Tarana Burke was so busy after the #MeToo movement took off in 2017 that she was forced to cancel a speaking event at the University of Kansas last spring. Now she has rescheduled and is set to speak at 6 p.m. on Oct. 23 in the Kansas Union Ballroom. The event is free and open to the ...
A 20-year veteran of the Douglas County Sheriff’s Office has filed to run sheriff. Jay Armbrister, 42, of Baldwin City, filed Oct. 4 to run as a Democrat. Armbrister said he filed early because he was eager to share his candidacy with county residents. “It’s always been my goal to be ...
Free State High School and Lawrence High School students will put aside their rivalry to join forces on a toy drive at Friday’s football game between the two schools. Student teams from FSHS and LHS will be collecting new and unopened toys at the game, which starts at 7 p.m. Friday at the ...
Updated at 11:30 a.m. Tuesday Kennedy Elementary School in eastern Lawrence is closed today because of a suspected natural gas leak that turned out to be sewer gas, according to a district official. A staff member at Kennedy on Monday night reported a gas smell at the building, district ...
TRENTON, N.J. — The federal government said Monday that it wants to force drugmakers to disclose prices for prescription medicines in their TV commercials. The drug industry’s main trade group said drug companies are only willing to disclose the prices on their websites, not in ...
Today, Oct. 16 Red Dog’s Dog Days Fitness Program, 6 a.m. & 6 p.m., Haskell Indian Nations University, 155 E. Indian Ave. Lawrence Breakfast Optimist Club, 7 a.m., Brandon Woods, Smith Center, 1501 Inverness Drive. Library Storytime (ages 3+), 10:30-11:15 a.m., Lawrence Public ...
TOPEKA - The three candidates for Kansas secretary of state squared off in a televised debate Monday, offering different opinions on a wide range of issues, including whether the state needs to change the election laws that changed dramatically under the current administration of Republican ...
New evidence linking Christina L. Towell to the murder and subsequent burning of a Eudora man last year has surfaced, necessitating her trial be pushed back, lawyers say. Specifically, Towell’s ex-husband and a fellow inmate at the jail have both claimed she confessed to them her involvement ...
Kansas City, Kan. — A federal lawsuit filed Monday challenges a Kansas policy that prohibits changing the gender designation on birth certificates for transgender people. Kansas is one of three states with similar policies, according to Lambda Legal, the civil rights group that brought the ...
Story updated at 6:40 p.m. Monday, Oct. 15: A Chicago-based company that specializes in student housing has filed plans for a seven-story apartment and retail building to be constructed across the street from the historic Douglas County Courthouse. Core Spaces announced Monday afternoon that ...
A former Douglas County Sheriff’s Office deputy admitted he had sexual encounters with a female inmate in his office at the jail and in his personal car on the streets of Lawrence, according to an outside law enforcement investigation of the deputy, who is facing unlawful sexual relations ...
City planners could soon begin drafting changes to city code that would allow for more affordable housing options, including dividing existing residential lots to build smaller homes. As part of its meeting Tuesday, the Lawrence City Commission will consider initiating a city code amendment ...
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. Sunday to 6 a.m. Monday and includes 139 incidents. Each listing gives a date, time and ...
A power outage in west Lawrence affected more than 1,000 households and businesses Monday. According to outage information on Westar Energy’s website, 1,325 customers lost power late Monday morning. The outage was first reported at 11:49 a.m. and affected a large portion of west Lawrence in ...
Well, here’s one solution to the problem of finding a place to park downtown: Just buy yourself a parking lot. One has sold recently, and it may end up being a real boon for one of Lawrence’s oldest buildings. The Lawrence Preservation Alliance confirmed it has finalized a deal with US ...
The design of Lawrence’s first bike boulevards could soon be underway, and the city wants residents to have a say in exactly what the boulevards will look like. At its meeting Tuesday, the Lawrence City Commission will consider awarding an approximately $120,000 design contract for two bike ...
Updated at 5:20 p.m. Although a former Adidas consultant testified in federal court on Monday that he never told University of Kansas basketball coaches about paying the families of players, text messages between him and KU coaches Bill Self and Kurtis Townsend show they were aware of some ...
NEW YORK (AP) — Sears filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection Monday, buckling under its massive debt load and staggering losses. The question now is whether a smaller version of the company that once towered over the American retail landscape can remain viable or whether the iconic brand ...
A public meeting focusing on the role that KU Athletics and KU Endowment play in the University of Kansas budget is scheduled for this week. The meeting, hosted by interim Provost and Executive Vice Chancellor Carl Lejuez, is set for 4 p.m. Wednesday in 120 Budig Hall, 1455 Jayhawk Blvd. It's ...
October has been a wet month for Lawrence, but typical fall weather should return this week, said Matt Wolters, a meteorologist for the National Weather Service in Topeka. The Lawrence area received about 0.3 inches of precipitation on both Friday and Sunday, he said. So far this month, ...