawrence’s Pallet village by the numbers after one year open
Just fewer than half of the people who have stayed at the Pallet shelter village for people experiencing homelessness have exited back to the streets or emergency shelter during the program’s first year, and about 25% left to permanent housing.
Lawrence police looking for missing woman, 74; silver alert issued
Lawrence police are looking for Wanda Dyer, 74, who has been missing since Friday morning.
Nathan Kramer / Lawrence Times
Lawrence city commissioners open to changes to balance power between tenants, landlords
Experiences of local tenants prompted Lawrence city commissioners to pursue creation of a tenant bill of rights, and to explore what it would take to ensure tenants can have legal counsel.
Nathan Kramer / Lawrence Times
Lawrence City Commission opts for compromise on increased occupancy limits
Lawrence city commissioners on Tuesday voted to change occupancy limits to allow a maximum of four unrelated adults per household in the least dense areas of town, and a maximum of five in the rest of town.
Nathan Kramer / Lawrence Times
Lawrence neighborhoods call for city commission to lower home occupancy limits
Some Lawrence neighborhoods are pushing back against plans to increase home occupancy limits to 5 unrelated adults, worried about increasing numbers of student rentals. But some advocates say the move will make housing more accessible to nontraditional families.
August Rudisell/Lawrence Times
USDA grant funding for farms, wineries and Lawrence school district bakery frozen per federal order
The future is murky for a Lawrence school district bakery project as well as projects at four local farms and vineyards after their grant funding was frozen this week under orders from Trump and DOGE.
Feds investigating KU over pro-diversity business school partnership
KU is among 45 schools now under federal investigation because one of its graduate programs has been part of a partnership aiming to serve people of color.
August Rudisell/Lawrence Times
Lawrence City Commission to consider altering occupancy limits weeks before development code set to take effect
The Lawrence City Commission will soon consider a major change to the new land development code that could hinder the code’s intended goal of helping people find and afford housing, weeks before it’s set to go into effect.
Lawrence repairing sewers with cheaper method that studies show could pose health risks
Lawrence is repairing miles of underground sewer pipe across the city using a cheaper and less invasive method that studies show could pose health risks for workers and community members due to chemical emissions.
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