To raise awareness for National Pedestrian Safety Month, the health department is hosting its second annual safe routes to school lantern walk. Lawrence-Douglas County Public Health is inviting neighbors, school staff and families to bring homemade lanterns and walk in the Sunset Hill ...
The U.S. Department of Education has threatened to withhold federal funding from four Kansas school districts for potentially violating federal law with their policies for transgender students. The department took issue with school policies it said allowed students to participate on the sports ...
TOPEKA — U.S. Sen. Jerry Moran sounded an alarm that the ongoing federal government shutdown threatened to break the nation’s “fragile” aviation system. Moran, a Kansas Republican who chairs the Senate’s subcommittee on aviation, space and innovation, made reference to the Jan. 29 ...
TOPEKA — The Kansas Bureau of Investigation seized hundreds of pounds of marijuana and tens of thousands of pre-rolled joints, THC vapes and edibles during raids last week at 18 retail stores across Kansas. KBI director Tony Mattivi and Attorney General Kris Kobach announced the raids while ...
Nicole Forsythe thought she was doing the right thing when she agreed to accept cases for indigent criminal defendants in Wyandotte County in 2022, helping out because there was a shortage of attorneys willing to do what is difficult and often underpaid work. Then, in fall 2023, security ...
The City of Eudora is currently undergoing the first phase of a more than $50 million project to build a new water treatment plant that will replace the current aging facility. Earlier this year, the Eudora City Commission took the first step toward the development of a new water treatment ...
