A downtown Lawrence street is expected to be closed for most of the day on Friday as city crews work to repair a water main break. The portion of Seventh Street between Massachusetts and New Hampshire streets is closed to traffic while crews tear up the street to get to the water main beneath ...
When deciding which projects should get the city’s affordable housing funds in 2027, Mark Buhler has a simple philosophy: “I want the most winners I can get.” And he told his fellow Affordable Housing Advisory Board members on Thursday that he had a few winners in mind. “I want Ninth ...
FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 13 KPR Live Day 2026, daytime concerts beginning 9 a.m., evening concert at 7 p.m., Lawrence Public Library Auditorium, 707 Vermont St. Free admission and open to the public as space allows; schedule at lplks.org or kansaspublicradio.org. Cat Video Fest 2026, 6 p.m. and 8 ...
WASHINGTON (AP) — Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth has given a top award to the service member who scolded him and his staff at the Tomb of the Unknown Soldier following a Veterans Day ceremony at Arlington National Cemetery. On social media Thursday, Hegseth posted photos that show him ...
NEW YORK (AP) — Investigators began what could be a long search for the cause of a Brooklyn apartment building collapse that killed eight people as the fire department ended rescue operations Thursday after the last victim was freed from the wreckage. The three-story building gave way while ...
Updated at 9:23 p.m., Thursday, Nov. 12, 2026 TOPEKA — Democrat Cindy Holscher has been elected Kansas' next governor, fending off Republican Ty Masterson to keep the office in her party's hands and extend a massive wave of Democratic victories across the country. Democrats had already ...
