Soccer fans gathered in downtown Lawrence on Wednesday for a watch party and celebration as the U.S. beat Bosnia-Herzegovina 2-0 in a FIFA World Cup Round of 32 match. Read more about the win here.
TOPEKA — U.S. Sen. Roger Marshall vowed to be on the Kansas general election ballot in November and to decline administrative appointment from President Donald Trump during the next two years. Marshall, a Kansas Republican seeking reelection to a second term in the U.S. Senate, made the ...
The senior soccer game at Sports Pavilion Lawrence may be called “walking soccer,” but that doesn’t mean it’s not a workout. “We had about 5,000 steps in one hour,” says Paula, one of the more experienced soccer players in the group of about 12 seniors, as she checks the Fitbit on ...
Douglas County's new truancy program will move forward despite lingering concerns about how it will serve students and families. Since last year, the county has been working on developing a truancy program for elementary and middle school students – “EveryDay Counts” – and it will be ...
NEW YORK (AP) — Victor Willis, who co-founded the Village People, co-wrote the disco group's classic hits "Y.M.C.A.," "Macho Man" and "In the Navy," and delighted crowds while dressed as the band's helmeted and mustachioed police officer, has died. He was 74. "We are profoundly sad to ...
HAMDEN, Ohio (AP) — Sixteen children from the same family who were rescued from a dilapidated home in rural Ohio were living in wretched conditions with human waste all around, confined to just one room over much of the past four years, authorities said Wednesday. Some of the children ...
