Area residents on participated in a traditional wreath laying ceremony on the University of Kansas campus to honor veterans. University leaders and KU ROTC members hosted the ceremony in front of Strong Hall on KU’s main Lawrence campus. The event included remarks from leaders, the posting ...
Local law enforcement and emergency response agencies plan to conduct a joint motorcade and traffic escort training day on Thursday, according to a news release from the Lawrence Police Department. Between 8 a.m. and 2 p.m., drivers throughout Lawrence will see a large training procession ...
JACKSON, Miss. (AP) — Democratic nominee Scott Colom defeated Republican Sen. Cindy Hyde-Smith on Wednesday in Mississippi's closely contested U.S. Senate race after a prolonged ballot counting process, giving the state its first Black U.S. senator since post-Civil War ...
NEW YORK (AP) — Firefighters dug through the rubble of a three-story building in Brooklyn on Wednesday after it collapsed at the edge of a construction site, killing at least one person and trapping others beneath the wreckage. Firefighters were called to the scene in the borough's Flatbush ...
A 43-year-old man is being held on a $1 million bond after being charged with sexually abusing two young girls in Douglas County, and his partner has signed a diversion agreement admitting that she knew about the abuse but told the girls to not tell anyone. According to allegations in a ...
To Bobbie Flory, the leader of the Lawrence Home Builders Association, the city’s plan to create a library of ready-to use housing designs with a fast-tracked approval process makes good sense. But there’s a caveat: It won’t help the city add new housing unless the designs are things ...
