LJWorld.com Headlines for February 10, 2024

ang="en" xml:lang="en" xmlns=" xmlns:cctd="> [Lawrence residents with special needs in the spotlight at annual Night to Shine prom]( At the annual Night to Shine prom on Friday, area residents with special needs got the royal treatment — walking down the red carpet and being crowned as a king or queen — before hitting the dance floor. The event, which is now in its ... [Lawrence residents with special needs in the spotlight at annual Night to Shine prom]( By: Matt Resnick At the annual Night to Shine prom on Friday, area residents with special needs got the royal treatment — walking down the red carpet and being crowned as a king or queen — before hitting the dance floor. The event, which is now in its ... February 9, 2024 @ 9:20pm [Family Promise’s longtime director to retire in August]( By: Austin Hornbostel The longtime director of Family Promise is retiring this August, and the nonprofit is starting the search for a new leader, it announced in a news release on Friday evening. Dana Ortiz, who has led Family Promise for the past 12 years, plans to ... February 9, 2024 @ 8:28pm [New York Elementary educator chosen to be principal for Deerfield]( By: Staff report Summer Moeckel, New York Elementary and New York Montessori’s curriculum and instructional coach, has been selected to be principal of Deerfield Elementary, effective July 1, pending school board approval, according to a news release Friday ... February 9, 2024 @ 4:47pm [KU alumna describes life as an astronaut aboard the International Space Station during Q&A]( By: Austin Hornbostel Most question-and-answer sessions don’t involve the person answering the questions casually flipping upside down and floating in midair — but then again, a Q&A Friday afternoon with University of Kansas alumna Loral O’Hara was far ... February 9, 2024 @ 4:13pm [After nearly 15 years, downtown Lawrence once again has a drugstore; Sigler Pharmacy opens along Vermont Street]( By: Chad Lawhorn Downtown Lawrence’s nearly 15 years without a pharmacy and drugstore ended a couple of weeks ago. Already, you are starting to see downtown Lawrence change in small ways. One such small (but not trivial) way: toilet paper. On Friday, while ... February 9, 2024 @ 2:38pm [Lawrence school board to receive proposal for district's 2024-25 community calendar]( By: Matt Resnick The Lawrence school board on Monday will consider adopting the district's community calendar for the 2024-25 school year. Board members will receive a report from the district's calendar committee recommending how many days should be built in ... February 9, 2024 @ 3:12pm [Kelly signs bill boosting job prospects for people with disabilities with tax credits, wage grants]( By: Tim Carpenter, Kansas Reflector TOPEKA — Gov. Laura Kelly signed legislation expanding a Kansas tax credit to incentivize purchases of services or goods from vendors employing individuals with disabilities and creating a program to help businesses make the transition to ... February 9, 2024 @ 10:06am [AG Kobach is telling schools they must out trans kids to parents, even with no specific law]( By: JOHN HANNA and GEOFF MULVIHILL, Associated Press Story updated at 3:16 p.m. Friday, Feb. 9: TOPEKA — Kansas' attorney general is telling public schools they're required to tell parents their children are transgender or nonbinary even if they're not out at home, though Kansas is not among ... February 9, 2024 @ 9:34am [Lawrence police blotter for Feb. 8, 2024]( By: Listed below is the majority of Lawrence police activity within the last 24 hours. 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 ... February 9, 2024 @ 9:26am 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