LJWorld.com Headlines for August 29, 2023

ang="en" xml:lang="en" xmlns=" xmlns:cctd="> [Lawrence school board searches for solutions to district's chronic absenteeism, truancy issues]( The Lawrence school board spent a considerable portion of Monday evening’s board meeting reviewing attendance-related data, while also discussing ways to combat chronic absenteeism and truancy; issues that have plagued the district the past ... [Lawrence school board searches for solutions to district's chronic absenteeism, truancy issues]( By: Matt Resnick The Lawrence school board spent a considerable portion of Monday evening’s board meeting reviewing attendance-related data, while also discussing ways to combat chronic absenteeism and truancy; issues that have plagued the district the past ... August 28, 2023 @ 11:14pm [Lawrence man charged with human trafficking and multiple sex crimes involving 8 children]( By: Chris Conde A Lawrence man is charged with multiple sex crimes involving 8 children between the ages of 12 and 16. Kenneth Wayne Soap, 43, is charged in Douglas County District Court with one count of aggravated human trafficking, two counts of sexual ... August 28, 2023 @ 7:00pm [Lawrence man charged with possession of child pornography]( By: Chris Conde A Lawrence man has been charged in Douglas County District Court with possession of child pornography. The man, Joseph Alexander Dibben, 22, faces one felony count of exploitation of a child by possessing a photograph of a child in the nude, ... August 28, 2023 @ 4:38pm [Lawrence man on bond in fentanyl death case fails to appear in court; judge issues warrant reinstating $100,000 bond]( By: Chris Conde A Lawrence man who was allowed to bond out of jail in connection with a fentanyl death was a no-show in Douglas County District Court on Monday after he had been granted numerous continuances in the case. Mason Duane Robinson, 27, of Lawrence, ... August 28, 2023 @ 3:20pm [KU's 2024 commencement will be at football stadium, despite construction; Girod and Goff offer other details about stadium overhaul]( By: Chad Lawhorn KU’s commencement ceremony in 2024 will include its traditional walk down the Hill into the football stadium — even if you might feel like you need to wear a hardhat instead of a mortarboard. University of Kansas Chancellor Douglas Girod ... August 28, 2023 @ 2:16pm [Suspect in Wyandotte County rape case arrested in Lawrence]( By: Staff report A man wanted in connection with a rape case in Wyandotte County was apprehended early Sunday morning in Lawrence, according to Lawrence police. Just before 5:30 a.m., an officer approached four people loitering in front of a closed business on ... August 28, 2023 @ 2:06pm [KC native reflects on his classic book about Oppenheimer, time in Lawrence as blockbuster biopic renews interest in famous physicist]( By: Dan Coleman As filmmaker Christopher Nolan’s summer blockbuster "Oppenheimer" nears $1 billion in global box office revenue, Lawrence moviegoers may not realize a local tie to the story of the scientist who ushered in the atomic age. The film is based ... August 28, 2023 @ 11:56am [Kansas frontman, teacher and civil rights advocate to be inducted posthumously into Hall of Honor]( By: Staff Report Three individuals will be posthumously inducted into the Lawrence Lions Alumni Association's Hall of Honor in October, including a teacher, an internationally known musician and a civil rights advocate. The alumni association's annual Hall of ... August 28, 2023 @ 11:10am [Gov. Kelly to attend event in Lawrence to commemorate return of prayer rock to tribe]( By: Staff Report Gov. Laura Kelly will be in Lawrence Tuesday morning to help commemorate the return of the red prayer rock from the City of Lawrence to the Kaw Nation. Kelly will join Kaw Nation leaders, community members and University of Kansas ... August 28, 2023 @ 10:08am 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