After a seven-month ordeal of facing imminent deportation and separation from his family, a Lawrence scientist and father of three has finally won the opportunity to present his case to an immigration judge.
“We are all mightily relieved,” Syed Jamal said Tuesday at a news conference at his attorney’s office in Kansas City, Mo.
Jamal, originally from Bangladesh, was arrested by Immigration and Customs ...
A 10-year-old who brought a gun to a science camp in Johnson County accidentally discharged the weapon Tuesday, causing the evacuation of the room where the camp was being held.
Approximately nine to 10 children were in the room at the New Century Fieldhouse in Johnson County when the incident occurred around 11 a.m., according to Capt. Rob Weber of the Johnson County Parks and Recreation Department ...
A Lawrence dog is being credited with an act of backyard heroism — or maybe with just being a darn good dog — after batting a hawk out of the air to save his people's chickens.
Lawrence residents Taylor and Kailey Petrehn, who own 1900 Barker Bakery and Cafe, were having dinner Sunday evening in their North Lawrence home when their dog Cooper, a 110-pound Anatolian shepherd-Great Pyrenees mix, saw the hawk ...
