New Lawrence fire chief Joe Hardy admits that initially he wasn’t too charged up about the idea of an electric hybrid fire engine being added to the city’s fleet of firefighting equipment. But Friday, Hardy and dozens of other fire department officials and community members were plenty ...
Two interim department leaders have now been appointed to permanent roles by Lawrence's new city manager: Lawrence-Douglas County Fire Medical Chief Joe Hardy and Lawrence Parks, Recreation and Culture Director Lindsay Hart. Both appointments were announced on Friday, and both interim leaders ...
Friday, Aug. 7 Vinland Fair, starting at 10 a.m., 1736 N 700 Road, Baldwin City. Stock bicycle races, field activities, antique tractor pull (4 p.m.), live music (7:30 p.m.). Volunteers serve lunch and dinner, including chicken noodle dinner (tonight only). See vinlandfair.com for full ...
WASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump's administration said Thursday it plans to overhaul Head Start, tossing out many of the regulations that are the hallmark of the early education program for the nation's neediest children. Officials from the Department of Health and Human Services, ...
A man charged with starting one of the wildfires in Spokane, Washington, that have destroyed hundreds of buildings planned the crime for weeks and researched when the weather would be best for igniting it, police said. Aaron Farinacci expressed that "fire is powerful, beautiful, and that ...
WASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump said Thursday that he is once more trying to limit the number of people who are born in the country who can become American citizens, even after his first attempt at limiting birthright citizenship was rejected by the Supreme Court. The president ...
