Demonstrators gathered at Watson Park on Saturday for Lawrence's third No Kings rally protesting the policies of President Donald Trump and his administration. The No Kings rallies have taken place across the nation throughout Trump's second term, and thousands of people participated in the ...
WASHINGTON — President Donald Trump on Friday signed a promised executive action that will pay Transportation Security Administration employees after a bid to end the shutdown of the Department of Homeland Security abruptly fell apart in Congress. Trump signed the action with an eye toward ...
A 44-year-old drug dealer was sentenced on Friday to nearly eight years in prison for multiple drug crimes, one of which was connected to the 2018 death of a young Lawrence woman. The defendant, Timothy Edward Thompson, had originally been charged in Douglas County District Court with one ...
JACKSON, Miss. (AP) — Separate natural gas explosions in January 2024 that destroyed two homes in Jackson, Mississippi, resulted from underground pipes pulling loose from their fittings as spongy clay soil expanded and contracted with rainfall, according to a federal report released ...
When it comes to affordable housing in Lawrence, city leaders are thinking bigger, as in allowing taller buildings that can house more living units per square foot. But leaders also are thinking smaller, with changes to a development codes that will allow people to essentially build a small ...
A woman who was accused of felony child abuse last winter took a plea deal Friday to misdemeanor battery and was given probation. The woman, Tiara Nicole Dillon, was charged in February 2025 with torturing or beating a child under the age of 18. The child in question is now 10 years old, and ...
