LJWorld.com Headlines for October 15, 2024

ang="en" xml:lang="en" xmlns=" xmlns:cctd="> Special Offer - All-Access to LJWorld.com $30 for 6 months - Just 17¢ per day! If you haven’t already, please consider supporting local journalism through a digital subscription to LJWorld.com. Subscribers are the No. 1 source of revenue that supports our local journalists. [Subscribe Today]( [National free speech group asks KU to rescind all discipline against professor who talked of political violence]( One of the nation’s leading free speech groups says the University of Kansas doesn’t have a legal right to discipline an instructor who made classroom statements about shooting men who would never vote for a woman president. The ... [National free speech group asks KU to rescind all discipline against professor who talked of political violence]( By: Chad Lawhorn One of the nation’s leading free speech groups says the University of Kansas doesn’t have a legal right to discipline an instructor who made classroom statements about shooting men who would never vote for a woman president. The ... October 14, 2024 @ 7:16pm [Lawrence bike and pedestrian projects win $3.5 million in state grants, including Safe Routes to Schools program]( By: Bremen Keasey Two Lawrence bike and pedestrian projects won state grants totaling about $3.5 million, Kansas Gov. Laura Kelly announced Monday. The two projects in Lawrence that received the competitive grants from the state’s Transportation Alternatives ... October 14, 2024 @ 4:13pm [Meritrust Credit Union proposes to merge with large Colorado credit union; new development plans to raze pair of Kentucky Street houses]( By: Chad Lawhorn Some news and notes from around town: — For the second week in a row, there’s news of a merger in the credit union industry. This time, credit unions from Kansas and Colorado are seeking to join forces. Meritrust Credit Union, which has ... October 14, 2024 @ 3:31pm [Douglas County Commission for this week canceled]( By: Staff Report Douglas County commissioners will not hold their scheduled business meeting this week, the county announced Monday afternoon. In a brief press release, the county announced that the regular meeting of the County Commission has been canceled ... October 14, 2024 @ 2:37pm [National Prescription Drug Take Back Day is happening later this month, if you have unused or expired medications to dispose of]( By: Staff Report This story was updated at 4 p.m. on Monday, October 14, 2024. Douglas County residents can remove expired and unneeded medications from their homes as the Douglas County Sheriff’s Office and Lawrence Police Department will operate National ... October 14, 2024 @ 2:17pm [New poll gauges public reaction to growing number of abortions in Kansas, as neighboring states enact bans]( By: Rose Conlon In the two years since the U.S. Supreme Court overturned Roe v. Wade, tens of thousands of women have traveled to Kansas seeking abortions that have become banned in their home states, according to estimates by multiple research ... October 14, 2024 @ 1:14pm [Remaining residents at Amtrak camp moving on, with city's help, as closure deadline arrives]( By: Kim Callahan A mom and her two young-adult children who have been living in a tent behind Lawrence’s Amtrak station packed up their belongings Monday for the second time in two months to move to yet another location, this time a campsite farther east. The ... October 14, 2024 @ 12:36pm 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