Douglas County commissioners raised questions about a proposal to expand local social detox services, directing providers to further refine the plan and address concerns about funding and coordination. The proposal shared on Wednesday was to redirect funding from existing social detox ...
A plan that will guide the city's future bicycle infrastructure improvements is nearing the finish line, and Lawrence residents can share their feedback on it through the end of the month. The city announced in a news release Wednesday that its Lawrence Bikes Plan draft was ready for public ...
The U.S. Labor Department told all 50 states on Wednesday that they need to get serious about fighting fraud and waste in unemployment insurance, or else they won't get more money for those programs from the federal government. It's the latest example of President Donald Trump 's ...
MIAMI (AP) — A disorganized cluster of storms that had been plaguing the Gulf Coast for days came together to form Tropical Storm Arthur on Wednesday — the first tropical cyclone of the season in the Atlantic basin. Flash flooding was the main threat from Arthur, a weak tropical storm ...
RIVERHEAD, N.Y. (AP) — After decades waiting for justice, relatives of women murdered by New York's Gilgo Beach serial killer laid into him Wednesday before he was sentenced to life in prison. He told them: "I am responsible" for the crimes. "The words I would say would have no meaning," ...
A woman has filed a civil lawsuit against a Baldwin City yoga studio and a massage therapist who worked there, claiming that the massage therapist committed sex crimes against her and that the collective was negligent in hiring and supervising him. The civil suit comes on the heels of 11 ...
