A Lawrence resident has filed to run for Kansas Secretary of State as a third party candidate. Scott Morgan, who recently became the executive director of the United Kansas party, filed paperwork this week to seek the Secretary of State position, which serves as the state’s chief election ...
Plans for a hotel that will connect to KU’s football stadium and the 1,000-seat conference center inside the stadium have taken an important step forward. KU leaders are now publicly saying who the operator of the hotel will be. Jeff DeWitt, KU’s chief financial officer, told me in a ...
Updated at 4:40 p.m. Thursday, May 21 One Lawrence resident's name — out of three considered — will be submitted to Gov. Laura Kelly as a finalist for the open seat on the Kansas Supreme Court. Douglas County District Judge Carl Folsom III made it into the final round of voting Thursday ...
A Douglas County judge on Thursday declined to modify the bond of a man facing charges of aggravated residential burglary and robbery. The defendant, Julius Beasley, 42, is being held in the Douglas County Jail on a cash or surety bond of $75,000. He was jailed following his arrest in March, ...
Senior Judge Nancy Parrish couldn't "ever remember doing it before," but on Thursday she did it: She gave probation to a defendant who has seven prior personal felonies and the worst possible criminal history score. Parrish, who called the hearing "a particularly difficult sentencing," said ...
Friday, May 22 Sons of Union Veterans’ Cemetery Gravesite Flag Placement, 9 a.m., Maple Grove Cemetery, 1710 N. Third St. Volunteers welcome. Spring Sale, 4-8 p.m., Lawrence Arts Center, 940 New Hampshire St. Gently used art supplies, costumes and more. Continues Saturday; details at ...
