City leaders have approved a proposal that allows two houses to be built on one lot as long as both homes are affordable. As part of its meeting Tuesday, the Lawrence City Commission voted unanimously to approve a text amendment to the city’s land development code that codifies the so-called ...
A man who is alleged to have facilitated a series of burglaries in Lawrence was convicted Tuesday in Douglas County District Court. True J. Shipley, 21, pleaded no contest to three counts of robbery, midlevel-severity felonies, Cheryl Wright Kunard, assistant to the Douglas County district ...
A former tenure track professor at the University of Kansas claimed during a hearing Tuesday that violations of faculty evaluation policy and procedures led to her being terminated. A lawyer for the university, however, argued that her allegations of policy violations were “harmless errors, ...
Douglas County could gain more representation in the Legislature if a proposed amendment to the Kansas Constitution is approved by voters on Nov. 5. The amendment would end Kansas’ practice of adjusting official U.S. Census numbers to eliminate nonresident college students and military ...
TOPEKA — The only Democratic candidate running for an eastern Kansas congressional seat has dropped out of the race. Abbie Hodgson announced Tuesday that she was ending her campaign in the 2nd District. WIBW-TV reports that Hodgson said she didn't have a "viable path" for winning the seat ...
Listed below is the majority of Lawrence police activity within the last 24 hours. Each afternoon the Lawrence Police Department releases a list of officer activity. This call blotter spans from 6 a.m. Monday to 6 a.m. Tuesday and includes 188 incidents. Each listing gives a date, time and ...
Let’s go national today with some news about chain stores that operate in Lawrence: • Sears is a lot like the 1970s-era lawnmower I have from the retailer. It leaves a pool of oil on my garage floor so large that J.R. Ewing once tried to buy the rights to it. (It is so old that it ...
The Willow Domestic Violence Center and the Lawrence Arts Center will join forces later this month to celebrate the healing power of art and raise awareness about domestic violence. The two centers, as part of National Domestic Violence Awareness Month, are presenting a two-day program titled ...
Bruno Hagenbuch, a scientist specializing in transport proteins, and Jack Porter, a mathematics professor, have been named the 2019 University of Kansas Chancellors Club Award recipients. Hagenbuch, originally from Switzerland, started working at the University of Kansas Medical Center in ...
The Douglas County Commission on Wednesday will consider approving a comprehensive plan for the county and the City of Lawrence. The commission received its first look at the plan, known as Plan 2040, last week and did not propose any changes. The plan outlines how the city and county will ...
Drivers traveling to and from Lawrence via the Kansas Turnpike may need to adjust their plans Tuesday night. The interchange at mile marker 202 on Interstate 70 will be inaccessible to drivers Tuesday night, the Kansas Turnpike Authority announced in a press release distributed Tuesday ...
Updated at 9:15 a.m. Tuesday A former University of Kansas track and field athlete who was part of the U.S. Olympic team for the 2012 games in London was arrested in Lawrence early Tuesday morning. Diamond B. Dixon, 27, was arrested around 1 a.m. in the 1400 block of Massachusetts Street on ...
Lawrence City Commission candidates discussed several social issues at a forum Monday evening, including what steps they would take to make Lawrence more equitable. The League of Women Voters of Lawrence/Douglas County hosted the forum, which took place at the Lawrence Arts Center, and League ...
Several parents of students at Pinckney Elementary School on Monday voiced frustration over the resignation of former principal Kristi Hill, suggesting that the school district did not provide her with enough support. Some of the parents who spoke to the board said Hill resigned because she ...
Kansas City, Mo. (ap) — Charles King remembers in his third year teaching a parent called him aside and told him to be more authentic, to let some of his roots show because the black students in that urban Houston school needed to know he was one of them. The encounter changed the way that ...
The construction company in charge of renovating Lawrence High School announced it is pushing back the completion dates for two phases of the project to make up for delays that occurred over the summer. “We have to make sure we do a really good job setting realistic expectations for the ...
I thought spiked coffee was something you kept a secret. (Umm, I don’t know why that coffee cup combusted when it got near an open flame.) But there’s a new retailer that has the offering front and center. But, no, the coffee isn’t spiked with alcohol. American Shaman has opened its ...
Tuesday is the final day to register for the Nov. 5 election, which will decide who will serve on the Lawrence City Commission and the Lawrence school board, among other issues. Six candidates are running to fill three seats on the City Commission, and five candidates are running to fill four ...
Listed below is the majority of Lawrence police activity within the last 24 hours. Each afternoon the Lawrence Police Department releases a list of officer activity. This call blotter spans from 6 a.m. Sunday to 6 a.m. Monday and includes 164 incidents. Each listing gives a date, time and ...
KANSAS CITY, MO. — Donaldo Morales caught a break when federal prosecutors declined to charge him after he was arrested for using a fake Social Security card so he could work at a Kansas restaurant. But the break was short-lived. Kansas authorities stepped in and obtained a state conviction ...
