Douglas County commissioners approved changes to the county’s employee health care plan on Wednesday in order to keep the plan financially stable for the rest of the year. As the Journal-World reported, in 2025, health care costs had exceeded the budget by $300,000, and current projections ...
Did you know river otters live in Kansas? Many people don’t, the scouts of Girl Scout Junior Troop 2856 say, and they want to remind passersby in downtown Lawrence with a new mural about endangered species. This mural, and another one planned by the Lawrence Jewish Community Congregation, ...
Kansas lawmakers wrapped up the majority of their work at the end of March, including passing a number of bills related to schools. Here’s an update on some of those key bills ahead of lawmakers’ return to Topeka for the annual veto session: CELL PHONE BAN Gov. Laura Kelly has now ...
The University of Kansas’ graduate programs in paleontology and special education maintained their top rankings in the country, but a government management program that had been No. 1 for more than 25 years fell a couple of spots. U.S. News & World Report included 55 KU graduate ...
If there is one question that may get asked as often as “how can there be so many taco places in Lawrence,” it might be “how can there be so many coffee shops in Lawrence?” I’m not sure I have the answer, but I do have a new twist on the questions: “What happens when a coffee shop ...
The Lawrence Police Department on Wednesday announced that one of its officers died on April 3 and that the Douglas County Sheriff's Office is conducting an investigation, though "no foul play is suspected." In a news release, LPD said that 28-year-old Officer Zachary Garcia-Kerns honorably ...
