6+ hour, 20+ min ago   (293+ words) In April, Black mothers shared their testimonies and researchers with Lawrence-Douglas County Public Health presented data demonstrating the discrepancies across infant mortality, birth weight and more for Black families. The next conversation building on that event will take place from…...

1+ day, 7+ hour ago   (451+ words) The proposed 52.204 mill levy is 0.141 mills lower than the district’s 2025-26 levy of 52.345 mills. But assessed property valuations have increased, so the district is still going to exceed its revenue neutral rate — the rate that would generate the same total amount…...

2+ day, 17+ hour ago   (1298+ words) As Lawrence High School’s girls flag football team built a commanding lead in the first game of the season, junior Lucy Godfrey kept glancing at the scoreboard. “This is the first time in history this is happening,” Godfrey said she…...

3+ day, 7+ hour ago   (318+ words) Each year, the Commons picks a new title to spark cross-campus conversations and host community events, and the Spencer Museum of Art picks an artwork to match. This school year’s book is “Orbital” by Samantha Harvey. Much like the characters…...

3+ day, 7+ hour ago   (784+ words) TOPEKA — A U.S. District Court judge issued an order forbidding enforcement of a bipartisan Kansas law adopted in 2004 that allowed certain immigrant students at public colleges and universities to pay in-state tuition rates rather than higher out-of-state rates. Beneficiaries of the…...

3+ day, 11+ hour ago   (565+ words) Lawrence police allege that Caiden Clem, of Atchison, fired several rounds into the air outside the Hawk before Daitron Daniels Strickland, of Shawnee, turned and fired toward a small group near the bar’s entrance, killing 18-year-old Aidan Sullivan Knowles and…...

4+ day, 4+ hour ago   (621+ words) Cliff, enrolled member of the Gros Ventre tribe (A’aninin/Nakota Nations), has created murals at Haskell, in the New Hampshire Street parking garage, on the Social Service League building and many other places around town and beyond. On Wednesday, she…...

4+ day, 9+ hour ago   (650+ words) A Topeka man was formally charged Tuesday with second-degree murder and intimidation of a witness in a man’s stabbing death in downtown Lawrence. The stabbing occurred in the early morning hours of Sunday, Aug. 30 near the breezeway between Seventh and…...

4+ day, 13+ hour ago   (737+ words) The route connects Lawrence and Johnson County along K-10 and serves riders traveling between Lawrence, Johnson County Community College and KU’s Edwards Campus in Overland Park. Johnson County Assistant County Manager Aaron Otto told county commissioners there last week that the…...

4+ day, 13+ hour ago   (612+ words) Note: The Lawrence Times runs opinion columns written by community members with varying perspectives on local issues. Occasionally, we’ll also pick up columns from other nearby news outlets. These pieces do not necessarily reflect the opinions of the Times staff....