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Photos: The Kaw is roaring but not flooding in Lawrence

Water in the Kansas River in downtown Lawrence is up — and so too is the amount of driftwood and debris flowing through it — but levels are still several feet below even the minor flooding stage. On Wednesday morning — about 24 hours after a large thunderstorm travelled through the area ...

Lightning from Tuesday morning storms produced one Lawrence house fire

Storms that rolled through Douglas County early Tuesday morning produced lightning strikes that caused one house fire in Lawrence, local officials announced Wednesday. The fire in the 100 block of Lawrence Avenue was not large enough that the residents of the house were displaced, nor were ...