Lawrence school board members at their meeting on Monday approved a construction bid for updates to the district’s middle school theaters. The bid came from BHS Construction Inc. in the amount of $522,100 along with a 10% contingency not to exceed $52,210. The updates are a result of ...
A 40-year-old man who was welcomed into Douglas County's new Veterans Treatment Court less than two weeks ago was charged on Monday with three new offenses. Colin Jay Fowler was convicted on Feb. 11 of residential burglary and felony theft, but his sentence was held in abeyance pursuant to his ...
TOPEKA — Kansas lawmakers could transform elections with a series of bills that squeeze advance voting timelines, stamp out rare instances of noncitizen voting and tinker with some candidate filing and advocacy rules. One bill sought to eradicate elections exclusively conducted by ...
This year is the 100th anniversary of the Kansas Union at the University of Kansas, and the university will be celebrating its history and traditions with bowling, a scavenger hunt, casino games, wedding cake and more throughout this year. Since its founding, the Kansas Union has become a hub ...
A 44-year-old man was sentenced Monday to three years in prison after pleading guilty to four of the 18 crimes he had originally been charged with. Antonio Paul Jaimez entered a plea deal with the Douglas County District Attorney's Office that made most of his charges go away and ...
TOPEKA, Kan. (AP) — Kansas is set to invalidate about 1,700 driver’s licenses held by transgender residents and roughly as many birth certificates under a new law that goes beyond Republican-imposed restrictions in other states on listing gender identities in government documents. The new ...
