A man who was originally charged in the overdose death of a young Lawrence woman entered a no contest plea Friday to the lesser crime of distributing a controlled substance.
The plea deal that Mason Duane Robinson, 28, cut with the Douglas County District Attorney’s Office also guaranteed ...
A new $20 million project has opened in northwest Lawrence — and it features all-day dining. Now, that’s a buffet I would like to see.
Actually, the project is not some mega-eatery, but rather is a new 76-room assisted living and memory care facility just northwest of Sixth and Folks ...
Story updated at 8:19 p.m. Thursday, April 25:
The Lawrence Community Shelter Board of Directors on Thursday approved a collective bargaining agreement for a group of unionized shelter workers that, in part, would raise all employees' pay to at least $20 an hour.
As the Journal-World has ...
A bench trial about the City of Lawrence's housing nondiscrimination ordinance was canceled this month, and the city and the group of landlords who sued over the protections are now seeking a resolution without a full trial.
The case centers on changes that the city made to its ...
The City of Lawrence’s standing as the first city in Kansas to ban single-use plastic bags isn’t likely to change after Gov. Laura Kelly vetoed a bill that would have prohibited local governments from imposing similar restrictions earlier this month.
As the Journal-World has reported, an ...
TOPEKA — Kansas' governor is blocking an attempt by Republican legislators to give the state's National Guard a “border mission" of helping Texas in its partisan fight with the Biden administration over illegal immigration.
Top Republicans in the Kansas House were considering Thursday ...