The House failed to approve a bill Tuesday that was crafted after last year's tragic midair collision near Washington, D.C., to require all aircraft flying around busy airports to have key locator systems to prevent such crashes. The collision of an airliner out of Wichita and an Army ...
Significant computer network problems are impacting the operations of the Lawrence Journal-World, resulting in some customer service changes for this week. Customers of the newspaper are asked to email or call the newspaper rather than stopping by the offices of the Journal-World. The ...
For its organizers, the annual Wild and Scenic Film Festival on Friday night won't just be a fundraiser for Friends of the Kaw, but also a chance for environmentally minded people to gather. This is the 17th year that Friends of the Kaw, a grassroots group that works to preserve and protect ...
Approximately 100 people gathered in downtown Lawrence Tuesday afternoon to protest the Trump administration and actions of U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement. The protestors gathered at the four corners of Ninth and Massachusetts Street around 3 p.m. Tuesday afternoon. Several in the ...
Douglas County commissioners will hear about several pending Kansas legislative proposals that could reshape property taxes on Wednesday. In addition to hearing more about what’s going on in the Kansas Legislature, county commissioners will be briefed on the county’s own property tax ...
More than $74 million in improvements to reduce the Kansas River wastewater treatment plant’s impact on the environment are almost complete, city staff said this week. At the Connected City Advisory Board’s meeting on Monday, Trevor Flynn, assistant director of Municipal Services and ...
