Local supporters of Joe Biden took to the streets on Saturday to celebrate his election as the 46th president of the United States, staging an impromptu parade on Massachusetts Street with blaring horns, American flags and campaign signs. At about 11:45 a.m., an hour or so after major news agencies called the presidential race, vehicles began honking horns as they cruised through downtown Lawrence. And in the ...
Eudora has entered into an agreement with Douglas County designed to give the city control over development of unincorporated areas on its fringe. The Eudora City Commission approved the interlocal agreement on Oct. 26, which establishes an urban growth area in unincorporated areas adjacent to the city. The Douglas County Commission approved the agreement on Oct. 21. Eudora City Manager Barack Matite said such ...
A Leavenworth County sheriff’s deputy was killed while on duty Friday afternoon when his unmarked vehicle collided with a school bus about seven miles north of Tonganoxie. The deputy, 59-year-old Daniel R. Abramovitz of Leavenworth, was driving westbound on McIntyre Road at about 4 p.m. Friday when a northbound school bus failed to yield at McIntyre Road's intersection with 211th Street, according to the ...
Thanks to some help from a church and two local artists, those waiting for buses at Muncipal Stadium in East Lawrence now have a place to sit. On Saturday, Lawrence Transit celebrated the installation of two benches at the southwest and northeast corners of 11th and Delaware streets. Transit director Adam Weigel said the benches at the Municipal Stadium intersection were among seven that the city is placing ...
Relatively dry weather is helping northeast Kansas farmers make rapid progress this year in what is reportedly a very good fall harvest, area grain elevator operators told the Journal-World. Steve Wilson, owner of the Baldwin Feed Company elevator, and Clark Wenger, general manager of Ottawa Cooperative Association, said 2020 has been a rare year, in which combines have been able to roll in fields continuously ...
Two cold fronts will move through the area in coming days, bringing more fall-like temperatures but doing little to reverse recent dry conditions. Lawrence is running 3.5 inches below normal rainfall for the year. Matt Wolters, a meteorologist for the National Weather Service in Topeka, said 29.62 inches of rain have been recorded as of Sunday at the Lawrence Municipal Airport. That is 3.5 inches less than ...