Lawrence resident Beth Reiber knows how lucky she has been to combine her two great passions — writing and traveling — into a long and satisfying career. Recently, though, she had the added satisfaction of her work being honored as the best travel blog by the Society of American Travel ...
The Lawrence Public Library expects to open a new location in southwest Lawrence in the summer of 2027. The library's new 6,400-square-foot storefront will be located in the Parkway Plaza Shopping Center, 3514 Clinton Parkway, according to a press release from the library. The space was ...
The Lawrence Police Department has doubled its downtown patrol team in preparation for the holiday season, expanding the team until the end of the year. The LPD has had a two-person dedicated downtown patrol team since 2024. Now, in preparation for the holiday traffic in downtown, there will ...
A Douglas County judge on Monday ordered a 32-year-old Lawrence massage parlor worker to stand trial on one count of rape after a 19-year-old university athlete testified that he sexually assaulted her during a massage last spring. The woman testified that she went to Lawrence Thai Massage, ...
TOPEKA — Leaders of the Kansas Legislature blocked a proposal to slash to 1% the scheduled pay raise for House and Senate members so their increase matched the percentage they granted to thousands of other state government workers. The decision by the Legislative Coordinating Council, a ...
Democrat Chris Mann has officially defeated incumbent Republican Kris Kobach in the Kansas attorney general’s race, according to a race call Friday by the Associated Press. In a rematch of the 2022 election, Mann won by a bit over one percentage point — nearly the same margin by which he ...
