University of Kansas football player Pooka Williams allegedly punched a woman in the stomach in an incident that led to his arrest on suspicion of domestic battery earlier this month, according to a Douglas County District Court affidavit obtained by the Journal-World on Thursday.
On Dec. 6, the victim in the case, an 18-year-old KU student, told a KU police officer that Williams, 19, whose full name is ...
Visitors to Douglas County spent $15.5 million more within the county in 2017 than they did the year prior, according to a state tourism study.
Tourism Economics, a company that provides tourism financial reports to the state of Kansas, found that visitors spent $264.7 million in Douglas County in 2017, which is a 6.2 percent increase from the 2016 total of $249.2 million.
The state government commissioned the ...
A new smartphone app could make it easier for Lawrence Public Library patrons to keep track of their accounts and to access library services.
Last week the library began offering services through the app CloudLibrary, which allows library card holders to view books they have checked out, as well as due dates and holds on books, said Aaron Brumley, technology coordinator.
The app, which can be used on phones, ...
Lawrence residents can now get a bit more of a workout as they use a trail on the east side of town.
The Lawrence Parks and Recreation Department recently installed new outdoor fitness equipment along Burroughs Creek Trail in the East Lawrence neighborhood between 12th Street and Ward Avenue. The trail is part of the Lawrence Loop and runs just west of Haskell Avenue between 11th Street and 23rd Street.
The ...
A Lawrence park will soon get a grassy makeover.
The Kansas Land Trust, a local preservation group, plans to replace a field of brome in the Lawrence Nature Park, a city park on South Folks Road, with grasses native to Kansas. The grass will be planted sometime this spring, said Jerry Jost, director of the organization.
“We’re working to get high quality local seeds,” Jost said. “So it will be (grass) ...
Jennifer Burkhead believes she was born in the wrong era.
“I’ve always preferred the movies, the dances, the music, the clothes of the 1940s and 1950s,” she told me on Thursday.
Luckily for Burkhead, she is the director of the Cider Gallery, 810 Pennsylvania St., which gives her the perfect place to celebrate these kinds of things each December. This Saturday, the Cider Gallery will host a birthday party ...
