A Lawrence man was among five people hospitalized after a four-vehicle crash Monday on the Kansas Turnpike east of Topeka. Cooper Samuel Rosheim, 25, Lawrence was transported to a Topeka hospital with suspected serious injuries after his vehicle was struck by a semitruck and eventually pinned underneath its trailer on the Kansas Turnpike, which is also Interstate 70. According to the Kansas Highway Patrol ...
Talent shows, farm skills contests, outdoor games and other old-fashioned fun will return to rural Douglas County this coming week as the Vinland Fair bounces back from last year's pandemic-induced cancellation. Julie Craig, who chairs the Vinland Fair Board along with her husband, Mike, said the fair will be Thursday, Friday and Saturday at the fairgrounds in the hamlet of Vinland about 8 miles south of ...
Nearly eight decades after he fought with the Polish resistance in the Warsaw Uprising against the occupying forces of Nazi Germany, retired University of Kansas professor Jarek Piekalkiewicz was finally presented with the Polish military's Medal of Valor on Saturday. Piekalkiewicz was belatedly awarded Poland’s second-highest combat honor on his 95th birthday at his west Lawrence home. Polish Air Force ...
The latest project approved for the Nottingham redevelopment site in Eudora won’t add a new business to the city but will help establish the site as a focal point of community activity. On July 12, the Eudora City Commission approved the final development plan for a 1.62 acre Village Green for the Nottingham site. The plan provides for open green space, about 1,000 square feet for a canopied farmers market, a ...
To help boost Douglas County's vaccination rate, the Douglas County Fair Board, the local health department and the Douglas County Community Foundation will be sponsoring a COVID-19 vaccination clinic at the county fair later this month. Margaret Kalb, Douglas County Fair Board executive secretary, said the clinic would be held July 26, 27 and 28 in the Dreher Building at the Douglas County Fairgrounds, 2120 ...
While waiting his turn to show his cat, Opie, at the Douglas County 4-H Fair pet show on Saturday, 15-year-old Blake Wohler scoffed when asked if he had trained his cat for the event. “You really can’t train a cat,” the Meadowlark 4-H Club member said. “I guess you can, but it would take a long time.” His sister Brenna Wohler, 8, made it clear how indifferent Opie can be at the show: “Opie jumped ...