Lawrence has been chosen for a pilot program that uses a state law to acquire and rehabilitate abandoned homes for affordable housing, and city leaders could give their final approval for it next week. At its meeting Tuesday, the Lawrence City Commission will be asked to approve the city’s ...
A Douglas County jury on Thursday convicted a woman of felony interference with law enforcement after she refused to obey officers who were attempting to arrest her last winter. The incident occurred on Jan. 7, 2026, outside a Hy-Vee gas station, where the woman, Jaleigha Flowers, remained in ...
Regular people may have entered South Park on Thursday afternoon, but they left as a horde of zombies for the 19th annual Zombie Walk fundraiser for the Lawrence Humane Society. They shuffled and lurched down the street at dusk after a blood bath, makeup help and costume contest.
BEND, Ore. (AP) — At least two people were hospitalized Thursday following a shooting at an elementary school in Bend, Oregon, and the attacker was shot and killed, authorities said. "We don't have a number at this point. We know children are among the victims," Bend police spokesperson ...
WASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump said Thursday that the Pentagon will no longer livestream the firing squad execution of Fort Hood shooter Nidal Malik Hasan, after the announcement faced bipartisan criticism and Vice President JD Vance said he wouldn't watch it. Trump said on social ...
Updated at 5:25 p.m. Thursday, Oct. 15 A teen who got into a barroom altercation and fired his gun multiple times on the night of a fatal shooting at The Hawk pleaded guilty to multiple felonies on Thursday in Douglas County District Court. Caiden Clem, 19, of Atchison, was originally charged ...
