LEAVENWORTH — This historic Kansas prison town will allow CoreCivic to hold federal immigration detainees after a year of legal wrangling and public outcry from opponents. Four out of five city commissioners voted to grant CoreCivic’s application for a special use permit. The decision ...
A 30-year-old Lawrence man was found guilty Wednesday in Douglas County District Court after he pleaded no contest to aggravated battery in connection with a stabbing incident two years ago outside a Lawrence restaurant. The defendant, Edgar Oropeza Diaz, was originally charged with aggravated ...
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 ...
Skee-Ball and schooners definitely could be a new combination on Lawrence’s entertainment scene. A longtime pool hall soon will re-open as a “pubcade” that has about 40 video games, pin ball machines, and even more traditional classics like Skee-Ball, foosball and air hockey. ...
Lawrence city commissioners all agree that they want a new fire station in northwest Lawrence – but they don’t yet agree on a proposed property tax increase to fund the expansion. On Tuesday, the City Commission had its first chance to discuss city staff’s 2027 budget proposal, which ...
MONTGOMERY, Ala. — Alabama Gov. Kay Ivey on Tuesday commuted the death sentence of a 75-year-old inmate who was set to be executed this week even though he was not in the building when the victim was killed during a 1991 robbery. Ivey reduced Charles "Sonny" Burton's sentence to life in ...
