A man who crashed a motorcycle while fleeing from police, seriously injuring his female passenger, was sentenced Friday to 21 months in prison.
Dillon Paul Herken, of Easton, pleaded no contest to one count of aggravated battery in September as part of a deal in which four other charges were dropped.
The high-speed crash occurred on Feb. 27 in North Lawrence as Herken fled from a Kansas Highway Patrol ...
For Adrian Mendoza, a regular Thursday of work became a life-altering day — and not just for him.
The senior at Free State High School was working as a kitchen server at Pioneer Ridge Assisted Living of Lawrence and was handing out desserts when he heard a woman gasping for air. As he surveyed the scene, which included someone attempting to help the choking woman, he stepped in. After a few thrusts of the ...
It's been a year of big developments for the City of Lawrence's economic development department, in more ways than one.
There have been the actual development projects, of course — like the massive Gateway project around the University of Kansas' football stadium and redevelopment efforts at several long-vacant downtown sites. But Assistant City Manager Brandon McGuire says there are also important ...
Lawrence city commissioners will consider a rezoning request Tuesday night that could pave the way for a new mixed-use development proposed in North Lawrence.
The commission will consider a rezoning request of 1.12 acres of land at 623 and 645 Locust St. that would shift the site from an M-3 mixed-use district to an M-2 mixed-use district. That would facilitate the development of a mixed-use building that ...
For the past two years, Zack Daniel said he had some of the “best on-the-job training” to take the reins of Eudora.
Daniel has served as an assistant city manager for the city the past two years and was named the interim city manager in June after the Eudora City Commission voted to end the previous city manager’s contract, as the Journal-World reported.
The Eudora Commission voted to offer Daniel the ...
As a way to create a larger community of readers, Polli Kenn said the Lawrence Public Library held a “book nerd” party in 2019.
When 300 people turned up to that event at River Rat Skate Shop in North Lawrence, Kenn, a readers’ services supervisor with the Lawrence Public Library, was excited with the results.
“A lot of younger people showed up; folks we don’t normally see (use the library),” Kenn ...
