Nicholas Brendon, an actor best known for his role as a loveable underdog sidekick on the hit television series "Buffy the Vampire Slayer," has died. He was 54. Brendon's family announced the death in a statement posted on his social media accounts Friday. They said he died in his sleep of ...
WASHINGTON — Robert S. Mueller III, the FBI director who transformed the nation's premier law enforcement agency into a terrorism-fighting force after the Sept. 11, 2001, attacks and who later became special counsel in charge of investigating ties between Russia and Donald Trump's ...
This story was updated at 8:43 p.m., Saturday, March 21. Maci Perrins, a seventh-grader at Southwest Middle School in Lawrence, represented Douglas County at the state spelling bee Saturday in Salina and finished within the top 5. A four-time champion of the Douglas County bee, Maci ...
TOPEKA — Conflicting housing bills passed the Kansas House on Wednesday, promoting expedited processes for new housing developments and potentially restricting options for low-income renters. Senate Bill 418 earned bipartisan support for encouraging easier processes for building “middle ...
Before Haskell Indian Nations University's new turf softball field opened on Friday, head coach Jolona Shield-Dzakic said, the team had basically been playing in the dirt. The old field didn't have lights or a scoreboard, she told the Journal-World. Players had to miss classes because they ...
The National Weather Service is anticipating dangerous fire weather conditions for Douglas County this weekend. The NWS issued a fire weather watch for both Saturday and Sunday and a red flag warning on Saturday. The watch is in place because critical fire weather conditions are forecast to ...
