Thanksgiving offers us the chance to remember that for which we truly are blessed.That may seem difficult given the partisanship that divides our country, our state, our community and sometimes even our families. For those facing just such a quandary today, rest easy knowing that the nearly ...

Charlie Rose is a distinguished journalist whose 45-year career is marked with notable achievements. He also, apparently, has a history of sexually harassing female colleagues.So unsettling are the allegations that the board of directors for the William Allen White Foundation at the University ...

The Lawrence City Commission should adopt a new ordinance banning the open carrying of firearms in city buildings.Commissioners will vote on the proposed ban at a City Commission meeting tonight.At its meeting today, the commissioners will decide whether to ban people from openly carrying ...

A Silicon Valley company did something exciting last week, and for once it involved something more significant than a new app to help us kill time on our smartphones. Tesla, the company that already is making electric cars, unveiled a prototype electric-powered semitrailer that can go 500 miles ...

Acceptance as a private, postsecondary institution by the Kansas Board of Regents is a major victory for Lawrence’s Dwayne Peaslee Technical Training Center.Peaslee Tech is a vocational training center funded by the city, county, the Economic Development Council of Lawrence and Douglas County ...

The city of Lawrence is headed down the right path on new policies governing short-term rentals in the city.At a meeting Tuesday, Lawrence city commissioners directed staff to develop regulations for short-term rentals — those listed on websites like Airbnb, HomeAway and VRBO — requiring ...