If you are like me and you like your barbecue large and your golf mini, I have a downtown Lawrence update that may be up your alley. Kansas City’s Q39 barbecue restaurant has won a key City Hall approval to locate in a portion of the former Journal-World printing plant building, just south ...
TOPEKA — U.S. Rep. Jake LaTurner announced Thursday that he will not seek reelection, citing his four young children and the busy schedule of Congress. LaTurner, a Republican, currently represents Kansas’ 2nd District in the House of Representatives, which includes all of Douglas County ...
An Alabama man was sentenced to over three years in prison on Thursday for threatening to post nude images of a woman online in exchange for more nude images. The man, Devaris Lamar Howard, 21, of Gadsden, Alabama, was convicted of one count of sexual extortion for blackmailing a woman into ...
Story updated at 9:09 p.m. Wednesday, April 17: The Douglas County Commission on Wednesday voiced unanimous support for a pilot property tax rebate program for low-income seniors and disabled veterans, which is slated to launch in 2025. At Wednesday’s County Commission meeting, ...
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 ...
A new policy that will prohibit “diversity pledges” at state universities — but won’t require schools to close their offices related to diversity initiatives — won quick and unanimous approval by the Kansas Board of Regents on Wednesday. While diversity-related issues surrounding ...
