'Knowledge is power': Justice Matters urges community to read and share jail study, engage with community leaders on reform

Faith-based advocacy group Justice Matters encouraged people to engage with local leaders and contribute to a recently-established Community Bail Fund at a community meeting Monday, strategies intended as a response to a recent study of bookings into the Douglas County Jail. The study, first ...

City postpones work group to study police complaint process amid resignations from Community Police Review Board

‘It’s way beyond my wildest dreams,’ Van Go founder says of arts-based social service agency’s 25th anniversary

When Lynne Green founded Van Go 25 years ago with a donated Checker limousine and a $2,000 grant from the Kansas Arts Commission, she couldn’t ...

On anniversary weekend, former KU basketball coach and the artist who captures championships brush stroke by brush stroke reunite

Late professor Dennis Dailey remembered for positivity, inclusiveness he brought to sexual education

Gameday Breakdown: No. 8 Kansas vs. No. 7 Kansas State

Chiefs top Bengals 23-20 on last-second kick for AFC title

KANSAS CITY, Mo. (AP) — Patrick Mahomes scrambled for a first down on his badly sprained right ankle, then was shoved late out of bounds by ...

KU women look to get back on track vs. K-State on ESPNU

Gameday breakdown: No. 9 Kansas at Kentucky

Healthy Habits grants to support expansion of 3 school gardens, addition of sensory room at another school

Filling the gaps: New child care center to provide daytime, overnight and weekend care for infants, toddlers

Renovation has begun at the future home of the Community Children’s Center in Lawrence, which plans to offer much-needed daytime, overnight and ...

Some Lawrence school board members express interest in arts-based middle school, other ways to repurpose schools if buildings close

West Middle School evacuated after bomb threat; search reveals ‘nothing of concern’; juvenile booked into detention center

After nearly nine years in prison, Gonzales-McLinn seeks clemency in the murder of Lawrence restaurant owner

Sheriff’s deputies disable fleeing truck on I-70 after police chase in Lawrence

Judge denies motion to change venue in case of ex-Lawrence police officer accused of rape

City of Lawrence closes lower level of New Hampshire Street parking garage; parking in other levels to be free this week

The City of Lawrence has closed the lower level of the New Hampshire Street parking garage until further notice. An early-morning fire in the alley behind the ...