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. Tuesday to 6 a.m. Wednesday and includes 209 incidents. Each listing gives a date, time and ...
Story updated at 12:45 p.m. Wednesday Kansas Athletics on Wednesday morning announced that it had agreed to extend its contract with footwear and apparel partner Adidas through 2031. KU’s most recent contract with Adidas was slated to expire at the end of June. And the new deal, which has ...
Today, April 24 1 Million Cups, 9-10 a.m., Cider Gallery, 810 Pennsylvania St. Kaw Valley Bridge Club: Open Pairs, 12:30 p.m., 1025 N. Third St., Suite 120. Teen Zone Expanded, 2-5 p.m., Lawrence Public Library, 707 Vermont St. Story Time with Singing Sarah, 3:30-4 p.m., The Toy Store, 936 ...
TOPEKA — A Kansas zoo is investigating its animal-handling protocols after a Sumatran tiger seriously injured a veteran zookeeper, and its director acknowledged Tuesday that human error probably led to the attack. The Topeka Zoo has "100 percent confidence" that no problem with the tiger's ...
The ongoing project to widen a portion of 23rd Street has the city at odds with a homeowner along the roadway. The city is widening 23rd Street between Louisiana and Massachusetts streets to install a center turn lane, requiring the city to acquire easements from several property owners, ...
DETROIT — Marking tires to enforce parking rules is like entering property without a search warrant, a federal court said Monday as it declared the practice unconstitutional in Michigan and three other states. Alison Taylor had received more than a dozen $15 tickets for exceeding the ...
The man Haskell Alumni Association named earlier this month as this year’s outstanding alumnus had been removed last September from his leadership role with the Kickapoo Tribe in Horton. Russell A. Bradley, a class of 1962 graduate and the 2019 Outstanding Haskell Alumnus, has served on the ...
The University of Kansas has selected an associate professor from the School of Education to serve as interim vice provost for diversity and equity. KU’s interim provost, Carl Lejuez, announced in a Tuesday message to the university community that Jennifer Ng will take over the role when the ...
The Douglas County Commission’s work session on Wednesday will focus on Criminal Justice Services’ youth programs, including alternatives to incarceration and the future of the Juvenile Detention Center. Pam Weigand, the county’s director of Criminal Justice Services, will give a ...
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 219 incidents. Each listing gives a date, time and ...
A chance encounter between two students during a networking event last year led to University of Kansas students recently electing the first woman of color as their leader on campus. Tiara Floyd, who will be a senior at KU next fall, was elected as student body president in an uncontested race ...
TOPEKA — A Kansas government website designed to nab child support evaders has been taken down after it caught only one man in a year. The Wichita Eagle reports that the Kansas Department for Children and Families spokesman Mike Deines says the Child Support Evaders website "had little to no ...
Lawrence police arrested two drivers on suspicion of DUI and reported two other drug possession arrests or citations from the department’s most recent special enforcement effort. Saturday’s DUI saturation patrol put four extra officers on the streets, three in patrol vehicles and one in ...
There are about 800 more people in Lawrence than there were a year ago, and despite what the K-State fans will claim, they’re not all NCAA investigators. The U.S. Census Bureau has released new population estimates, and Lawrence continues to rank as one of the fastest growing metro areas in ...
Today, April 23 Red Dog Workout, 6 a.m., Community Building, 115 W. 11th St. Lawrence Breakfast Optimist Club, 7 a.m., Brandon Woods, Smith Center, 1501 Inverness Drive. Collections Up Close: Game of Thrones Paleontology, 11:30 a.m.-1 p.m., KU Memorial Union, 1301 Jayhawk Blvd. Lions Club, ...
MEDICINE LODGE — Authorities say a vulture caused a crash that killed an Army veteran and his wife as they rode a motorcycle in southern Kansas. The Kansas Highway Patrol says the bird came out of a ditch Saturday afternoon and struck 42-year-old Brandon Husband, of Fowler, in the head on a ...
District staff is still researching some potential security measures to improve school safety, but some board members have already made it clear that staff shouldn’t waste too much time on metal detectors. Ron May, director of operations, gave the board a presentation on safety and security ...
A Topeka man found guilty of murdering a Lawrence man at Perry Lake has been ordered to life in prison, with no chance at parole for 50 years. Jonathan D. Blevins was sentenced to the “Hard 50” Thursday in Jefferson County District Court, County Attorney Joshua Ney said. On March 13 in ...
TOPEKA — Kansas' new Democratic governor on Monday vetoed a measure that would require clinics and doctors to tell their patients about a disputed treatment to stop a medication abortion after a woman has taken the first of two pills. The action by Gov. Laura Kelly, an abortion-rights ...
Story updated at 10:32 p.m. Monday, April 22: TOPEKA — Kansas’ attorney general on Monday asked the state Supreme Court to settle an unprecedented dispute between Gov. Laura Kelly and a top lawmaker over whether Kelly can name a new lower-court judge after withdrawing her first pick. The ...