Andrew Tkach, an award-winning news director and producer, will be participating in screenings of his films on Wednesday as part of International Education Week at the Office of International Programs at the University of Kansas campus. "Hunger for Truth," a 76-minute film, explores the ...
Story updated at 4:25 p.m. Monday, Nov. 12: Discussions will soon begin regarding how much city of Lawrence and Douglas County taxpayers should pay for firefighting and emergency medical services. City officials have said the current funding agreement for Lawrence-Douglas County Fire Medical ...
Story updated at 5:35 p.m. Monday, Nov. 12: A man recently charged with rape in Douglas County works in the Lawrence public health community. Erick W. Ogwangi, 33, of Lawrence, owns and operates a home for disabled adults in Lawrence. He previously did contract work, in a group setting, for ...
Listed below is the majority of Lawrence police activity within the last 24 hours. Each afternoon the Lawrence Police Department releases a list of officer activity. This call blotter spans from 6 a.m. Sunday to 6 a.m. Monday and includes 161 incidents. Each listing gives a date, time and ...
When I recently told my kids I had an old J.C. Penney turntable in the storm shelter, I thought I would have to explain what a turntable was. Actually, no need. (They are still confused, though, about a J.C. Penney.) Instead, they made me drag out the turntable. That tells you a bit about why a ...
WICHITA — Kansas Republican Sen. Pat Roberts is working to get a farm bill passed to prove he's still a viable candidate for 2020. The farm bill is crucial for the 82-year-old chairman of the Senate agriculture committee after he survived a 2014 primary challenge against a political newcomer ...
A light snow Monday led to slick roads and dozens of car wrecks in Douglas County. A total of 40 car wrecks had been reported in the county as of 4 p.m., and four resulted in nonsevere injuries, said Officer Shawn Gross, a Lawrence Police Department spokesman. Audra Hennecke, a meteorologist ...
Today, Nov. 12 Toddler Storytime (ages 2+), 10:30-11 a.m., Lawrence Public Library, 707 Vermont St. Affordable Housing Advisory Board, 11 a.m.-noon, Lawrence City Hall, 6 E. Sixth St. Kaw Valley Bridge Club: Open Pairs, 12:30 p.m., 1025 N. Third St., Suite 120. Teen Zone Homeschool Hours, ...
Marriages Alexander De Leon, 27, Lawrence, and Chamberlain Fritzel, 28, Lawrence. Michelle Lynne Bobadilla, 39, Lawrence, and Daniel Scott Kurzava, 38, Lawrence. Ronald Kline, 56, Lawrence, and Darcy Kraus, 54, Lawrence. John Ouellette, 40, Topeka, and Hope Mitchell, 31, Lawrence. Sean ...
City leaders will soon provide input on the Lawrence Police Department’s policy for public cameras. As part of its work session Tuesday, the Lawrence City Commission will review the policy, which details how public cameras and camera footage will be monitored, stored and potentially ...
A walk-in shower was giving Veterans Day new meaning for a Lawrence man Friday afternoon. Dennis Sooby, an Army veteran who served in occupied Japan at the end of World War II, watched as Adam Fearing, a much younger veteran who had served in Iraq, helped make his bathroom ...
When Autumn Hale recently went through a divorce, she and her five children “pretty much lost everything,” she said. But she and her kids were given an opportunity to get back on their feet, and back in a permanent home, after they were selected as the 100th Habitat for Humanity family to ...
The Lawrence school board will consider Monday a committee's suggestion to remove existing elementary class-size goals from board policy. The action before the board is a recommendation to strike from policy the district's class-size goals, which are to keep kindergarten through third-grade ...
With cane in hand, Al Stuber was ready to walk the five blocks of the Lawrence Veterans Day Parade on Sunday, although he had thought he might have a different role in the event. “I was going to do the flyover, but I got beat out by a tanker,” he said. A Kansas Air National Guard ...
Listed below is the majority of Lawrence police activity within the last 24 hours. Each afternoon the Lawrence Police Department releases a list of officer activity. This call blotter spans from 6 a.m. Saturday to 6 a.m. Sunday and includes 229 incidents. Each listing gives a date, time and ...
Imagine that you go get a haircut, with the agreement that the stylist will bill you for it. You walk out of the salon, turning heads on your merry way. But when you get the bill a week later, it’s double or triple what you expected to pay, and the shampoo that you thought was included in ...
In early June 1967, Larry Slavens had a sideline view of the Six-Day War from the bridge of the USS Liberty about 12 miles off the coast of the Sinai Peninsula. “With Navy field glasses, you can see a long way,” he recalled Thursday from his rural Jefferson County home. “You could see ...
Dr. Mark Oertel blames the 1990s. It was a time when fast food supersized and the internet took off. The prevalence of obesity and diabetes increased significantly. Many theories exist about why, but many, including Oertel, believe the surge of supersized options at fast-food restaurants and ...
TOPEKA — Going into the 2018 elections, Democrat Paul Davis looked like he had a clear advantage in the race for Kansas' 2nd District congressional seat. He was a well-known candidate who had carried the district in his unsuccessful bid for governor in 2014. And he was running in a year that ...
The portion of the Kansas River that borders downtown Lawrence is largely walled off from would-be visitors, but that could soon change if the city decides to move forward with a new river recreation and whitewater area. The city of Lawrence budgeted $2 million this year to repair the Kansas ...