TOPEKA — A COVID-19 surge in Kansas fueled by the faster-spreading Delta variant is filling up hospital beds in some areas. Four times as many patients with confirmed COVID-19 infections were hospitalized this week as were hospitalized in early June, according to a survey from the Kansas ...

Dozens of guests and staff members at the Lawrence Community Shelter are being put in quarantine after a guest at the shelter tested positive for COVID-19, causing an up to two-week closure of the shelter. A guest who had been staying at the shelter for about the past week tested positive for ...

Unless they hear from more Douglas County residents interested in the idea, county commissioners will not move forward with an election to increase the number of seats on the commission. As part of its meeting Wednesday, the commission discussed increasing the number of seats from three to ...

Lawrence resident Julian Moreno did not follow the typical path from high school to accomplished scholar. Instead of going straight to college, he joined the U.S. Marine Corps, and a few years after that he married and started a family. The uncommon path has taken longer, but it has led to ...

The public’s pent-up desire to get out and enjoy traditional community events will help fuel attendance at this year’s Douglas County Fair, organizers of the annual event predict. Mike Kelso, a longtime Douglas County Fair Board member, said he has already witnessed the public’s response ...

There won’t be any vaccine passports at the University of Kansas when it reopens this fall, but there will be a system some might think of as a vaccine fast pass. KU is encouraging students to voluntarily submit documentation showing they have been vaccinated against COVID-19, and some of ...