As soon as next summer, planning a new home in Lawrence might look less like a complicated city review process and more like ordering something off a menu. That's because the city will be trying out a new program that connects builders and property owners with ready-to-use construction plans ...

The shrapnel hit Army Lt. Col. Arturo Lincón's body like shattered glass. One chunk of metal lodged into the left side of his jaw. Another piece sliced through his salivary gland before bouncing off his jaw and piercing the back of his neck, severing an artery and embedding in a ...

TOPEKA — Fort Hays State University president Tisa Mason says the Sternberg Museum of Natural History will close to the public in mid-December because of budget problems. She said museum faculty and staff would remain this academic year to review collections, determine what must be retained ...

Incarcerated mothers and their children come together in an unsupervised room. There are no guards — just play, and a whole a lot of love. That’s the subject of a new documentary by Steve Lerner, a Lawrence filmmaker and psychologist, that will have its first public screening next ...

Lawrence school district officials told the school board Monday that the district has identified $73.9 million in deferred maintenance and facilities needs but lacks enough current funding to address them all. “The issue is really the longer you delay repairing, the more costly it will be ...

After nine months without a public comment period, the Lawrence school board will again allow community members to address board members at the end of their regular meetings. After Bob Byers was appointed board president in July, he expressed an interest in bringing a public comment period ...