A middle-of-the-night storm — which brought the threat of tornadoes and the sounding of sirens throughout Douglas County — did produce some damage in Lawrence. The Journal-World is still gathering damage reports from various authorities, but there was evident tree damage and some property ...
Story updated at 8:51 a.m. Tuesday, June 9: After more than two weeks of waiting, city commissioners have announced that Majed Al-Ghafry will be Lawrence's new city manager. The commission voted 5-0 to approve Al-Ghafry's contract, which includes an annual base salary of $330,491.20, in a ...
Lawrence school district officials revealed details of the curriculum for their new high school program on Monday, which is meant to provide more flexible and personalized classes for students who don't want a traditional high school experience. The district will begin offering the new ...
Lawrence is officially a World Cup city. For the moment, though, it is a relatively quiet one. The Algerian national team arrived in Lawrence shortly after midnight on Monday morning, greeted by thunderstorms and law enforcement personnel both from Lawrence and Topeka to escort the team to ...
Soon, 250 will be the number of the moment. America will celebrate its 250th birthday on July 4. It is easy to envision a fireworks show (not in the Lawrence city limits, due to a ban) where there will be a 250-ball salute with Roman candles. It is possible to even imagine a cake (definitely ...
TOPEKA — Two Kansas legislators asked federal energy regulators to ensure competitive bidding occurs on transmission projects, objecting to policies that handed a southcentral Kansas project to investor-owned utility Evergy without a formal bidding process. Speaker of the House Dan Hawkins ...
