LJWorld.com Headlines for March 7, 2023

ang="en" xml:lang="en" xmlns=" xmlns:cctd="> [After decades of globe-trotting, Lawrence painter finds art is truly ageless]( A trip to another country has inspired many an artist, including Lawrence painter Wendy Rose, who, after a lifetime living abroad, has stored up more artistic fuel than most. Recently one of Rose's paintings was chosen for the cover of a ... [After decades of globe-trotting, Lawrence painter finds art is truly ageless]( By: Austin Hornbostel A trip to another country has inspired many an artist, including Lawrence painter Wendy Rose, who, after a lifetime living abroad, has stored up more artistic fuel than most. Recently one of Rose's paintings was chosen for the cover of a ... March 6, 2023 @ 11:10pm [Speculation grows that city is interested in locating homeless project along Haskell Avenue; county-owned site near shelter not in the running]( By: Chad Lawhorn There are indications that the city is interested in a site near 18th and Haskell to locate a unique “pallet home” project that would provide small shelters for about 75 individuals who are homeless. While city officials won’t confirm ... March 6, 2023 @ 6:20pm [Liberty Memorial Central Middle School principal leaving district as discussion of repurposing school gets underway]( By: Staff Report The principal of Liberty Memorial Central Middle School will be leaving the Lawrence school district to accept a position in the Kansas City, Missouri, area, the district announced Monday. Principal Anne Hawks' last day with the district will ... March 6, 2023 @ 5:27pm [City leaders to consider spending additional $1.36M to landscape entry points as part of SLT expansion]( By: Rochelle Valverde City leaders will soon decide how much extra money, if any, they would like to spend to landscape entry points to the city as part of the upcoming expansion of the South Lawrence Trafficway. As part of its meeting Tuesday, the Lawrence City ... March 6, 2023 @ 4:36pm [Eudora man who was originally charged with rape pleads no contest to 2 counts of aggravated battery]( By: Kim Callahan A Eudora man who was originally charged with raping a woman after a party at his home last year pleaded no contest on Monday in Douglas County District Court to two counts of aggravated battery. The man, Derek Sean Conner, 34, had faced one ... March 6, 2023 @ 4:19pm [Lawrence school district schedules public hearings for closures of Broken Arrow, Pinckney schools]( By: Rochelle Valverde Updated at 5:35 p.m. Monday, March 6, 2023 The Lawrence school district has scheduled the public hearings for the potential closures of Broken Arrow and Pinckney elementaries for Saturday, March 25. The public hearing for the potential ... March 6, 2023 @ 12:28pm [LMH Health blood supplier announces 1st blood emergency of 2023, stresses need for more first-time and youth donors]( By: Austin Hornbostel LMH Health’s blood supplier announced a blood emergency Monday, citing the cold and flu season, a high number of lapsed blood donors and a lag in first-time and youth donors as reasons for the current scarcity. According to a news release ... March 6, 2023 @ 11:45am [Lawrence man, a 'persistent sex offender,' sentenced to more than 7 years in child pornography case]( By: A Lawrence man who was already on probation for sex crimes was sentenced on Monday in Douglas County District Court to more than seven years in prison in a child pornography case. The man, Bruce Stanley Springsteen, 65, was convicted in ... March 6, 2023 @ 11:35am [City of Lawrence to install bathroom and shower trailer at North Lawrence campsite]( By: Staff Report The City of Lawrence will soon install a bathroom and shower trailer it previously purchased with federal pandemic aid at the North Lawrence campsite for people experiencing homelessness. The city will install the trailer by the end of this ... March 6, 2023 @ 10:54am [Kansas lawmakers' plan that keeps wages low for people with disabilities angers advocates]( By: John Hanna, Associated Press TOPEKA — Kansas legislators are considering a proposal that many disability rights advocates say would encourage employers to keep paying disabled workers less than the minimum wage, bucking a national trend. A Kansas House bill would expand ... March 6, 2023 @ 9:22am 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