The City of Lawrence expects its search for a new fire and medical chief will take six to nine months, and it will soon be hiring a search firm and announcing an interim leader for the department. In a news release on Thursday afternoon, the city laid out some of the next steps in the process ...
High school students in the Lawrence school district soon won't be able to use their cellphones during instructional time. On Monday, the Lawrence school board unanimously approved a new policy that will make high school classrooms phone-free during instructional time. The policy is set to ...
A former Eudora pastor remembers a woman who died in an apparent murder-suicide last week as an integral member of the church who loved to sing and to care for her family and animals. Nicole Felice Eaton, 44, of Eudora, is remembered by her former pastor, Ross Baker, now serving in Emporia, ...
A common take on this year’s presidential election is that a focus on “boutique” or “exotic” issues such as transgender rights alienated most American voters. “Americans who identify with a gender other than the one they were born with represent a minuscule part of the ...
The largest land war in Europe since World War II is complicated in many regards, but the American public’s attitude about it should be very simple, Ukraine’s ambassador to the United Nations said Tuesday in Lawrence. “I believe everyone who wants to make America great can not allow ...
Douglas County District Court has received a $1 million federal grant to create a program aimed at promoting public safety for people in the criminal justice system who have mental health or substance abuse issues related to their military service. The program, which will establish a new ...