Updated at 6:15 p.m. Friday, July 14, 2023
A severe thunderstorm that moved through the Topeka-Lawrence corridor Friday afternoon brought 75 mph wind gusts to Douglas County that damaged trees and dumped as much as 2 inches of rain, according to the National Weather Service office in Topeka.
Tornado sirens blared periodically in Lawrence over the course of about 30 minutes starting shortly after 2:30 p.m. as ...
“You can use whichever bathroom you choose,” and if someone is threatening you or harassing you for that, you can call the police.
That was the message that Lawrence Police Chief Rich Lockhart delivered to Lawrence’s LGBTQ community at a PFLAG meeting Wednesday evening at the Lawrence Public Library.
That’s because SB 180 — Kansas’ new law that bars transgender people from using restrooms and other ...
So many people wanted to be in “Something Rotten!” — Theatre Lawrence’s season finale — that an extra night of auditions had to be scheduled.
That didn’t surprise Jamie Ulmer too much.
After all, Ulmer, the theater’s new executive director, has been in show business for 25 years; he knows how strong the pull of a catchy musical can be for folks itching to sing and dance.
And “Something ...
Lawrence Mayor Lisa Larsen on Thursday vowed to personally “fight tooth and nail” against laws that dehumanize the LGBTQ community in Lawrence.
Speaking at a PFLAG-sponsored event at the Lawrence Public Library, Larsen shared her thoughts specifically on SB 180, a new law taking effect on July 1 that bans transgender people from using bathrooms and other gender-specific facilities associated with their ...
Updated at 11:35 a.m. Wednesday, May 31
The Kansas Department of Health and Environment has issued a stream advisory for the Kansas River in Lawrence after a faulty pump resulted in contaminated wastewater being discharged into the river.
Trevor Flynn, assistant director of Municipal Services and Operations for the City of Lawrence, told the Journal-World that it was not yet known precisely how much discharge ...
The Douglas County District Attorney’s Office failed to notify multiple women that the man who viciously raped and beat them would likely be getting out of prison decades earlier than expected. The reason the office didn’t tell them? It decided the women were better off not knowing.
District Attorney Suzanne Valdez’s office didn’t want to open old wounds, it said after being confronted by the women on ...
