A Topeka gang member who was acquitted in a 2022 Douglas County shooting after he claimed self-defense has now been sentenced to five years in prison after being found guilty in federal court of illegally possessing machine guns. Daequan Rayton, 28, and three other men who federal authorities ...
It’s not just you — most Americans believe that prompts for tipping have become more prevalent in recent years. Approximately 72% of Americans reported that they have seen more tipping prompts in recent years, according to a November 2023 report from the Pew Research Center, and customers ...
The University of Kansas’ Department of Religious Studies will host a public talk on Thursday where a Lawrence interfaith advocacy group will discuss its work on promoting community health and well-being. The event, called “Faith and Health,” will feature speakers from Justice Matters, ...
Numerous repairs were underway at a Lawrence appliance store Monday afternoon after it was struck by a car earlier in the day. Jack Flynn, the sales manager at Stoneback Appliance, 925 Iowa St., told the Journal-World that the incident at around 10 a.m. happened very quickly. He initially ...
While Kansas lawmakers are advancing a bill that will develop rules for reusing treated wastewater as drinking water, the city of Lawrence isn’t currently exploring changes to where its drinking water comes from, a city official told the Journal-World. House Bill 2462 is a water policy bill ...
Crews extinguished an apartment fire in one of the two buildings at Pinnacle Woods Apartments on Monday afternoon, and nobody was injured, first responders told the Journal-World. Lawrence-Douglas County Fire Medical responded to the fire just after 1:30 p.m. on Monday, and crews were on the ...
