LJWorld.com Headlines for September 14, 2021

ang="en" xml:lang="en" xmlns=" xmlns:cctd="> [Health guidelines now allow students to test out of quarantine; school board approves budget, staff retention bonus plan]( Lawrence students may soon be able to sidestep a portion of quarantine orders if they can prove they tested negative for the coronavirus. Superintendent Anthony Lewis announced recent changes to local COVID-19 guidance during the school board ... [Health guidelines now allow students to test out of quarantine; school board approves budget, staff retention bonus plan]( By: Dylan Lysen Lawrence students may soon be able to sidestep a portion of quarantine orders if they can prove they tested negative for the coronavirus. Superintendent Anthony Lewis announced recent changes to local COVID-19 guidance during the school board ... September 13, 2021 @ 9:21pm [Affordable Housing Advisory Board recommends city partner with private property owners to develop affordable housing in Lawrence]( By: Rochelle Valverde The city’s Affordable Housing Advisory Board would like the city to more actively pursue partnerships with private property owners to develop affordable housing in the community. As part of its meeting Monday, the board voted 12-0 to ... September 13, 2021 @ 4:45pm [3,000 Kansas kindergartners and untold preschoolers skipped last year; now they're behind]( By: Suzanne Perez, Kansas News Service WICHITA — Armstrong Drees could have gone to kindergarten last year. He didn’t. His mom, Lindsay, worried about COVID-19 outbreaks, particularly before a vaccine was available for the adults and teens around him. She briefly tried remote ... September 13, 2021 @ 4:29pm [Second McLouth man sentenced to probation for January shooting incident in Lawrence]( By: Dylan Lysen A second McLouth man has been sentenced to probation for his involvement in a January shooting incident in Lawrence. Camdon J. Collins, 18, was convicted of criminal discharge of a firearm, a felony, through a plea deal he agreed to in August. ... September 13, 2021 @ 3:50pm [Legislator accused of kicking boy in testicles pleads guilty to 3 charges, gets probation]( By: John Hanna, Associated Press TOPEKA — A Kansas legislator accused of kicking a high school student in the testicles pleaded guilty Monday to three lesser misdemeanor charges of disorderly conduct and was placed on a year's probation under a deal with the local ... September 13, 2021 @ 2:16pm [Eudora, not soccer academy, to pay for design and installation of youth soccer fields]( By: Elvyn Jones The Eudora City Commission is going forward with its original plan to pay for the design and installation of youth soccer fields on Eudora school district property after it had entertained a proposal from a private soccer youth organization to ... September 13, 2021 @ 2:40pm [Lawrence to host statewide aviation tour next week; update on projects, pending name change at Lawrence airport]( By: Chad Lawhorn It won’t be your standard air show — no Blue Angels, for instance — but fans of airplanes may still find a slice of heaven in an event coming up later this month at Lawrence’s airport. Owners of about 40 aircraft from across the state ... September 13, 2021 @ 1:52pm [Lawrence police blotter for Sept. 13, 2021]( By: Staff report Listed below is the majority of Lawrence police activity within the last 24 hours. Each afternoon the Lawrence Police Department releases a list of officer activity up to 6 a.m. on the date listed and extending back to 6 a.m. on the previous ... September 13, 2021 @ 1:48pm [KU improves two spots to 58th among public universities in U.S. News & World Report rankings]( By: By Chad Lawhorn This story was updated at 7:55 p.m. Monday. The University of Kansas improved two spots in the closely-watched university rankings from U.S. News & World Report, which published its 2022 edition on Monday. KU moved up two spots to No. 58 ... September 13, 2021 @ 10:34am [KU hires new police chief; he has background in diversity training and equal opportunity issues]( By: Staff Report Nelson Mosley, a law enforcement professional with more than 30 years of experience, will be the new chief of police and director of the Office of Public Safety for the University of Kansas, KU has announced. Mosley is joining KU from the Rose ... September 13, 2021 @ 9:10am 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