A 24-year-old man who was operating a vehicle with more than four times the legal limit of alcohol in his bloodstream was convicted of his fourth DUI — a felony — on Thursday in Douglas County District Court. The defendant, Hunter Neis, was arrested for his fourth DUI in August of last ...
LENEXA — The pastor of the largest United Methodist Church in the U.S. launched a campaign Thursday for the Democratic nomination for a U.S. Senate seat in Kansas, upending the race in a normally Republican state as the GOP's small majority seems less secure than it was a year ago. The Rev. ...
Many so-called “book festivals” aren’t really that festive at all, says Maureen Carroll of the Kansas Authors Club. Often, they’re focused on publishers and are more like industry conventions. But the club’s Free State Book Festival this weekend, she said, will really be a festival ...
Friday, May 1 Computer Basics: Getting Started, 10-11:30 a.m., Meeting Room C, Lawrence Public Library, 707 Vermont St. A beginner’s computer workshop. Registration required; see events calendar at lplks.org. AUMI Jam, 4:30-6 p.m., Sound + Vision Studio, Lawrence Public Library, 707 ...
Douglas County heritage organizations announced a county-wide exhibition that celebrates the 250th anniversary of the United States will open to the public this month. The Watkins Museum of History announced Thursday a six-part exhibition called “Finding Freedom: The Promise of 1776 in ...
On an April afternoon in Lawrence, Kansas, where abolitionists and pro-slavery forces clashed over a century and a half earlier, Billy Mills Middle School teacher Tom Barker introduced students to a central figure in that bloody era of local history. “John Brown. There’s a lot of stuff ...
