When Kim Andrews was in high school, she learned for the first time about a literally explosive family story — one that she has been working to tell, on and off, for the past 30 years.
Andrews, on a trip with her father to Topeka, met with a cousin who took them up to a farm site on Perry Lake in Jefferson County. Once there, she learned about three deaths that occurred on her great-grandfather’s farm in ...
Lawrence city commissioners will consider approving an incentive package next week that would allow for the redevelopment of the historic Reuter building in downtown Lawrence.
Commissioners will hold a public hearing on Tuesday for a package that could provide a variety of incentives to redevelop the former Reuter Organ building and its adjacent property at 612 New Hampshire St. and 614-616 New Hampshire St. in ...
A U.S. district judge has ruled in favor of the Lawrence Public Library in a federal lawsuit from a frequent public commenter who claimed library staff violated his free speech rights.
Judge Julie Robinson granted summary judgment in favor of the library in a federal lawsuit Wednesday from former Lawrence resident Justin Spiehs that was filed in 2023.
Robinson found that some of Spiehs’ complaints ...
The Lawrence Community Nursery School will be painting the town red — and blue and green and yellow — this weekend as it creates a street-level mural in the heart of Old West Lawrence.
The school at 645 Alabama St. will host a “Street Painting Party” from 1 to 5 p.m. Saturday and 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. Sunday to paint the mural designed by local artist Dave Loewenstein on the intersection of Seventh and ...
A man accused of causing a crash that seriously injured a woman while fleeing from police on a motorcycle took a plea agreement on Wednesday in Douglas County District Court and could be sentenced to nearly two years in prison.
Dillon Paul Herken, 26, of Easton, pleaded no contest to one count of aggravated battery, a felony, and had four other charges dropped: flee and elude, theft of a motorcycle, unlawful ...
To avoid some public safety cuts and waive rec center fees for youth and low-income residents, Lawrence city commissioners on Tuesday discussed setting the mill levy in the 2026 budget slightly above what city staff initially proposed.
On Tuesday, the commission held its public hearings on the 2026 budget, which they are expected to take a final vote on later this month. The city has been working to close a ...
