Douglas County commissioners on Wednesday will consider renewing temporary permits for several meteorological testing devices that are associated with potential wind energy developments.
All of the renewal requests come from NextEra Energy Inc., on behalf of Tower Associates LLC, and according to the meeting agenda materials, county staff is recommending that the permits be renewed for three years — from Feb. ...
When it comes to major economic initiatives proposed by Eudora city leaders, all roads lead to the forthcoming arrival of the multibillion dollar Panasonic battery plant in neighboring De Soto.
But how wide those roads will be and how fast traffic will move, so to speak, still isn’t clear in this eastern Douglas County community of about 6,000 people. While several projects are in the planning stages, a ...
For area eighth grade students entering high school next fall, the path to earning a diploma will require more credits than that of their older classmates.
The Lawrence school board on Monday unanimously approved a new set of requirements that increases the total number of credits required to graduate to 24 from 23. The changes, among other things, emphasize career and college readiness, as well as how certain ...
The Lawrence school board on Monday will consider changing the district's high school graduation requirements to meet new statewide standards, which, among other things, emphasize career and college preparation and change how math and science credits are handled.
According to the agenda materials for the board's meeting on Monday, the Kansas State Department of Education in 2022 approved a new set of ...
The Free State High School four-speaker debate team capped its season with a third-place finish at the Class 6A State Debate Championship Saturday in Olathe, marking the third consecutive year that the team has medaled at the showcase event.
Free State finished the tournament with a 9-5 record, as Washburn Rural High School and Blue Valley West finished first and second, respectively. Free State's team was ...
The recent winter blast that shut down most public activities in the area also broke several single-day record temperatures, according to meteorologists from the National Weather Service's Topeka office.
Sub-zero temperatures observed at Lawrence Regional Airport from Jan. 13 to Jan. 16 were the coldest on record in Lawrence for that period of January, according to data that goes back to 1996.
The National ...
