For state Rep.-elect Mike Amyx, D-Lawrence, addressing the “monster” Kansas Highway 10 corridor in the Lawrence area will be a priority during his freshman session as a member of the Kansas House of Representatives.
The western leg of the highway, which is in his district, has become a safety issue, Amyx said Thursday morning during a Legislative Priority Breakfast forum at Maceli’s in downtown Lawrence. ...
If you want some pointers from a professional writer about how to record the important stories in your life, the Lawrence Public Library has you covered.
A new class, “Who Will Tell Your Story,” will teach attendees how to identify important stories in their lives and write about them as a recorded legacy for their families, according to a news release from the library.
Cathy Hamilton, who once wrote for ...
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University of Kansas star football player Pooka Williams has applied for a diversion of the domestic battery charge he is facing, his attorney Hatem B. Chahine said Wednesday morning, and the court has granted his request.
The terms of the diversion were not available Wednesday morning.
Williams appeared in court Wednesday morning. At the hearing, the court scheduled him to appear ...
Many locally owned Douglas County businesses will contribute in some way to the festivities when Democrat Laura Kelly is officially sworn in as the state’s governor next week.
Communities from all over the state are providing goods — including flowers, food and music — for Kelly’s inauguration, which will take place Monday in Topeka. Of the 35 businesses contributing, 11 are located in Lawrence, the ...
Occasionally fighting back tears, a woman told a jury on Tuesday how she was raped by a man she met at a college bar — an incident that her family said has cast a shadow over her life.
“She would have nightmares and get in bed with me,” the mother said of her daughter, who was 17 when the alleged rape took place on Sept. 11, 2016. “She hasn’t done that since she was a baby.”
Jurors heard testimony ...
January weather in Lawrence is off to a warmer-than-normal start, but it could flip the other way before the end of the month, said Mary Knapp, a climatologist at Kansas State University.
Temperatures in Lawrence reached the high 50s and low 60s on Sunday and Monday. Similar weather is expected for Tuesday, said Bryan Baerg, a meteorologist for the National Weather Service in Topeka.
Those temperatures are ...
