With every seat in the Kansas House up for election this year, nearly all of the the representatives serving Lawrence and Douglas County already have filed for re-election ahead of the June 1 deadline. Rep. Mike Amyx became the latest to announce that he will seek re-election in the Kansas ...
The leader of the University of Houston’s School of Communication is the fourth and final candidate to become the next dean of the University of Kansas’ journalism school. Jennifer Vardeman, director of the Jack J. Valenti School of Communication at the University of Houston, will give a ...
The section of Ninth Street that's closed for a stormwater project will soon be extended through Mississippi Street, but some traffic could be flowing again on Ninth by later in the summer. That's according to a news release from the City of Lawrence on Tuesday. The city said that Mississippi ...
Lawrence police officers have arrested a man who they suspect spray-painted at least 28 buildings downtown Sunday night. According to police spokesperson Laura McCabe, an officer observed a male suspect spray-painting "CHESA!" on a building in the 600 block of Massachusetts Street. The man ran ...
The Kansas State Board of Education has named Jake Steel as the next state commissioner of education on Tuesday. Steel is currently the director of strategy and operational alignment at the KSDE, where his work has helped secure $26 million in federal funding for Kansas schools and expanding ...
Douglas County commissioners will discuss the progress and challenges in strengthening the county’s behavioral health system — including suicide prevention and crisis system coordination — under the five-year community health plan on Wednesday. County commissioners will be given a ...
