WRITER: Elvyn Jones

Gov. Kelly will visit Eudora to sign bill authorizing new library district

Gov. Laura Kelly will visit the Eudora Public Library on Thursday to sign legislation important to the library’s future. Carol Wohlford, director of the Eudora Public Library, said the legislation authorizes the Eudora City Commission and Eudora Township Board of Trustees to pass a joint resolution creating the Eudora Community Library District. The library district will include the city of Eudora and all of ...

Worst of rain misses Lawrence; Corps starts discharge at Perry Lake

Lawrence missed the worst of Saturday evening's and Sunday morning’s rainfall, which produced as much as 1.5 unwelcome inches of rain in neighboring counties. Jenifer Prieto, meteorologist with the National Weather Service office in Topeka, said 0.33 inches of rain were recorded overnight at Lawrence Municipal Airport, which was close to the 0.3 inches reported the night before. The Saturday evening/Sunday ...

Reading, midday lunches remain on summer schedule for Baldwin City, Eudora children

School doors may be closed for the summer, but books and midday lunches will continue to be routine for Baldwin City and Eudora schoolchildren during summer vacation months. Both the Baldwin City and Eudora public libraries are offering summer reading programs with the outer space theme “Universe of Reading.” Montana Frehe, Eudora Public Library children’s librarian, said Eudora had its “blast off” ...

More rain in forecast before weather pattern starts to change next week

The welcome sunshine that Lawrence residents woke to Saturday morning will return sporadically through the Memorial Day weekend, but so will the rains that have visited northeast Kansas throughout May. The latest storm that moved through the area Friday evening and early Saturday morning produced widely varying amounts of rainfall, said Chad Omitt, meteorologist for the National Weather Service office in ...

Baldwin City Council race draws several candidates as filing deadline nears

The race for three Baldwin City Council seats has drawn several contenders as the candidate filing deadline nears for this year's local government and school board elections. As of Friday, three candidates have filed for the three Baldwin City Council seats that are on this year’s ballots. They are incumbent Dave Simmons and first-time candidates Nicholas Goodman and Jerry Smith. The four-year terms of Tony ...