TOPEKA — Kansas officials issued a public notice after testing confirmed the invasive Asian longhorned tick was identified in Franklin County and posed an emerging threat to animal and human health. It was the first known detection in Kansas of the prolific tick, which afflicts wildlife, ...
A Douglas County judge has ruled against a man who was suing the State of Kansas for wrongful conviction and imprisonment in a 2016 rape case. Judge Carl Folsom III in an order filed Monday found that Albert Wilson, who was convicted of raping a 17-year-old, did not meet his burden of showing ...
The City of Lawrence will be redesigning its website, lawrenceks.gov, in the coming months, and it's looking for input on how residents navigate and find information on the current site. In a news release Tuesday, the city said it was working with IT company Granicus on the redesign, and that ...
TOPEKA — Kansas’ health ranking had one of the steepest declines in the nation in the past 30 years, according to a study that sought to identify potential reasons and fixes for the state’s downward slide. One hundred experts determined that Kansas’ lack of a coherent policy agenda, ...
Lawrence will have a rally in conjunction with the national "No Kings!" events on Saturday. The "No Kings!" demonstrations are peaceful protests of what organizers describe as authoritarian policies and corruption in the Trump administration. Demonstrations similar to those that occurred in ...
The renovations to Lawrence’s Outdoor Aquatic Center could be starting soon, as the City Commission will consider awarding a construction contract for the project this week. On Tuesday night, the commission will consider a contract of just under $4.8 million with Royal Construction Services ...
