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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. Saturday to 6 a.m. Sunday and includes 226 incidents. Each listing gives a date, time and ...
About three months after giving their 30 days’ notice at Bert Nash Community Mental Health Center, a team of specialized therapists met with the Journal-World to discuss their new business, the DBT Center of Lawrence. The group of six, who spent roughly 50 years combined at Bert Nash, are ...
The city’s interest in consolidating city and county governments has created some tension between the two governing bodies, but Lawrence city commissioners plan to continue the conversation. Lawrence city commissioners raised the topic with Douglas County commissioners during a joint ...
Today, Oct. 14 Don’t Miss: Lawrence Artwalk 2018, noon-6 p.m., various locations, see lawrenceartwalk.org Other Events: AB’s Crepes and Buffet, 8 a.m.-2 p.m., VFW Post 852, 1801 Massachusetts St. Lawrence Baptist Temple 42nd Birthday Celebration, 10 a.m., 3201 W. 31st St. KU ...
Fall has arrived, and you know what that means: cooler temperatures, beautiful leaves, football games and — for folks 65 and older — the annual Medicare open enrollment period. Like the changing foliage, you don’t want to miss the chance to review your Medicare prescription drug ...
TOPEKA – Republican Secretary of State Kris Kobach is obviously no stranger to Kansas politics. A former law professor and Overland Park city councilman, Kobach ran unsuccessfully for Congress in the 3rd District in 2004, losing to Democrat Dennis Moore. He also served as chairman of the ...
Having a famous father can have its perks — like having him ask you to help research and write a book that attempts to solve some early-20th-century murders. Rachel McCarthy James, the Lawrence native and daughter of Bill James, the man who forever changed the way people think about baseball ...
Agency: Boys & Girls Club of Lawrence Contact: Kenton Holder at kholder@bgclk.org The Boys & Girls Club of Lawrence offers kids of all backgrounds an opportunity to reach their full potential and to excel in life with programs designed to target their needs. It is currently hosting ...
Heartland Community Health Center recently announced some new services available to the community. The Douglas County safety net clinic will now offer free diabetes self-management classes. In a news release, Heartland says it will offer a six-session program to help attendees process and ...
U.S. regulators have expanded the use of Merck's cervical cancer vaccine to adults up to age 45. The vaccine was previously only for preteens and young adults through 26. The Food and Drug Administration on Oct. 5 approved Gardasil 9 for women and men through age 45. The vaccine protects ...
TOPEKA — Female veterans now have their own Veterans Affairs health center in Topeka. The Topeka VA opened the new women's center on Friday. The Topeka Capital-Journal reports that nearly 4,000 women veterans use the VA Eastern Kansas Health Center. VA Eastern Kansas director Rudy Klopfer ...
A trial aiming to tackle corruption in college basketball is expected to conclude in a matter of days. In a letter filed in federal court on Saturday, Robert S. Khuzami, a U.S. attorney, notified presiding Judge Lewis A. Kaplan that both the prosecutors and the defense attorneys think they ...
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. Friday to 6 a.m. Saturday and includes 215 incidents. Each listing gives a date, time and ...
KANSAS CITY, Mo. — A Kansas man who spent 23 years in prison for a double murder he didn’t commit was targeted because his mother rebuffed a homicide detective’s sexual advances and was convicted after a bogus police investigation, according to a lawsuit. Lamonte McIntyre, 42, and his ...
Consent agenda 1. Approve City Commission meeting minutes from 10/02/18 and 10/09/18. 2. Receive minutes from various boards and commissions. 3. Approve all claims. The list of claims will be posted by the Finance Department on Monday prior to the meeting. If Monday is a holiday, the ...
Story updated at 10:42 p.m. Friday, Oct. 12: TOPEKA — Organizers of a small-town Kansas parade decided Friday night that they won't stop Republican candidate Kris Kobach from having a replica machine gun on a jeep after initially objecting to a key symbol of his campaign for governor and ...
TOPEKA - A Shawnee County judge on Friday rejected a challenge to the bidding process the state of Kansas used to award contracts to three insurance companies to manage the state's $3 billion per year Medicaid system known as KanCare. Amerigroup Kansas Inc., one of the three current ...
A local committee considering a city ordinance to reduce the amount of disposable plastic products used in Lawrence is coordinating outside research and focus groups to inform its decision. The city’s Sustainability Advisory Board voted in July to make the issue of single-use plastics one ...
Kansas City, Kan. — Johnson County’s district attorney is suing a repair shop owner after multiple consumers complained that the shop stripped their cars instead of fixing them. Johnson County District Attorney Stephen Howe has filed a lawsuit against Fred Goebel and his business, Showroom ...