A trusty sidekick to one of the greatest detectives in literature will find himself at the center of a story in a Theatre Lawrence show this month.
Rather than the normal story of Sherlock Holmes solving a complex mystery as his sidekick Dr. John Watson chronicles the events for the audience, Watson will be the one trying to solve the mystery in the play “Holmes and Watson.”
“Dr. Watson usually is not ...
Four establishments in Douglas County failed state health code inspections in December.
Each month, I take a look at inspection results and list every place either listed out of compliance or with 10 or more code violations. Full reports are available online at agriculture.ks.gov.
There, you can find details about specific violations, which can vary. Noncritical citations include unlabeled products, improperly ...
A Lawrence hotel recently closed two rooms to the public because of a bed-bug infestation.
The University Inn and Suites, 2309 Iowa St., closed two rooms after a health code investigation by the Kansas Department of Agriculture found dead bed bugs in the box springs of rooms on the fourth and fifth floors.
After a Dec. 19 inspection, the owners of the hotel voluntarily closed the two rooms to the public, ...
A former Haskell Indian Nations University housing supervisor charged with sex crimes against two children spanning a decade waived his right to a preliminary hearing in the case on Thursday.
Thomas A. Spotted Horse, 60, formerly of Lawrence and now of Lawton, Okla., appeared in Douglas County District Court, where Judge James McCabria accepted his decision to waive the hearing, at which the judge would have ...
In Card Table Theatre's one-night comedy show “Good Night, Lawrence!” absolutely no one in the city is safe — not even the performers.
“We pride ourselves on being equal-opportunity satirists,” said Will Averill, a local playwright and co-artistic director of the group. “Nobody gets off easy, including ourselves.”
The group of funny people will take the stage Saturday at Maceli's, and they're ...
Kansas Gov.-elect Laura Kelly is aware of the turmoil at the state’s flagship university caused by a $20 million budget hole, she said.
Although the Democratic leader knows some state actions may be needed to help the University of Kansas and higher education throughout the state, she recently told the Journal-World that the state government has more pressing issues she needs to focus on during her first ...
