After a four-day trial, a Douglas County jury on Friday acquitted a woman of five of the six charges she faced in a domestic abuse case. Jurors convicted defendant Shaleah Kauffman only on one count of violation of a protective order, a misdemeanor. On the other five counts — aggravated ...
What should college students who are about to enter the workforce do in a tight labor market? For some University of Kansas students, the answer lies in additional layers of support and outside-the-box thinking. That, they believe, will safeguard them from what one KU economist described as ...
While cleanup at the former Sunflower Army Ammunition Plant is “slowing down,” the U.S. Army is seeking additional funding to investigate contamination from a group of "forever chemicals" near a former fire station on the property. The former ammunition plant is located in northwest ...
A Douglas County judge on Thursday ordered a 38-year-old Lawrence man to stand trial for rape after a woman testified that the man, a close friend, had assaulted her at his apartment last year. The 30-year-old woman, who sobbed and shook as she testified, said the assault occurred in June ...
A mistake was made, and what ensued was not a great look for local government., Last week, the city of Lawrence’s Affordable Housing Advisory Board met to begin the process of awarding about $700,000 of taxpayer funds to affordable housing projects. Step. No. 1 of the process is to determine ...
TOPEKA — At 94 years, the Kansas GOP’s streak of one-party dominance in Senate races is the nation’s longest because even in the toughest years, disaffected Republican-leaning voters have reliably drifted back to the party’s fold before Election Day. But Republicans fear this year ...
