What’s the worst thing that can happen? That’s what a group seeking a STAR bond district for an arena, a flight school and other developments on the edges of Lawrence asked the City Commission on Tuesday night. That’s what Commissioner Kristine Polian wanted to know, too – what’s the ...
A student-centered coffee shop will be opening at Community Connections at Pinckney next week. The coffee shop, known as “Empowering Brew,” will hold a ribbon cutting ceremony on Thursday, Oct. 22, at Community Connections at Pinckney, 810 West Sixth St., with a tentative time of 10 a.m. ...
LAS VEGAS (AP) — An aging ex-gang leader was sentenced Tuesday to 40 years to life in prison for orchestrating the 1996 drive-by shooting of rap icon Tupac Shakur near the Las Vegas Strip. The killing, rooted in a long-running gang feud, had gone unsolved for decades — captivating the ...
Cornell University suspended parties at fraternity houses until next year and is giving state police a role in investigating reports of sexual assault on campus in the school's latest response to outrage over its handling of a gang rape allegation. The measures announced Tuesday by Cornell ...
Douglas County staff are recommending revisions to funding agreements with community organizations, including changing payment and reporting requirements. The county uses two different types of agreements to outline its expectations and restrictions for distributing funding to community ...
A former award-winning paraprofessional in the Lawrence school district pleaded not guilty Tuesday to multiple child sex crimes. Caleb Rahmeier, in a third amended complaint filed in August, has been charged with aggravated indecent liberties with a child, sexual exploitation of a child, and ...
