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Lawrence school district staff members implore board to pay living wages
Union members told Lawrence school board members Monday that education support specialists are well overdue for a living wage.
Molly Adams / Lawrence Times
Molly Adams / Lawrence Times
Lawrence community members bring street mural to life near ‘Little Red Schoolhouse’
After a community painting party over the weekend, a street mural was nearing completion Sunday afternoon at Seventh and Alabama streets, next to the Lawrence Community Nursery School.
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Free State High School students honored with performing arts award
Free State High School students celebrated their historic performing arts award during halftime of the Firebirds’ football game Friday night.
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Lawrence school district staff members rally with ‘walk-ins’ to push for better pay
Lawrence Public Schools staff members across the district rallied Thursday morning to let administrators and school board members know that the 54-cent hourly wage increase they’ve proposed is not enough.
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Lawrence pups go for a dip at Pooch Plunge
As Lawrence’s Outdoor Aquatic Center wound down for the season Tuesday, wet tails wagged with joy. Doggos got to go for a swim at the annual Pooch Plunge.
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Pinckney bakery launches in-house production for Lawrence school district
A sweet smell from the Pinckney bakery circulates through the building and travels out the door into Lawrence schools each day. A two-man team now produces baked goods, using local grains, for all school buildings.
Cuyler Dunn/Lawrence Times
KU faculty union rallies in front of chancellor’s office
More than 100 supporters of KU’s faculty union lined the stairs outside Wescoe Hall on Wednesday to chant across Jayhawk Boulevard toward Chancellor Douglas Girod’s office: “Girod, Girod, you’re one year late. When will you negotiate?”
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Photos: FidPick draws huge crowds in Lawrence
Huge crowds of families, friends and four-legged furballs flocked to South Park on Sunday for the 44th Annual Kansas State Fiddling and Picking Championships, or FidPick.
Clear the Shelter day at Lawrence Humane Society gets 97 animals adopted; waived fees to continue Sunday
Almost 100 animals found their forever homes during Clear the Shelter Day Saturday, and the Lawrence Humane Society is extending waived fees to Sunday to help reach their goal of 150 adoptions.
Molly Adams / Lawrence Times
A sneak peek at ‘Americans’: Smithsonian exhibit in Lawrence will confront depictions of Native Americans
A traveling Smithsonian exhibit opening this weekend at the Watkins will provide a looking glass for issues of Native representation that hit as close to home as Haskell and Arrowhead Stadium.
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