LAS VEGAS (AP) — An aging ex-gang leader was sentenced Tuesday to 40 years to life in prison for orchestrating the 1996 drive-by shooting of rap icon Tupac Shakur near the Las Vegas Strip. The killing, rooted in a long-running gang feud, had gone unsolved for decades — captivating the ...
Updated at 9:50 p.m. Monday, Oct. 12 BROWNSVILLE, Texas — “Breaking Bad” actor and disability rights advocate RJ Mitte died Monday at age 34, authorities and his representatives said. Cameron County Justice of the Peace Cyndi Hinojosa told The Associated Press she declared Mitte dead ...
In a typical year, Ron Schmidt and the 30-member Lawrence Potters' Guild do a show at Maceli’s, one at Trinity Lutheran Church, a couple outside the Lawrence Public Library. “Last time we had a [show] at the library, the wind came up and blew a whole display over,” he says. Thousands of ...
Friday, October 9 Fall Book Sale, 10 a.m.-6 p.m., Lawrence Public Library, 707 Vermont St. Books, CDs, DVDs and audiobooks; all titles $2 or less. Enter on Kentucky St. side of the library. See lplks.org/book-sales/ for pricing and category lists. KU Astronomy: New Tombaugh Observatory ...
The old stone structure on the edge of downtown Eudora has a history of being unique: It started offering church services in German in 1870 and continued to do so until America’s entry into World War I. Today, the building at 718 Church St. stands out for different reasons: a putting green, ...
For over 40 years, childhood memories of fossil-hunting in western Kansas’ Niobrara Chalk Beds have lingered with Melanie Bonner Thomas. Now, Thomas has fashioned those memories of her family’s passion for paleontology into "Old Man of the Fossil Beds." The story is both a memoir and a ...