The first two candidates have officially entered the race for the District 4 seat on the Douglas County Commission – one incumbent and one newcomer. Commissioner Gene Dorsey, a Democrat and currently representing the District 4 seat, will be running for reelection in 2026. Dorsey is a ...
City leaders are hoping Lawrence will be chosen for a pilot project that uses a little-utilized state law to acquire and rehabilitate abandoned homes for affordable housing. The project is by the nonprofit organization Neighborhood Legal Support of Kansas City, which put out a request for ...
Douglas County commissioners will consider how to allocate opioid-settlement and special alcohol tax funding on Wednesday – and whether to change the way those requests are handled in the future. The county channels part of its opioid settlement funds to local programs through the ...
The Lawrence St. Patrick's Day Parade made its way down Massachusetts Street on Tuesday. First place winner of commercial floats this year was Top Tumble, while the Tim Reazin Family won first place for family floats. The Grand Prize Traveling Trophy went to GoodLife's Midnight Farm and Young ...
WASHINGTON — Joe Kent, the director of the National Counterterrorism Center, announced his resignation on Tuesday, citing his concerns about the justification for military strikes in Iran and saying he "cannot in good conscience" back the Trump administration's war. "Iran posed no imminent ...
WASHINGTON — Attorney General Pam Bondi was subpoenaed Tuesday to answer questions from Congress about the Justice Department's sex trafficking investigation of Jeffrey Epstein and the agency's handling of millions of files related to the disgraced financier. Bondi was ordered to appear for ...
