Democrat Chris Mann has officially defeated incumbent Republican Kris Kobach in the Kansas attorney general’s race, according to a race call Friday by the Associated Press. In a rematch of the 2022 election, Mann won by a bit over one percentage point — nearly the same margin by which he ...
Lawrence school board members will consider replacing a domestic water boiler at Billy Mills Middle School on Monday after one failed. The school has two domestic water boilers, and while one has stopped working, the other is also nearing its life expectancy, according to a memo in the ...
Fed-up young voters were a vital demographic in sweeping Democrats into power on Tuesday. Some University of Kansas students joined the revolt. But what propelled them? Among the responses provided by a handful of KU students who spoke to the Journal-World on Friday were intolerance, ...
A man was charged Friday with two felonies after he allegedly threatened armed violence at a Lawrence school. Johnny Owen Holloway, who will turn 63 on Sunday, was charged with aggravated criminal threat, a level 5 person felony, and criminal threat, a level 9 person felony. The charging ...
Douglas County's Public Defender Office is asking a judge to throw out a jury's verdict convicting a Lawrence man of two child sex crimes. The defense attorneys — Jessica Glendening and Allyson Monson — are arguing that statements made by the prosecutor during jury selection and closing ...
Cornell University's Faculty Senate approved a resolution Friday declaring "no confidence" in the school's top leaders, a symbolic gesture reflecting deep discontent on campus in the wake of a former student's lawsuit saying she was gang raped at a fraternity party in 2024. The resolution ...
