LONDON — More than 200 scientists have called for the World Health Organization and others to acknowledge that the coronavirus can spread in the air — a change that could alter some of the current measures being taken to stop the pandemic. In a letter published in the journal Clinical ...
A third Boys and Girls Club of Lawrence location has closed because of a staff member contracting the coronavirus. The club announced in a news release on Friday that it closed its summer site at Pinckney Elementary School, 810 W. Sixth St., because of a staff member testing positive for the ...
TOPEKA — A Kansas county Republican Party chairman who owns a weekly newspaper apologized Sunday for a cartoon posted on the paper's Facebook page that equated the Democratic governor's coronavirus-inspired order for people to wear masks in public with the mass murder of Jews by the Nazis ...
Some changes to procedures in Douglas County District Court are expected to increase efficiency for criminal defense attorneys and their clients, according to Chief Judge James McCabria. The changes will also be positive for the Douglas County Sheriff’s Office deputies who handle security ...
Because of the recent spike in COVID-19 cases, the annual Baldwin City Maple Leaf Festival has been canceled for this year. Mike Curran, Maple Leaf Festival Committee chairman, said the Maple Leaf Festival Committee last week voted to call off the festival, which annually draws more than ...
Sue and Dana Anderson know firsthand how important technology can be for patients at LMH Health. “The work our doctors do is important to our entire community,” Dana Anderson said. “Sue and I are happy to do what we can to provide them with the very best technology they need to perform ...
In May, the number of COVID-19 cases in Douglas County increased by 14, from 52 to 66. By the end of June, the number of cases had risen to 159. On Friday, the number stood at 251. It was a drastic uptick in cases that caused the county to delay moving into its fourth stage of reopening. ...
Judy Erpelding, her 17-year-old daughter Kate and Kate’s friend Madison Grosdidier grabbed free pizza lunches from the Feeding Eudora summer meal program on Friday, joining hundreds of other people who took part in the program over the past few days. “It frees me from cooking,” Judy said ...
WICHITA — Protesters who oppose a city ordinance requiring that masks be worn in public to prevent the spread of the coronavirus gathered outside Wichita Mayor Brandon Whipple’s home Saturday. The Wichita City Council voted 4-3 Friday in a special meeting called by Whipple to require masks ...
With a red, white and blue face mask, Abbey Berland, of Lawrence, was appropriately accessorized for the current COVID-19 pandemic and the Fourth of July holiday as she shopped Saturday at the Downtown Lawrence Farmers' Market. “This is my first time here this year,” she said in front of ...
TOPEKA — A weekly Kansas newspaper whose publisher is a county Republican Party chairman posted a cartoon on its Facebook page likening Democratic Gov. Laura Kelly’s mask mandate to the roundup and murder of millions of Jews during the Holocaust. The cartoon on the Anderson County ...
A month ago, the University of Kansas hospital had as few as nine of its beds occupied by COVID-19 patients. Now, it’s about twice that. When the coronavirus-driven statewide shutdown began to go away in mid-May, clinicians in Kansas were confirming about 100 new infections a day. Now, that ...
Though Lawrence's recreation centers and sports fields could technically open up for broader use under health orders, Parks and Recreation leaders say they will continue to limit their use until health officials lift restrictions put in place to decrease the spread of the coronavirus. The ...
Although Lawrence students have not been in their classrooms for months, the school district is still working on upgrading school buildings with construction projects this summer. Tony Barron, the district's executive director for facilities and operations, recently told the Journal-World that ...
MANHATTAN — Kansas State football players have called off a threatened boycott in response to an insensitive tweet by a student about the death of George Floyd. The decision, announced on social media by several players, follows moves by the school to address diversity concerns. "We ...
Kansas City, Mo. — A Kansas City police officer who was shot in the head during an exchange of gunfire that left a suspect dead was in stable condition Friday following surgery, authorities said. A police spokesman, Officer Jacob Becchina, declined to release the name of the officer, and ...
Lawrence police officers blocked entry to the underpass on North Second Street about 3:45 p.m. Friday after an afternoon thunderstorm. Bryan Baerg, of the National Weather Service Office in Topeka, said 2.75 inches of rain was reported near Interstate 70 in North Lawrence from about 2:30 to ...
The doorways to Strong and Snow halls — iconic University of Kansas buildings — are perhaps two of the more historic and photographed locations along Jayhawk Boulevard. So when the doors themselves began to fall into disrepair, Shawn Harding, KU’s facility services director, knew ...
Douglas County's confirmed COVID-19 cases jumped by 51 from Thursday to Friday, county health officials say. As of 3 p.m. Friday, the county had reported 251 cases of COVID-19, Lawrence-Douglas County Public Health announced in a news release. Of those patients, 122 have recovered. The ...
Knowing the right time to harvest fruits and vegetables from the garden is tricky for some crops, even for experienced gardeners. To complicate it further, some produce can be harvested at different stages or have additional edible parts of the plant than what is traditionally harvested. Follow ...
