Before Haskell Indian Nations University's new turf softball field opened on Friday, head coach Jolona Shield-Dzakic said, the team had basically been playing in the dirt. The old field didn't have lights or a scoreboard, she told the Journal-World. Players had to miss classes because they ...
The National Weather Service is anticipating dangerous fire weather conditions for Douglas County this weekend. The NWS issued a fire weather watch for both Saturday and Sunday and a red flag warning on Saturday. The watch is in place because critical fire weather conditions are forecast to ...
Now that gas prices have you again thinking of ways to save money — carpooling, an electric vehicle, boarding a horse in the guest bedroom — I figured you might appreciate some new data on wages. Specifically, there’s new data out that shows what a worker in Douglas County earns on ...
A Lawrence man has been sentenced to eight years in prison after throwing a package of methamphetamine over a prison wall in Hutchinson, where he had formerly been incarcerated, according to a news release Friday from the U.S. Attorney's Office for the District of Kansas. According to court ...
A woman who has worked for decades to keep the man who brutally raped her behind bars is again beseeching the Kansas Parole Board to not put “a very violent sexual predator” back into the community, and the Douglas County district attorney is backing her effort. The woman, Jean Rhea, was ...
Lawrence High and Free State High both will be set to get new running tracks, if Lawrence school board members approve more than $1.5 million worth of construction bids at their Monday meeting. Board members will consider approving bids for work that would include the demolition of the ...
