WRITER: Chad Lawhorn

Moran urging intelligence community to declassify information that would show TikTok's national security threat

U.S. Sen. Jerry Moran is lobbying to declassify pieces of intelligence briefings that would show national security threats posed by the popular social media platform TikTok, whose parent company is based in China. Moran, R-Kansas, said making such information publicly available likely would convince more Americans that a discussed ban of TikTok in the U.S. was justified. “I have requested to the ...

In accepting national journalism award, small-town Kansas editor urges everyone to stand up to government

The editor of a small-town Kansas newspaper that had its newsroom raided by law enforcement urged journalists and the public on Thursday to become even more aggressive in standing up to government. “What happened to us was that somebody, politically, weaponized the police force, “ Eric Meyer, editor of the Marion County Record, told a KU crowd as part of the university’s annual William Allen White Day ...

Former NATO commander tells KU crowd that U.S. must confront its fears over war with Russia

Americans should become less worried about a nuclear war and more concerned about an unrestrained Vladimir Putin, the retired general who once oversaw the defense of Europe told a KU crowd on Wednesday. Retired U.S. Air Force Gen. Philip Breedlove, who served as the Supreme Allied Commander of NATO, said America must soon decide whether it is willing to take new risks in the Ukrainian war or whether it is ...

Planning Commission chair says more work is needed on flooding concerns related to solar project; he urges North Lawrence to have a voice

UPDATED: 9:20 P.M. APRIL 9, 2024 When it comes to ensuring that a proposed 1,100-acre solar farm in Grant Township doesn’t produce stormwater flooding for neighboring North Lawrence, a key regulator of the project said some work has been left undone. Gary Rexroad, chair of the Lawrence-Douglas County Planning Commission, was one of four planning commissioners in December who voted to recommend the project ...

Large used car dealership closes suddenly on Sixth Street; longtime, full-service car wash also is done

One of the larger used car dealers in Lawrence has disappeared, almost without a trace. Clemons AutoMax, 1527 W. Sixth St., definitely appears to be closed for good. The lot is empty of vehicles, the showroom is devoid of employees, and the company’s website now redirects to a dealership in Lincoln, Nebraska. If you are having a hard time picturing the dealership, it took over the longtime location of the ...

At 8 million square feet, solar project would be same size as 4,000 homes; worries of flooding grow in Kaw Valley

In this place north of North Lawrence, the farmers count acres, the fellows at the grain elevator count bushels, and next to no one counts houses. Why would they in this land dominated by flat, black, tilled fields? Everybody from the pickup driver on the gravel road to the crows overhead knows that there are few of them. What’s more, not many of the residents here are particularly interested in having more ...