GRAY COUNTY, Kansas — In dry western Kansas, the sound of artificial rain spraying from center pivot irrigation sprinklers fills the spaces between the small towns.
Irrigation has turned this region into a productive agricultural powerhouse, churning out millions of bushels of grain.
Heath ...
The University of Kansas is advancing a roughly $300 million redevelopment project centered around its football stadium, and Douglas County commissioners will hear about its progress along with next steps on Wednesday.
County commissioners will hear a presentation on the KU Gateway project ...
The Lawrence school district has selected a student support specialist at West Middle School to serve as the next assistant principal and athletics director at Billy Mills Middle School.
Courtney Ellis will succeed Sara Murray, who will serve as principal of Quail Run Elementary next year ...
Lawrence school board members heard an update on the district’s growing AVID program, which equips students — especially those from underrepresented backgrounds — with real-world skills and academic support.
On Monday, school board members heard a presentation on AVID, which stands for ...
Fifteen people, including two judges from Douglas County, applied by a noon deadline Monday to fill a vacancy on the Kansas Supreme Court that will be created when Justice Evelyn Wilson resigns July 4.
Douglas County District judges Amy Hanley and Carl Adrian Folsom III applied for the seat. ...
A 30-year-old woman has been waiting eight years to tell a jury what happened to her on KU graduation weekend in 2017.
On Monday that long-awaited opportunity arrived as she faced Reston K. Phillips in Douglas County District Court and told jurors that he sexually violated her as she slept ...