The Lawrence community once again will kick off its holiday season with the annual Festival of Trees at Liberty Hall, 644 Massachusetts St., in downtown Lawrence. The event is the primary fundraiser for The Children’s Shelter, a nonprofit agency that provides temporary residential care, foster placement and other services for at-risk children. Now in its 32nd year, the Festival of Trees typically raises ...
TOPEKA - The Kansas Supreme Court issued an order late Tuesday that clears the way for Douglas County to summon a citizen-initiated grand jury to investigate alleged criminal wrongdoing on the part of Secretary of State Kris Kobach's office in its handling of certain voter registrations leading up to the 2016 elections. In a one-page order, the court denied Kobach's second request to review a June 8 ruling of ...
Shoppers in Lawrence will have the opportunity again this holiday season to shop for some local, handmade arts and crafts while helping support an arts-based job training program for at-risk teens in the area. This year’s Van Go Adornment Art Show and Sale begins Saturday, Nov. 24, at the Van Go headquarters, 715 New Jersey St. The annual event is the primary fundraiser for Van Go, a nonprofit agency that ...
TOPEKA — Gov. Jeff Colyer said Tuesday that he plans to spend Thanksgiving with his entire family at the governor's mansion in Topeka this week. But beyond that, he said he is still undecided about what his own future holds. "Don't know yet. Really don't," Colyer said, speaking to reporters after receiving the official Cedar Crest Christmas tree and wreath on Tuesday. Colyer, 58, has been in office less than ...
TOPEKA - The state of Kansas has agreed to pay $75,000 to settle a lawsuit filed by the father of an 18-month-old El Dorado girl who died of child abuse, even after child welfare authorities had been alerted to the ongoing danger. Jayla Michelle Haag Watters died in March 2012 in what authorities described as a meth house. According to court records, Jayla was born with methamphetamine in her system, but the ...
TOPEKA — A memorial outside the Kansas Statehouse honoring law enforcement officers who lost their lives in the line of duty will soon be expanded. Gov. Jeff Colyer and Attorney General Derek Schmidt, along with other state officials, announced Monday that plans were underway to add a second concentric ring of memorial markers outside the existing monument so that additional names can be added in future ...