LJWorld.com Headlines for March 9, 2021

ang="en" xml:lang="en" xmlns=" xmlns:cctd="> [Les Miles done as KU's football coach as he and university agree to part ways in wake of past sexual harassment allegations]( After two losing seasons at the University of Kansas, it wasn’t the lack of victories that led to Les Miles’ demise; rather, sexual harassment allegations from his past ultimately cost the Jayhawks’ head football coach his job, as KU ... [Les Miles done as KU's football coach as he and university agree to part ways in wake of past sexual harassment allegations]( By: Benton Smith After two losing seasons at the University of Kansas, it wasn’t the lack of victories that led to Les Miles’ demise; rather, sexual harassment allegations from his past ultimately cost the Jayhawks’ head football coach his job, as KU ... March 8, 2021 @ 10:32pm [‘Everyone is just terrified’: KU graduate students fear 40% of their teaching positions will be cut, hold campus protest]( By: Lauren Fox Graduate students at the University of Kansas led a protest Monday afternoon related to possible budget cuts they say will result in the loss of Graduate Teaching Assistant positions. Neill Kennedy, the president of KU’s Graduate Teaching ... March 8, 2021 @ 5:31pm [Douglas County reports 54 new COVID-19 cases since Thursday; 263 remain active]( By: Staff Report Douglas County reported 8,733 cases of COVID-19 as of Monday, an increase of 54 cases since information was last reported on Thursday. In Douglas County, 8,470 out of the 8,733 cases are inactive or beyond the infectious period, according to ... March 8, 2021 @ 5:21pm [‘Life changing’: LMH Health now allowing second support person for patients giving birth]( By: Lauren Fox A fourth-time expectant mother was considering leaving her medical team at LMH Health less than a month before she was due, until the Lawrence hospital announced on Friday that it would change its delivery room policies. Nina Trummel delivered ... March 8, 2021 @ 4:31pm [2 Lawrence school district administrators retiring at the end of the school year]( By: Dylan Lysen Two Lawrence school district administrators will leave their positions at the end of the current school year, the district announced recently. Superintendent Anthony Lewis said in a news release that Darcy Kraus, the district's director of ... March 8, 2021 @ 4:32pm [Lawrence City Commission to consider setting 11 p.m. end time to meetings]( By: Rochelle Valverde The City Commission’s Tuesday evening meetings have been known go into the wee hours of Wednesday, but that could soon change if city leaders decide to amend rules governing their meetings. As part of its meeting Tuesday, the Lawrence City ... March 8, 2021 @ 4:06pm [Owners of 19th century Pinckney home attracted to its character, history]( By: Lauren Fox Though Carl Edwards had always admired the home he and his husband now own, he didn’t like the way its then-green paint concealed the building among the trees in the front yard. “The house just sunk back into the darkness,” he said. But ... March 8, 2021 @ 9:05pm [New climbing gym opens in downtown with 16-foot walls, high-tech systems and an occasional need for a trusted partner]( By: Imagine this scenario: You’re on a first date, and as part of the evening’s entertainment you are nearly 20 feet in the air. How fast you come back to earth is determined by your partner, who is on the ground holding a rope attached to you. ... March 8, 2021 @ 3:30pm [Burn ban issued for unincorporated areas of Douglas County because of high fire risk]( By: Staff Report Because of the high fire risk and recent grass fires, Douglas County officials have issued a burn ban beginning Tuesday for the unincorporated areas of Douglas County. Douglas County Commission Chair Shannon Portillo signed a burn ban for ... March 8, 2021 @ 1:50pm [Gov. Kelly issues disaster declaration for fire hazard]( By: Associated Press TOPEKA — Gov. Laura Kelly issued an emergency disaster declaration Monday as weather conditions bring a high risk of fires this week. Kelly said in a news release that elevated the risk to critical, fire weather is expected for the next four ... March 8, 2021 @ 1:14pm [New estimate shows 126K more Kansans would enroll in Medicaid if expanded, but strong opposition remains]( By: Noah Taborda, Kansas Reflector TOPEKA — New estimates of how many Kansans could gain coverage through Medicaid expansion are down from previous years, but researchers for the Kansas Health Institute say this is not surprising given the uncertainty of income throughout the ... March 8, 2021 @ 9:27am You are receiving this email because of your relationship with the Lawrence Journal-World or because at some point in the past you shared your email address with us. If you no longer want to receive emails from us, follow instructions at the link below. [Click here to unsubscribe and manage your email subscriptions.]( Lawrence Journal-World P.O Box 888, Lawrence, Kansas 66044