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The City of Lawrence will start charging fees for adults to use recreation centers effective next Monday, but people who have already qualified for certain benefits can now apply for free access.
Nathan Kramer / Lawrence Times
Some personal property — such as off-road vehicles, motorized bicycles and scooters, and watercraft — will cease to be taxed by the state of Kansas starting in the new year.
The former Jayhawk Bookstore/McLain’s Bakery building has been demolished to make way for KU’s entrepreneurship hub. The project team has shared more details about what the hub will entail and renderings of the planned building.
Molly Adams / Lawrence Times
Even if dogs can’t solve the world’s biggest problems, they can be present at just the right moment for folks who need a fuzzy shoulder to lean on, Loving Paws Animal Therapy’s volunteer coordinator believes.
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A former Prairie Park Elementary School speech pathologist was bound over for trial on Thursday on charges of child sex crimes against students.
Nathan Kramer / Lawrence Times
Although Douglas County has expressed commitment to tenant right to counsel and has engaged in implementation discussions for months, a majority of county commissioners Wednesday opted instead to have county staff do more research on mediation.
Nathan Kramer / Lawrence Times
Lawrence city commissioners on Tuesday voted to keep the Community Building open and free to residents for a three-month trial basis once access fees to use the city’s other recreation centers go into effect in January.
Kaydi Rudisell
The city plans to remove the basketball court in Watson Park, which is prone to flooding, during the summer as part of ongoing construction, and it’s not yet clear whether a new court will replace it.
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HeadQuarters Kansas has been reachable at 841-2345 for decades. At the end of this year, that will no longer be the case, and all calls will need to go to 988.
Investigators found fibers in a truck’s broken headlight that appear consistent with the shirt a Lawrence runner was wearing when she was struck and killed by a driver who fled the scene last month, according to law enforcement documents.
