Can't Miss Stories for Wednesday, December 20, 2023

23rd Street open, homeless shelter workers seeking pay raise and more... Email not displaying correctly? [View the web version]( Lock in your subscription rate and save! [LJWorld.com]( Lock in your subscription for 1 year & SAVE $89 for 1 year, all access to LJWorld.com LIMITED TIME OFFER [Subscribe Now]( [photo]( [World’s first licensed pilot without arms works to build ‘impossible airplane’ with help from {NAME} City aviation manufacturer]( Jessica Cox, 40, has been taking to the skies in a 1946 Ercoupe for about 15 years, and she trained and tested to receive her pilot’s license using only her feet. Cox stopped at her manufacturing partner McFarlane Aviation, 684 East 1700 Road in {NAME} City, on Thursday to give a talk about her challenges — and to meet in person with some of the people who are helping her achieve her goals. [Read More]( [Subscribe Today]( [photo]( [Lawrence homeless shelter workers seeking an 85% pay raise, to $30 an hour, among other demands]( Recently unionized workers at the Lawrence Community Shelter have publicly announced their bargaining demands, including that they be paid $30 an hour, which represents about an 85% pay raise. They are also demanding a higher standard of living for each guest at the shelter. [Read More]( [photo]( [Town Talk | Girod says something needs to change with college athletics, but stops short of endorsing new plan to pay student-athletes]( If college athletics doesn't change, "we are going to spend our lives in court," KU Chancellor Douglas Girod said. [Read More]( [photo]( [Lawrence businesses celebrate the end of construction on 23rd Street]( Lawrence businesses are celebrating the end of the construction on 23rd Street — some with special deals and giveaways — and are excited to welcome residents back to the area. [Read More]( [Image]( [New security system that monitors students computer use has ‘inundated’ district with alerts; leader apologizes to staff]( Insufficient training caused Lawrence school district staff to be unprepared and overwhelmed by a new program that monitors students’ computer usage for unsafe behaviors, according to Superintendent Anthony Lewis and board member Ronald “G.R.” Gordon-Ross. [Read More]( [Subscribe Today]( [Facebook]( [Twitter]( This message was sent by the Lawrence Journal-World. You are receiving this because at some point in the past you shared your email address with LJWorld.com To opt-out of emails like this, click the link below. [Click here to unsubscribe and manage your email subscriptions.]( Lawrence Journal-World PO Box 888, Lawrence, KS 66044