With the vast majority of Lawrence High School’s multimillion-dollar renovation complete, the school district is ready to unveil it to the community.
District leaders on Saturday will host a ribbon-cutting ceremony for the school’s $46 million project, which saw most of the historic building renovated.
Cynthia Johnson, who was the school’s interim principal for the majority of the project, recently said ...
A Lawrence man who was suspected of being involved in a fatal shooting in central Lawrence last month has been arrested in Tennessee, the Lawrence Police Department announced on Wednesday.
Authorities for the U.S. Marshals Service arrested Andrel Darnell Spates Jr., 19, on suspicion of first-degree murder in the death of 21-year-old Christian Willis, of Wichita. Spates is expected to be brought back to Douglas ...
For the fourth time in a month, students of the University of Kansas on Tuesday protested in response to an alleged sexual assault at a fraternity house in September.
Roughly 25 people gathered outside Strong Hall on KU’s campus holding signs that said “No means no,” “My clothes are not consent” and “We deserve a safe campus.”
However, the number of protesters paled in comparison to earlier ...
A Lawrence man is facing multiple felony sex charges for allegedly abusing two children several times between 2013 and 2018.
Zachary J. Lang, 37, on Tuesday was formally charged in Douglas County District Court with 10 counts of aggravated indecent liberties with a child under the age of 14. The charges are all off-grid felonies, meaning they could all result in a life sentence in prison if Lang is ...
A Douglas County judge on Monday changed the conditions of Rontarus Washington Jr.'s bond in a long-running murder case, allowing him to be out of custody without location monitoring.
During a hearing on Monday, Washington’s attorney, Melanie Morgan, asked for Judge James McCabria to remove the condition of Washington's bond that required him to wear a GPS ankle monitor. Morgan argued that the monitor was ...
After serving nearly 30 years in law enforcement for Kansas' largest city, Nelson Mosley was ready to retire in the small suburb he had called home.
But shortly after leaving the Wichita Police Department and experiencing a taste of retirement, Mosley said he had grown restless. He quickly jumped back into law enforcement, becoming chief of his hometown Rose Hill Police Department, which serves a community of ...
