JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. — Missouri Republicans handed President Donald Trump a political victory Friday, giving final legislative approval to a redistricting plan that could help Republicans win an additional U.S. House seat in next year’s elections. The Senate vote sends the redistricting ...
Lawrence city commissioners on Tuesday will vote on the city's final 2026 budget — and on whether to raise the property tax rate to reduce the impact of cuts to public safety, parks and recreation and other areas. As the Journal-World has reported, discussions about the budget have gone on ...
A registered sex offender was found guilty Friday of another sex crime against a child and will face at least 15 years in prison when he is sentenced in November. The offender, Calvin Lee Payne, 36, pleaded no contest Friday to one count of criminal sodomy against a child who was 13 at the ...
President Donald Trump has approved federal disaster aid for six states and tribes following storms and floods that occurred this spring and summer. The disaster declarations, announced Thursday, will allow federal funding to flow to Kansas, North Carolina, North Dakota and Wisconsin, and for ...
While sentencing a teen to 10 years in prison on Friday for murdering a 17-year-old boy last summer, Judge Stacey Donovan took a moment to note how many people in the courtroom had tears in their eyes. "It's a horrible day for everyone," Donovan told the assembled friends and loved ones of ...
Bishop Seabury Academy has announced that student Marcella MacGonagle has been named as a National Merit semifinalist. She is one of seven students in the Lawrence area who have received the honor. On Wednesday, the National Merit Scholarship Corporation – a nonprofit established in 1955 to ...
