A violent sex offender from New York accepted a plea agreement from prosecutors in Douglas County District Court on Thursday, avoiding a jury trial that was scheduled for next month.
Kyle Elder, 35, pleaded no contest to two counts of aggravated abuse of a child, both felonies. Under the plea agreement, Senior Assistant District Attorney Ricardo Leal said that prosecutors dismissed other charges that Elder was ...
The LMH Board of Trustees approved the hospital’s operating budget for 2026 with expectations of an increased net operating income compared to this year’s budget.
The Board voted unanimously Wednesday morning to approve a budget that projects the hospital system will take in an operating revenue of just over $448 million in 2026, with around $440 million in operating expenses. The budget projects it would ...
Organizers looking to create a new park and trail system near Interstate 70 in Lawrence said it needs community support to make the dream reality, especially support from the city and county governments to make use of a small stretch of land to connect the system.
Around 100 people gathered at the Lawrence Public Library, 707 Vermont St., for a meeting hosted Wednesday night by the Friends of Lawrence Area ...
A grocery store, more bridges across the Kansas River and safety improvements for pedestrians: These were among the things that nearly 160 residents came up with at a public meeting on Monday when asked to “dream big” about the future of North Lawrence.
Monday evening's meeting at the cafeteria of Woodlawn Elementary School, 508 Elm St., was the first public engagement event about the North Lawrence ...
Organizers working to create a new park north of Interstate 70 in Lawrence that would add multiple trails along the Kansas River are inviting community input during an open house detailing the project’s progress.
The proposed park, called Cameron’s Bluff Park, would add walking trails and a mountain biking trail on a site owned by the energy company Evergy that hugs the Kansas River north of I-70 close to ...
The KU chapter of a national Latino fraternity won an award for its fundraising efforts that go to supporting scholarships for the Latino community — despite receiving less institutional support in its efforts this year.
The Beta Xi Chapter of Phi Iota Alpha Fraternity Inc. was honored on Nov. 6 with an award from the Hispanic Development Fund — a nonprofit based in Kansas City that helps provide ...
