Topeka — Relying on a legal opinion issued by the attorney general, the Kansas secretary of state on Friday removed Republican Doug Billings from the roster of candidates running for governor. Attorney General Kris Kobach’s nonbinding opinion pointed to state law requiring governor and ...
Family members and friends of a Lawrence woman who was killed on Friday will be holding a gathering this weekend to remember her and have started a fundraiser to help with funeral expenses, the Journal-World has learned. A statement emailed to the Journal-World by someone close to the family ...
Whether you hang out at beaches or local government boardrooms (which one leaves you redder is a debate for another day) the Labor Day weekend is an unofficial marker. For the beach bums, it marks the unofficial end of summer. For the government gurus, it marks the beginning of the end of ...
Thousands and thousands of guests have come to Grinter Farms' golden sunflower fields over the years to take photos, but at first, all Ted Grinter wanted was for people to stop taking his crops. When the flowers at the farm a few miles northeast of Lawrence started to bloom each year, in late ...
During World War II, the Korean War and the Vietnam War, the site where Panasonic now produces electric vehicle batteries was instead manufacturing tons and tons of powder and propellant for ammunition — and releasing dangerous chemicals into the environment at the same time. Now, after ...
A passerby found an aircraft off the roadway Saturday morning near Vinland, according to the Douglas County Sheriff’s Office. The aircraft was found at North 700 and East 1700 roads. No pilot or person was with the aircraft when it was found, the sheriff’s office said. The Kansas Highway ...
