Lawrence public schools will be closed on Tuesday, Jan. 7, and activities canceled due to cold weather and the remnants of this weekend’s major winter storm. District officials announced the closure on Monday afternoon, saying that they were appreciative of all efforts to clear streets and ...
Major highways across the state are beginning to reopen Monday after having closed over the weekend due to dangerous conditions from a massive winter storm, according to the Kansas Department of Transportation. KDOT said in a news release Monday morning that the major state highways in ...
The winter storm is delaying trash pick up and other sanitation services in Lawrence this week. All residential trash and recycling services will be one day later than normal this week, City of Lawrence officials announced Monday morning. The change begins tomorrow, meaning that households ...
Between noon Saturday and 9 a.m. Monday, the Lawrence Police Department has responded to 56 noninjury crashes, three injury crashes and 140 stranded motorists. Main roads have been mostly cleared but are snow packed, the department said in a Facebook post. Side streets and neighborhood ...
The Kansas Department of Transportation has closed all state highways in Douglas and surrounding counties as one of the largest winter storms in recent memory covers the region. KDOT announced Sunday afternoon that all state highways — including I-70 — are closed until further notice in ...
Standing on your feet is the name of the game when you’re a butcher. Just ask Gary Eraas. He enjoyed owning his own shop in the Ozarks, but it didn’t come without some physical problems. “Standing on concrete all the time started to cause problems with my foot,” he said. “I put up ...