WASHINGTON — Senate Majority Leader John Thune said Thursday that demands made by Democrats for new restrictions on federal immigration officers are "unrealistic" and warned that the Department of Homeland Security will shut down next week if they do not work with Republicans and the White ...
A Lawrence man previously charged with distribution of heroin causing a death pleaded no contest on Thursday to three lower-level felony drug charges as part of a plea agreement. Timothy Edward Thompson, 44, had originally been charged in Douglas County District Court with one felony count of ...
No basis exists for a gunman to claim immunity from prosecution in the Jan. 17 shootings at The Hawk, a Douglas County prosecutor has written, citing video and witness accounts in the case. The 18-year-old shooter, Daitron Daniels Strickland, has claimed that he was acting in self-defense ...
LIVIGNO, Italy — Canadian snowboarder Mark McMorris withdrew from Thursday night's big air qualifier at the Milan Cortina Olympics less than 24 hours after a hard crash that resulted in a brief trip to the hospital. The 32-year-old McMorris, one of Canada's biggest Olympic stars, posted on ...
TOPEKA — A Kansas House committee recommended a budget for the state’s six public universities that freezes tuition rates, reduces need-based student aid, requires development of plans to lower central administration expenditures by 10% and offers faculty one year instead of two to fix ...
A Topeka-based nonprofit is expanding its entrepreneurship program to Lawrence through a partnership with the Douglas County eCommunity, giving more Kansas entrepreneurs access to startup resources. Omni Circle Group is a nonprofit community hub that supports underserved individuals and ...
