Story updated at 3:07 p.m. Thursday Douglas County establishments with a liquor license will soon be allowed to stay open later than before due to a modification of a local health order, according to the health department. Starting Friday at 12:01 a.m., restaurants, bars and entertainment ...
The city’s Community Police Review Board is concerned about the Lawrence police department’s process for dealing with potential complaints, with some board members saying that police’s role in deciding which concerns to investigate and the lack of transparency regarding that process is ...
Story updated at 2:37 p.m. Thursday Months after two motorists were recorded driving through protesters in Lawrence, the Douglas County district attorney’s office says charging decisions are still pending. Meanwhile, at least three defendants have been charged for similar allegations that ...
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 up to 6 a.m. on the date listed and extending back to 6 a.m. on the previous day. Each listing includes a date, time and general ...
TOPEKA (AP) — Kansans who can certify that they are unemployed because of the coronavirus outbreak will be eligible for an additional $300 in unemployment benefits beginning Friday. Gov. Laura Kelly said the Kansas Department of Labor will begin processing applications for benefits from the ...
The Lawrence Community Police Review Board has taken a first step in strengthening its review powers over complaints against police, including the ability to review all complaints filed by community members. As part of its meeting Wednesday, the board voted to advance various changes to a ...
The Douglas County Commission on Wednesday kickstarted the process to amend part of its comprehensive plan to allow for a single property to subdivide its land. The commissioners voted 2-1 to approve an amendment to Plan 2040, its joint comprehensive plan with the City of Lawrence, to change ...
TOPEKA — The top public health official in Kansas said Wednesday that the state has yet to see its biggest wave of coronavirus cases, suggesting the pandemic could spawn an average of 800 or even 900 new cases a day in coming months. Dr. Lee Norman, the head of the state Department of Health ...
Three more Douglas County residents have died from COVID-19, according to the health department's Wednesday update about the virus. Previously, Lawrence-Douglas County Public Health announced that ten people — three residents between the ages of 65 and 74, one resident between the ages of 75 ...
Despite an increase of coronavirus cases among students and staff at the Baldwin City school district, schools will remain operating in a hybrid learning model for the foreseeable future. But the district’s leader recently said schools could be on the verge of going fully remote because of a ...
One of the hardest parts of Bob Brandt’s 53-year career as a barber, he said, is leaving it. Wednesday is Brandt’s last day as owner of The Malls Barber Shop, a fixture of the Lawrence community since 1959. Brandt has been the owner of the shop, located at 711 W. 23rd Street, for 38 years. ...
In its weekly update on the locations of certain outbreaks of COVID-19, the Kansas Department of Health and Environment on Wednesday identified two Douglas County-area high schools that have confirmed five or more cases of the respiratory virus in the last 14 days. Five cases were confirmed ...
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 up to 6 a.m. on the date listed and extending back to 6 a.m. on the previous day. Each listing includes a date, time and general ...
WICHITA — Katie Hansen’s recent trip from Columbus, Ohio, through Chicago O’Hare International Airport to Wichita felt pretty familiar. Sure, restaurants sat closed, but O’Hare looked busy and her flights were full. “If people didn’t have masks on,” she said, “there would be ...
The University of Kansas has confirmed another 21 cases of COVID-19 since it last released data on Friday, and the cumulative case total at Kansas' flagship university now sits at 971. A total of 954 tests conducted from Sept. 21 to Sept. 27 revealed 31 positive cases, though 10 of those were ...
An Overland Park man was charged Tuesday in connection with a reported robbery attempt and shooting that injured a teen in Lawrence last year. Brandon R. Jimenez, 34, was charged with second-degree attempted murder, conspiracy to commit aggravated robbery and attempted aggravated robbery, all ...
Douglas County has reported 2,309 cases of COVID-19 as of Tuesday, an increase of 26 cases since Monday. The county has averaged about 18 new cases per day over the last 14 days, according to a 14-day moving average graph updated weekdays by the health department. The current average of 18 new ...
Story updated at 3:32 p.m. Tuesday TOPEKA (AP) — Kansas Gov. Laura Kelly said Tuesday she supports new federal guidelines that will allow some visitations at nursing homes that accept Medicaid and Medicare if proper coronavirus-related safety measures are followed. The Centers for Medicare ...
Douglas County may soon make changes to its comprehensive plan to allow for a rural property owner to subdivide his land for residential purposes. The County Commission on Wednesday will consider an amendment to Plan 2040, its joint comprehensive plan with the City of Lawrence, to change the ...
Story updated at 5:16 p.m. Tuesday, Sept. 29, 2020: In response to concerns about speeding in neighborhoods, city leaders will soon consider reducing the speed limit on residential streets in Lawrence. As part of its meeting Tuesday, Oct. 6, the Lawrence City Commission will consider ...
