In the days since multiple outlets reported that the Big 12 Conference struck a five-year deal with RedBird Capital and Weatherford Capital — one that will grant the league $12.5 million and provide member schools the opportunity to opt into a $30 million credit line — several athletic ...
A Lawrence teen who took and shared a nude photo of a special-needs student in a high school bathroom received the maximum possible sentence for his crime — six months of probation — after the victim and his family told a Douglas County judge how the incident had profoundly affected their ...
Explore Lawrence leaders unveiled a new effort to bring more people to the city and Douglas County: a mobile visitor center that brings the city to potential visitors. “Let’s get this show on the road,” Kim Anspach, the executive director for Explore Lawrence, said Tuesday as the ...
A leader in journalism and communication studies at the University of Maine will be the next dean of the University of Kansas’ journalism school. Judith Rosenbaum-Andre, an associate dean at the University of Maine, was named Wednesday as the next dean of the William Allen White School of ...
Five finalists for Lawrence's next city manager will be visiting the city in two weeks for interviews and a meet-and-greet with the public, Mayor Brad Finkeldei said on Tuesday. Finkeldei said the finalists would be in town on May 20 and 21. On the evening of Wednesday, May 20, Finkeldei said ...
As Lawrence city leaders work out how to pay for the fire department’s planned expansion, local law enforcement officers have a request for them: Don’t cut police to fund it. “Public safety is not one-sided, and it should not be funded that way,” Lt. Amy Rhoads of the Lawrence Police ...
