Baldwin City officials said during a public meeting on Tuesday night they anticipate increases to utility rates as the city aims to increase its reserve funds. That news came during a community forum about electric rates, where a couple dozen residents gathered to learn about and give ...
A man accused of violently beating and pistol-whipping people in a car and again on his front lawn testified Wednesday that he was actually the victim, not the aggressor, on a September night in 2024 as the group returned to Lawrence from an Oktoberfest event in Topeka. Elijah J. Garcia, of ...
A Lawrence business is more than doubling the size of its space after recognizing a surprising trend — cross-stitch has cross-over appeal. The needle and thread craft of cross stitch — long considered the domain of an older generation — has become quite popular with younger women. Now a ...
No matter who wins USA Today’s contest for best brewpub this year, Free State Brewing Company founder Chuck Magerl thinks there’s a title they all deserve: “third place.” Not the kind of “third place” his brewery won in the contest last year, though. The “third place” that ...
Two drivers were seriously injured early Wednesday morning in a crash on U.S. Highway 40 several miles northwest of Lawrence. Douglas County Sheriff's Office spokesman George Diepenbrock said in an email that deputies were dispatched to the crash at the intersection of U.S. Highway 40 and East ...
Lawrence city leaders at their meeting Tuesday gave their consent to the sale of Hamm Landfill to a nationwide waste disposal company. The commission voted 4-0, with Commissioner Mike Dever absent, to authorize City Manager Craig Owens to sign letters of consent to the sale of Hamm Landfill ...
