LJWorld.com Headlines for March 28, 2023

ang="en" xml:lang="en" xmlns=" xmlns:cctd="> [Board votes 4-3 to close Broken Arrow and Pinckney schools]( Update: After hearing an hour and half of public comment, Lawrence school board leaders have voted to close Broken Arrow and Pinckney elementaries. As part of its meeting Monday, the school board voted 4-3, with Carole Cadue-Blackwood, Kay ... [Board votes 4-3 to close Broken Arrow and Pinckney schools]( By: Rochelle Valverde Update: After hearing an hour and half of public comment, Lawrence school board leaders have voted to close Broken Arrow and Pinckney elementaries. As part of its meeting Monday, the school board voted 4-3, with Carole Cadue-Blackwood, Kay ... March 27, 2023 @ 11:26pm [Lawrence police blotter for March 27, 2023]( By: Listed below is the majority of Lawrence police activity over the weekend. 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 day. Each ... March 27, 2023 @ 7:10pm [Former Lawrence City Commissioner Mike Dever has filed for election to City Commission]( By: Rochelle Valverde Former City Commissioner Mike Dever has filed for election to the Lawrence City Commission. Dever, who served on the commission from 2007 to 2015, including two terms as mayor, filed for election on Monday. Dever said he thought the city needed ... March 27, 2023 @ 5:07pm [Percentage of deaths due to COVID-19 in Douglas County in 2020 was less than rates for U.S. and Kansas, analyst says]( By: Austin Hornbostel In 2020, the percentage of deaths due to COVID-19 in Douglas County was less than the rates for both the U.S. and Kansas. That’s according to a data brief from Dee Kinard, a senior analyst with Lawrence-Douglas County Public Health, which ... March 27, 2023 @ 2:27pm [{NAME} City native honored with lifetime achievement award for land/resource protection]( By: Austin Hornbostel At 81, {NAME} City native Glenn Rockers can recount a lifetime of hard work that shaped the man he is today — and now, he can also count himself as one of just a handful of folks who have earned a prestigious award recognizing such ... March 27, 2023 @ 1:46pm [Lawrence man sentenced to 3 years in prison for aggravated sexual battery; woman fears he will come for her baby]( By: Chris Conde A Lawrence man was sentenced Monday in Douglas County District Court to three years in prison for aggravated sexual battery after having entered into a plea agreement that dismissed multiple rape charges. Andreios Samuel Alexander, 27, was ... March 27, 2023 @ 1:39pm [National dessert chain specializing in bundt cakes set to open in south Lawrence]( By: Chad Lawhorn Nothing But Cake, of course, is a motto that has been serving both me and the elastic waistband industry well for decades. However, Nothing Bundt Cakes is a national dessert chain that soon will be serving Lawrence. Nothing Bundt Cakes has ... March 27, 2023 @ 11:48am [Kansas Supreme Court signals continued abortion rights support]( By: JOHN HANNA, Associated Press Updated at 4:08 p.m. Monday, March 27, 2023 TOPEKA — Kansas' highest court signaled Monday that it still considers access to abortion a "fundamental" right under the state constitution, as an attorney for the state argued that a decisive ... March 27, 2023 @ 10:48am [Former Haskell president files complaint alleging 'corruption, criminal misconduct' and more at the Bureau of Indian Education and on campus]( By: Austin Hornbostel A former Haskell Indian Nations University president has filed a complaint with the Office of Special Counsel in Washington, D.C., alleging “corruption, serial malfeasance, criminal misconduct and administrative wrongdoing” at the Bureau of ... March 27, 2023 @ 10:00am 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