After more than a year of work, surveys and public outreach, Lawrence’s new “vision” for bicycle infrastructure and safety is nearly ready for city leaders to review. It’s the updated Lawrence Bikes Plan, and Transportation Planning Manager Jessica Mortinger said it’s going to ...
Douglas County commissioners landed on a roughly $199.2 million budget for 2027 on Wednesday that lowers the property tax rate – if approved next month. After a week and a half of hearings and deliberations, county commissioners finalized their priorities for next year’s budget on ...
WASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump wants Immigration and Customs Enforcement officers to keep pulling over vehicles, signaling his opposition Wednesday to plans announced just a day earlier to suspend most traffic stops following another string of fatal shootings. It's not clear ...
WASHINGTON (AP) — Acting Attorney General Todd Blanche confronted skeptical questions at a Senate confirmation hearing Wednesday about the creation of a fund to compensate President Donald Trump's allies and a tax immunity deal for the president as he aimed to lock down the Republican support ...
Thousands of visitors were told to evacuate a remote Minnesota wilderness area accessible only by boat as wildfires send dangerously heavy smoke over the U.S. Midwest and Northeast this week. More than 100 wildfires are burning in Canada, where a train crew in northern Ontario filmed ...
Updated at 6:29 p.m., Wednesday, July 15, 2026. A Lawrence father of four accused of sexually abusing two girls during sleepovers at his home years ago was convicted Wednesday on two of three counts. Jordey M. McTaggart was found guilty on one count of aggravated indecent liberties with a ...
