A different type of bike lane that changes the rules for both cyclists and drivers has been installed on a three-block portion of Massachusetts Street. The new bike lanes are wider and more visible than existing bike lanes throughout the city. They also include signage that restricts vehicles ...
As a federal corruption trial has made new allegations regarding the recruiting practices of the University of Kansas, Chancellor Douglas Girod won't say whether he still has “complete confidence” in the university’s staff to follow recruiting rules. The trial underway in New York also ...
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. Wednesday to 6 a.m. Thursday and includes 233 incidents. Each listing gives a date, time and ...
TOPEKA — An attorney for Kansas Secretary of State Kris Kobach is asking a federal judge not to release a videotaped deposition that Kobach gave in a lawsuit challenging the state’s proof of citizenship voting law, arguing that the tape would be used against him politically in his bid for ...
Updated at 3:29 p.m., Thursday KANSAS CITY, KAN. — Two Kansas water park workers were acquitted Thursday of impeding an investigation into the death of a 10-year-old boy who was decapitated while riding what was billed as the world's tallest waterslide in 2016. David Hughes and John Zalsman ...
The only bad thing about butter is it doesn’t come with its own lollypop stick. If you are that type of butter lover, you’ll want to take note of a soon-to-open downtown bakery that promises lots of rich European creations. E Barn Farm Bakery is set to open in the former Sandbar sub ...
A Lawrence man was convicted on Thursday of molesting a mentally disabled girl. Steven L. Capps, 39, pleaded no contest to two felony counts of aggravated indecent liberties against the girl, who was 14 when the incident occurred. Douglas County District Court Judge Sally Pokorny scheduled ...
JUNCTION CITY — The Kansas Bureau of Investigation says it has arrested the Geary County sheriff at his office. The agency said in a news release that 44-year-old Geary County Sheriff Anthony "Tony" Wolf was arrested Thursday morning. KBI says the sheriff was arrested for felony theft, for ...
Updated at 5:30 p.m. Thursday A defense attorney in the trial on corruption in college basketball argued Thursday that University of Kansas coach Bill Self knew about payments from Adidas to highly sought recruits to get them to play for KU, according to an ESPN report. Michael Schachter, ...
Lawrence's Raintree Montessori School will host a weekend of events in celebration of its 40th anniversary. On Saturday, Raintree, 4601 Clinton Parkway, will have a fall festival starting at 11 a.m., followed by a silent art auction on Sunday. Saturday's festival will begin with an open house ...
The upcoming ballot issue to create a quarter-cent countywide sales tax to fund additional mental health services will get a boost from Lawrence Memorial Hospital, although not without some criticism. The hospital’s board of trustees on Monday evening agreed to allow the LMH Health logo to ...
Today, Oct. 18 Red Dog’s Dog Days Fitness Program, 6 a.m. & 6 p.m., Haskell Indian Nations University, 155 E. Indian Ave. Kaw Valley Bridge Club, lessons 8:30 a.m., mentor game 9:30 a.m., 1025 N. Third St., Suite 120. Toddler Storytime (ages 3+), 9:30-10 a.m. & 10:30-11 a.m., ...
The Douglas County Commission has directed administrative staff and sheriff’s office personnel to develop a plan on how to use the $3 million available in the county’s 2019 budget to add capacity at the county jail. Commissioners decided that building an addition to the jail was the best ...
Despite calls from faculty for the University of Kansas' athletic department and endowment organization to help out with a $20 million budget cut, interim Provost Carl Lejuez said at a town hall meeting Wednesday that those two entities couldn't do much to ease the pain. That news left ...
Recruiting help from Adidas officials could turn into NCAA compliance problems for the University of Kansas, even if KU coaches didn’t know of any payments to players, a former top NCAA official said. Although the federal government considers KU to be a victim in the college basketball ...
A new attorney is on board for the man who will go on trial a second time in the Motel 6 murder case. Instead of January as initially planned, a new trial is now scheduled to begin April 22, 2019. In July, a jury convicted two men of manslaughter in the case but couldn’t agree on a verdict ...
TOPEKA - Republican gubernatorial candidate Kris Kobach outlined a package of welfare reform initiatives Tuesday that he said he wants to pursue that would limit the ability of many people to receive cash and food assistance or Medicaid benefits. Citing the state’s low unemployment rate, ...
Rontarus Washington Jr. was arrested Jan. 15, 2015, in Mississippi and, after extradition proceedings, booked into the Douglas County Jail on March 16, 2015. After yet another delay, Washington’s trial is now scheduled to begin more than four years after his arrest. The new date is March 25, ...
Carole Cadue-Blackwood, of Lawrence, received the Parent of the Year Award from the National Indian Education Association at the organization’s annual convention last week in Hartford, Conn. Jennifer Attocknie, the Lawrence school district's Native American student services coordinator, and ...
Voters line up at the counter and fill ballot stations at the Douglas County Courthouse on Wednesday,Oct. 17, 2018, the first day of advance voting for the Nov. 6 general election. The schedule for advance voting can be found on the county's website, douglascountyks.org