LJWorld.com Headlines for November 12, 2022

ang="en" xml:lang="en" xmlns=" xmlns:cctd="> [Advocates urge legislators to fully fund special education in Kansas]( Topeka — It’s difficult for 6-year-old Crosby Orlando to stay in his first grade classroom. Born with Down syndrome, he has been in therapy since he was four weeks old to work on behavioral and communication barriers. Orlando is mostly ... [Advocates urge legislators to fully fund special education in Kansas]( By: Rachel Mipro, Kansas News Service Topeka — It’s difficult for 6-year-old Crosby Orlando to stay in his first grade classroom. Born with Down syndrome, he has been in therapy since he was four weeks old to work on behavioral and communication barriers. Orlando is mostly ... November 11, 2022 @ 8:28pm [Steady enrollment in Lawrence school district means better budget picture for next school year, but multiple factors still at play]( By: Rochelle Valverde The Lawrence school board will soon get its first look at some of the numbers that will go into determining what next school year’s budget looks like. And while multiple variables are still undetermined, steady enrollment means the district is ... November 11, 2022 @ 8:04pm [KU files paperwork with Regents estimating football, 11th and Mississippi gateway project to cost $335M in phase one]( By: Chad Lawhorn The University of Kansas now thinks the first phase of its plan to upgrade its football stadium and the area around it at 11th and Mississippi streets will cost $115 million more than once envisioned. KU officials have submitted new documents ... November 11, 2022 @ 6:01pm [Want your pet photographed with Santa? You'll have two opportunities in December]( By: Staff report Whether your pet has been naughty or nice, it can still have its photo taken with Santa. This year, it will have two opportunities in December, according to the Lawrence Humane Society. Both opportunities are first come, first served at ... November 11, 2022 @ 3:33pm [KU rededicates Vietnam Memorial after research by a cadet sheds new light on a fallen airman]( By: Chad Lawhorn A star was delivered on Friday at the University of Kansas. KU leaders gathered on Veterans Day to rededicate the Vietnam Memorial on the KU campus and to add a star next to the name of Major Glenn McCubbin, a KU student who died during the ... November 11, 2022 @ 3:06pm [City says homeless camp with 80 tents isn't a campground; if it said otherwise, it would be violating its own zoning code]( By: Chad Lawhorn As a city-operated campground for the homeless has grown on the edge of downtown, business owners in recent weeks have begun protesting that the central business district is no place for such a campground. Come to find out, they may have a ... November 11, 2022 @ 10:51am [Just Food selects Lawrence native as next permanent executive director]( By: Austin Hornbostel Just Food’s board of directors has selected a Lawrence native as the food bank’s new executive director, the nonprofit announced in a news release Friday morning. Brett Hartford, scheduled to begin on Dec. 5, will return to the community ... November 11, 2022 @ 9:16am 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