Even when they were still in the parking lot of the Baker Wetlands Discovery Center, LeAnn Brungardt and her son William Sevy knew it would be a good year to see and tag monarch butterflies. “It’s a lot better than last year," Brungardt said as a monarch fluttered by. “And it’s a beautiful morning.” The mother and son team have made an annual outing from Topeka the past three years for the Monarch ...
Some Puerto Ricans in the University of Kansas community say they were angered but not surprised when President Donald Trump recently denied official death totals from last year’s Hurricane Maria. Three of them — Bob Augelli, KU business lecturer; Luis Gonzalez, KU geology professor; and Bryan Rodriguez-Colon, a geology graduate student — said the president’s actions in the past year had already ...
Engineers with the Kansas Department of Transportation next month will present to the Douglas County Commission proposals for improving safety at five at-grade intersections on the west leg of Kansas Highway 10. KDOT is currently reviewing accident and speed statistics for the K-10 intersections at Kasold Drive, Wakarusa Drive, North 1800 Road and the ramps north and south of Interstate 70, said Laurie ...
Updated story - KBI investigating alleged criminal activity within Baldwin City Police Department Baldwin City Police Chief Greg Neis has resigned from the post he has held for the past nine years, a Baldwin City councilman said Wednesday. Councilman Tony Brown said the City Council learned that Neis would be resigning immediately at Tuesday's council meeting. Neis had told the City Council earlier this ...
Lawrence mayor Stuart Boley's proposal to explore merging the city and county governments didn't go over well with Douglas County commissioners on Wednesday, but the county leaders said they were willing to review existing shared funding agreements with the city. The discussion occurred at a two-hour joint meeting of the Douglas County Commission, Lawrence City Commission and Lawrence school board at the ...