After an incident about a year ago that saw gravestones yanked from their plots, Haskell Indian Nations University’s historic cemetery now has a taller, sturdier fence meant to protect the property from future vandals. Haskell spokesman Stephen Prue said crews finished installing the ...
There is a new guidepost — and price tag — in the years-long effort to complete the trail system around Lawrence.A city-commissioned study and resident survey has identified preferred routes for two missing segments of the Lawrence Loop. Once completed, the routes near downtown and Lawrence ...
It was in a barbershop chair that Stuart Boley first considered running for a seat on the Lawrence City Commission.Boley, now vice mayor, said his barber, longtime City Commissioner Mike Amyx, made the suggestion. But Boley said he didn’t decide then. Typical of the decision-making process ...
Douglas County is asking a federal judge to decide a lawsuit over a woman who died in the county jail, which could avoid the $1.35 million case going to trial. A jury trial to decide the wrongful death lawsuit — filed by the deceased woman’s father on behalf of her three minor children — ...
Even now, a year and a half removed from graduation, Jared Schoeneberg still thinks of his old orchestra classmates as family. Between classes, rehearsals, concerts and competitions, “we were with each other a lot during the week, and we grew really close,” Schoeneberg, a 2016 graduate of ...
Topeka — Two men in Topeka have found several signed works by prominent sports artist Ted Watts among the storage unit contents they purchased.Joseph Joslin Sr. and Mike Schoep said they came across some of Watts’ works after responding in October to an ad by a woman offering to sell ...
Kansas City, Kan. (ap) — Kansas City police say officers have found the body of an apparent homicide victim.The Kansas City (Mo.) Star reports that officers responding to a report of shooting around 1:20 a.m. Monday found the body of a Hispanic man in his 20s.His name and other information ...
Police have arrested a man in connection with the shooting death of a woman last week in Lawrence.Willie K. Franklin, 27, of Lawrence, was arrested overnight on suspicion of involuntary manslaughter and being a felon in possession of a firearm, the Lawrence Police Department announced Monday ...
Dangerously cold weather ushered in the new year in Lawrence.At midnight the temperature in Lawrence was minus 3 with a wind chill of minus 15 — and kept dropping throughout the overnight hours, according to meteorologist Chad Omitt at the National Weather Service’s Topeka office. ...
• The intersection of Queens Road and Wakarusa Drive continues to be closed for reconstruction. The project is expected to be complete by August 2018.• A roundabout construction project at the intersection of Harvard Road and Wakarusa Drive continues. The southbound lanes of Wakarusa Drive ...
Kinsley (AP) — Tim Kyle wanted a business that would allow him to earn a living, raise kids and stay in the area where his family has lived for more than three generations.The 44-year-old former carpenter and salesman finally came up with something that no one else in Kansas, perhaps even the ...
Topeka, Kan. (AP) — December is summer in Antarctica, but on the mountaintops where a team of scientists is studying plants from one of the warmest periods in Earth’s history, daily high temperatures average about minus-30 degrees.You read that correctly. Scientists, many from the ...
The 2016 numbers are in for the Douglas County Jail, and some of the same trends continued: overcrowding at the jail is up even though arrest numbers are down, and black inmates continue to make up a disproportionate share of the jail's population. The recently completed annual report — the ...
Topeka ? Former Kansas Education Commissioner Diane DeBacker has returned to a job in state government. But even though she's back in her home state after spending a year working in Abu Dhabi, part of the United Arab Emirates, you might say she's still a long way from home.That's because after ...
Topeka ? On the Friday before Christmas, officials at the state's psychiatric hospital in Larned reported they were short 20 mental health technicians and six registered nurses to fill their 3 p.m. to 11 p.m. shift.Earlier in the month, on Sunday, Dec. 17, officials reported needing 43 mental ...
Falls are the leading cause of injury in people 65 and older. One-third of older adults fall each year, and those falls sometimes cause serious injury. The consequences of falls can be substantial, resulting in fractures, head injuries, loss of independence and a decrease in active ...
Agency: United Way of Douglas CountyContact: volunteer@unitedwaydgco.org or at 865-5030, ext. 301Do your plans for 2018 include becoming more involved with the community and finding a way to give back? The United Way of Douglas County is a great place to find opportunities. Based on your ...
Now that we’ve had a chance to exchange germs during the holidays, it might be worthwhile to attend the next Senior Supper and Seminar at Lawrence Memorial Hospital.Dr. Ashley Bloom of Mt. Oread Family Practice will discuss “Colds, Flu and Pneumonia in Older Adults” at the free event on ...
When considering the potential usefulness of commercial recycling in Lawrence, Commissioner Matthew Herbert might encourage others to do as he did: Look into a dumpster downtown. “You’ve got a lot of glass, a lot of cans and bottles, cardboard,” Herbert said. “Just based on what I saw ...
Topeka (ap) — Topeka police are investigating the suspicious death of a person whose body was found in a burning vehicle.Topeka police Lt. Aaron Jones told the Topeka Capital-Journal that firefighters noticed a person inside the burning vehicle while putting out the flames early Saturday ...