Sex crimes in public bathrooms are not a thing, and neither is a man donning female clothing in order to assault a woman in a public bathroom. That was the upshot of a forensic psychologist's testimony Wednesday in Douglas County District Court. Dr. Cynthia Calkins, a professor at John Jay ...
Douglas County commissioners say they would be interested in turning some of the “tiny homes” behind the city’s homeless shelter into temporary housing for individuals following a health crisis. The pilot – Monarch CARES, which stands for Crisis And Respite Extended Stay – would be ...
TOPEKA — Lawyers for a Kansas Republican U.S. senator running for reelection sent his opponent a cease-and-desist letter demanding the Democrat stop airing an ad featuring one of the senator’s former patients. The lawyers for U.S. Sen. Roger Marshall said in a letter on Monday that the ...
Story updated at 3:39 p.m. Wednesday, Sept. 30: Student enrollment at the University of Kansas just broke another record. KU’s overall enrollment for fall 2026 increased to 31,464 students, nearly 300 more than the previous year, according to figures released Wednesday by the Kansas Board ...
Happy National Drive Electric Week. I’ve been seeing the signs all over town touting the week. They keep producing the same question for me: Is it odd that this environmentally conscious city seemingly has more electric vehicle signs than electric vehicle charging stations? In fairness, the ...
Four transgender men and one intersex woman on Tuesday told a Douglas County judge how Kansas’ anti-trans law known as SB 244 has negatively impacted their lives - forcing them to surrender their driver’s licenses, to problematically use certain bathrooms, to live in fear of being outed and ...
