Failing to register as a violent offender in Kansas is a serious offense, and on Wednesday a convicted felon in Douglas County discovered just how serious. Devontae Deshon Rae Torres, who was convicted in 2022 of siccing a pit bull on a man, was ordered to stand trial on two counts of ...
Two years after Lawrence streamlined its rules for building projects near historic properties, city leaders want to know how the changes are working – and what would happen if the rules went away. At their meeting on Tuesday, Lawrence city commissioners had a discussion with Brenna Buchanan ...
Starting Monday, South Lawrence Trafficway construction work will close access to the eastbound ramp for drivers heading south on Iowa Street through the summer. The Kansas Department of Transportation announced in a press release Wednesday that it will reduce U.S. 59 to one lane in each ...
Downtown Lawrence Inc. — the nonprofit responsible for promoting the downtown district — has been without a director since July, and likely won’t resume the search for one for several more months. One reason a new leader hasn’t been hired, members of the association were told ...
Back in 2005, Sean Pauzauskie, then a senior at KU, took the advice that many an English major ignores. “You can be a writer, but get a day job,” he was told by his mentor David Bergeron, a professor of English and well-known Shakespearean scholar. It turned out to be a good advice — ...
State law requires residents of a county to be notified of a lot of different legal matters that are underway at any given time. That includes pending foreclosures of homes, new ordinances proposed by local governments, legal name changes of your neighbors, and even the sales that dispose of ...
