LJWorld.com Headlines for February 9, 2024

ang="en" xml:lang="en" xmlns=" xmlns:cctd="> [Book readings, Souper Bowl fundraiser, seed library launch and more events]( FRIDAY Book readings: Donna Hemans, author of “The House of Plain Truth,” and Kaveh Akbar, author of “Martyr!”, 7 p.m., The Raven Book Store, 809 Massachusetts St. (Free tickets required for event; see ravenbookstore.com) Foxy by ... [Book readings, Souper Bowl fundraiser, seed library launch and more events]( By: Sarah Parsons FRIDAY Book readings: Donna Hemans, author of “The House of Plain Truth,” and Kaveh Akbar, author of “Martyr!”, 7 p.m., The Raven Book Store, 809 Massachusetts St. (Free tickets required for event; see ravenbookstore.com) Foxy by ... February 8, 2024 @ 6:25pm [Explaining Kansas' Presidential Preference Primary, which will take place next month for just the 3rd time in state history]( By: Austin Hornbostel For just the third time in Kansas’ history, voters in March will be participating in a Presidential Preference Primary. The Presidential Preference Primary — an election where the vote totals are given to a political party to allocate ... February 8, 2024 @ 4:52pm [Kansas lawmakers are allowing a 93% pay raise for themselves to take effect next year]( By: John Hanna, Associated Press TOPEKA — Kansas is set to nearly double state legislators' pay at the start of next year, making their compensation better than it is for their counterparts in a majority of states, including more populous ones like Georgia and Texas. The ... February 8, 2024 @ 4:20pm [Former Ballard Center leader hired as interim executive director of HeadQuarters Kansas]( By: Staff report HeadQuarters Kansas, a suicide prevention nonprofit based in Lawrence, on Thursday announced that the former head of the Ballard Center has been hired as the organization’s interim executive director. Becky Price, who served as the Ballard ... February 8, 2024 @ 3:47pm [Church’s lawsuit against City of Lawrence, which was previously dismissed, set for March bench trial after successful appeal]( By: Austin Hornbostel A church’s lawsuit against the City of Lawrence is headed to a bench trial in Douglas County District Court early next month, after first being introduced in late 2021, dismissed a few months later and revived in mid-2023 after a successful ... February 8, 2024 @ 3:45pm [Committee recommends not changing middle school boundaries in Lawrence]( By: Matt Resnick After months of discussion and planning, a committee in the Lawrence school district is recommending leaving the current boundaries intact for its four middle schools. Potential changes were centered on Liberty Memorial Central Middle School's ... February 8, 2024 @ 3:39pm [Spencer Museum of Art to host traveling exhibition on Emmett Till, civil rights movement]( By: Staff report An exhibit on the impact of the 1955 murder of Emmett Till — a 14-year old Black boy who was killed in Mississippi and whose murderers escaped conviction — opens Friday at a KU museum. The exhibit “Emmett Till and Mamie Till-Mobley: Let ... February 8, 2024 @ 1:07pm [Online special education degree at KU ranked No. 1 nationally in new report; online MBA finishes in top 10]( By: Staff report An online master’s degree in special education from KU is the best in the country, and KU’s online MBA program is in the top 10, according to new rankings released this week. KU’s Master’s in Special Education Programs took the No. 1 ... February 8, 2024 @ 12:01pm [Former NBA player and KU standout Scot Pollard waits in hospital for heart transplant]( By: JIMMY GOLEN AP Sports Writer BOSTON (AP) — At 6-foot-11, Scot Pollard's size helped him play more than a decade in the NBA, earning him a championship ring with the 2008 Boston Celtics. Now it may be killing him. Pollard needs a heart transplant, an already dire ... February 8, 2024 @ 11:33am [Douglas County Sheriff’s Office invites residents to join the 2024 Citizen’s Academy for a hands-on experience]( By: Staff Report The Douglas County Sheriff’s Office has opened applications for the 2024 Citizen’s Academy to give residents an in-depth look at the way law enforcement works in the county. The academy is a seven-week program that meets on Thursday nights ... February 8, 2024 @ 3:53pm [KU's Dole Institute of Politics launching national project on whether election officials have sufficient funding]( By: Staff report There’s a lot of talk about “election integrity,” but not as much talk about how the agencies that oversee state and local elections are funded. KU’s Dole Institute of Politics is partnering with the Edward M. Kennedy Institute for the ... February 8, 2024 @ 10:16am 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