Lawrence police arrested two men overnight after they allegedly robbed one person then barged into a nearby home and tried to rob others. The crimes were reported about 9:50 p.m. Tuesday in a mobile home park at 100 Arkansas St. Police were dispatched to the possible sounds of gunshots, and ...
TOPEKA — Health committees in the Kansas Legislature will be led by two conservative Republican lawmakers from Wichita who oppose expanding the state's Medicaid program. GOP leaders' appointments of Rep. Brenda Landwehr and Sen. Gene Suellentrop will complicate Democratic Gov.-elect Laura ...
Today, Dec. 26 Red Dog Workout, 6 a.m., Sports Pavilion Lawrence, 100 Rock Chalk Lane. 1 Million Cups, 9-10 a.m., Cider Gallery, 810 Pennsylvania St. 150 Themed Trees, 10 a.m.- 4 p.m. Territorial Capital Museum, 640 E. Woodson Ave., Lecompton. Kaw Valley Bridge Club: Open Pairs, 12:30 p.m., ...
Like many area snowbirds, Kevin Hopkins will take leave of Kansas for January and February to head south. But Hopkins, Baker University's campus minister, will travel so far south that he will actually chase down the sun and not experience a sunset until halfway through February. Hopkins ...
Mehrzad Alison discovered long ago that jealousy could be a muse. As a child, Alison, 57, envied a classmate who was always drawing and being praised by the teacher. Alison was so jealous of the attention the boy was receiving that he began drawing. It worked. He gained the teacher’s ...
Invasive shrubs and vines once covered a 4-acre stretch along the Kansas River, but now there is room for something else to grow. Thanks to a local restoration project, those invasive plants have been ripped away, and project leaders are looking for both seeds and helping hands to restore ...
Topeka — U.S. Rep.-elect Steve Watkins has appointed members of his predecessor’s staff and a state Republican Party official to key positions in his congressional office. The GOP congressman has announced that Jim Joice will serve as communications director. Joice has been the Kansas ...
Topeka — Allegations of violence between staff members and sexual relationships between workers and underage inmates at Kansas’ only juvenile corrections facility were uncovered during a state audit prompted by allegations that a former superintendent of the center assaulted an ...
Lawrence’s annual Community Christmas Dinner isn’t just for people who can’t afford a meal. “It’s for anybody who wants to come,” co-organizer Deb Engstrom said. That’s Engstrom’s favorite thing about the tradition, she said. A true “cross-section of the community” ...
Listed below is the majority of Lawrence police activity within the last 24 hours. Each afternoon the Lawrence Police Department releases a list of officer activity. This call blotter spans from 6 a.m. Monday to 6 a.m. Tuesday and includes 125 incidents. Each listing gives a date, time and ...
Today, Dec. 25 Community Christmas Dinner, 11 a.m.-2 p.m., First United Methodist Church, 946 Vermont St. Want to see your event listed here? Email us at datebook@ljworld.com. Wednesday, Dec. 26 Red Dog Workout, 6 a.m., Sports Pavilion Lawrence, 100 Rock Chalk Lane. 1 Million Cups, ...
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Decades after the U.S. stopped institutionalizing kids because large and crowded orphanages were causing lasting trauma, it is happening again. The federal government has placed most of the 14,300 migrant children in its care in detention centers and residential facilities packed with hundreds, ...
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A man accidentally shot himself while cleaning his firearm Monday afternoon, according to Lawrence police. Police were dispatched to a home in the 4000 block of Vintage Court in Lawrence around 3:40 p.m. Monday, according to police spokeswoman Sgt. Amy Rhoads. The man suffered injuries that ...
In an updated report Monday, the Kansas Highway Patrol clarified some details about a Saturday accident in Kingman County that involved a Lawrence man and that killed a woman. According to the updated report, a grass fire on the north side of U.S. Highway 54 was causing dense smoke to blow ...
Keeping with the simplicity of the sleek, glass-walled house, a plain wreath hangs from the front door at 1224 E. 12th St. In September Chad and Elissa Turner moved into the East Lawrence house that was designed and built by KU School of Architecture students enrolled in Studio 804. Months ...
Topeka — Fewer women won seats this election for the Kansas Legislature at a time when more women captured legislative seats nationwide. The Wichita Eagle reports Kansas had been above the national average in terms of the percentage of legislative seats held by women, but the state will fall ...