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 ...
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 ...
The public is invited to a farewell ceremony next month for Judge Sally Pokorny, who is stepping down from the bench. As the Journal-World reported, Pokorny will be retiring effective April 10. A public event is scheduled for 3 p.m. that day at the historic Douglas County Courthouse on the ...
TOPEKA — The Kansas Legislature approved a state budget bill early Friday by working around bipartisan opposition that even lawmakers voting for it could echo. The Senate passed the bill 23-17 and the House followed at 67-53, but dissenting Republicans and Democrats in both chambers made ...
