The Bert Nash Community Mental Health Center has received a $25,000 donation to help it build a new Youth Recovery Center, and designs for the facility at Clinton Parkway and Kasold Drive are progressing. Leaders of Bert Nash and other stakeholders gathered Monday morning for the announcement ...
A 23-year-old Topeka man was arrested early Saturday morning outside Logie's bar in downtown Lawrence after he allegedly threw a glass bottle at a bouncer and spit at people. Didier Omarion Lee Cosey was taken into custody around 1:30 a.m. outside the bar in the 700 block of Massachusetts ...
A dispute over whether a Lawrence middle school student was the victim of sexual harassment by a teacher — and whether the district properly investigated the allegations — is now the subject of a federal lawsuit. An attorney for Douglas County resident James Killian has filed a lawsuit ...
A Texas man targeted a 10-year-old Lawrence girl with sexually graphic messages and persuaded her to participate in an exchange of nude photos and videos, according to the man's recently released arrest affidavit. Dominik Smith, 21, of Irving, Texas, was charged in December 2025 with ...
To help make child care more affordable for local families, Lawrence’s Ballard Center is trying a new approach — capping tuition at 7% of a household's income. In a news release, the Ballard Center said that 1 in 4 families in the community live paycheck to paycheck, and the average ...
TOPEKA — Kansas ordained clergy would be mandated reporters of child abuse under a bill proposed Monday in the House Judiciary Committee, and proponents hope this will be the year it passes. House Bill 2352 adds fully ordained ministers to the list of professions required to be mandatory ...
