A state report says many Kansas families may not be following safe sleep practices meant to cut down the risk that infants could die in their sleep. The first survey of its kind in the state found four in five new mothers said their babies sleep primarily on their backs. Rachel Sisson, the ...
A Baldwin City man has been sentenced to four years in prison for involuntary manslaughter of his father-in-law, who died taking methadone to help the younger man cheat on a drug test. At Friday’s sentencing hearing for 35-year-old Justin R. Jones, loved ones of his victim, 47-year-old Eric ...
TOPEKA — Kansas will allow its state Farm Bureau to offer health care coverage that doesn't satisfy the Affordable Care Act after Democratic Gov. Laura Kelly on Friday declined to block a Republican-backed effort to circumvent former President Barack Obama's signature health care law. Kelly ...
LEAVENWORTH (AP) — A truck driver from Greeley, Colorado, is charged with five counts of vehicular homicide for a fiery 2017 crash that killed five people on the Kansas Turnpike near Bonner Springs. The Kansas City Star reports that 58-year-old Kenny B. Ford appeared without an attorney ...
Listed below is the majority of Lawrence police activity within the last 24 hours. Each afternoon the Lawrence Police Department releases a list of officer activity. This call blotter spans from 6 a.m. Thursday to 6 a.m. Friday and includes 202 incidents. Each listing gives a date, time and ...
Story updated 8:15 p.m. Friday, April 19, 2019. A missing woman and her young son were found "safe and unharmed" Friday evening, police said about eight hours after asking the public for help locating them. At about 11:45 a.m. Friday, police asked the public for help in finding Felicia Miner, ...
University of Kansas Athletic Director Jeff Long on Friday shed a little more light on a proposed $20 million renovation to Allen Fieldhouse. Although Long called the $20 million request in a capital improvement plan a “placeholder,” he told the Journal-World the project would likely ...
Today, April 19 Kaw Valley Bridge Club: Open Pairs, 12:30 and 6:30 p.m., 1025 N. Third St., Suite 120. Tween Club: Geometric Art (Grades 3-5), 3:30-5 p.m., Lawrence Public Library, 707 Vermont St. New Horizons Band Concert, 4 p.m., Brandon Woods, 1501 Inverness Drive. Hans Harmsen: ...
The city’s historic preservation board has voiced its approval of the first phase of the North Lawrence Riverfront Development project, which includes a five-story building that will stretch along North Second Street. As part of its meeting Thursday, the city’s Historic Resources ...
TOPEKA — Kansas officials issued a new fiscal forecast Thursday that's slightly more optimistic about how much tax revenue the state should expect to collect over the next two years, creating a little more breathing room for expanding Medicaid or providing tax relief. Democratic Gov. Laura ...
The Lawrence Police Department is planning extra DUI enforcement throughout the city on Saturday — which is April 20, celebrated among marijuana smokers as the 4/20 holiday. The DUI saturation patrol will involve placing extra officers on the road specifically to look for motorists ...
Updated story - April 19 — $20M Allen Fieldhouse renovations likely to include concession, bathroom and other renovations Multimillion-dollar renovations to Allen Fieldhouse and David Booth Kansas Memorial Stadium could be coming for KU Athletics, but details on what the projects would ...
A woman who was found stabbed multiple times in her West Lawrence home remained in critical but stable condition Thursday, police said. Police had not made an arrest in the case but were “working diligently” to follow leads, Sgt. Amy Rhoads said. Rhoads encouraged anyone with information ...
OVERLAND PARK — A suburban Kansas City psychiatrist has lost his license to practice medicine in Kansas after state regulators alleged he had sex with a patient. KCUR-FM reports that 42-year-old Brian Patrick Lahey, of Overland Park, waived his right to a hearing and agreed Tuesday to an ...
In April 1994, in the immediate aftermath of the Rwandan genocide, relief worker Reinhild Kauenhoven Janzen saw a young child draw a picture of a soldier with a gun, a body on the ground and a small figure standing outside a house watching. The memory was so painful, Janzen said, that the ...
Listed below is the majority of Lawrence police activity within the last 24 hours. Each afternoon the Lawrence Police Department releases a list of officer activity. This call blotter spans from 6 a.m. Wednesday to 6 a.m. Thursday and includes 185 incidents. Each listing gives a date, time and ...
Some contract extensions for head coaches and athletic directors at Kansas universities will now need approval from Kansas Board of Regents officials before they can be offered. The Regents approved the amended policy on athletic department contracts during its April meeting on Wednesday in ...
Story updated at 1:33 p.m. Thursday As soon as she heard her son had been murdered, Debbie Wales has said she knew his ex-girlfriend did it. As for the other woman who helped, Wales said she’s still baffled. “I just don’t understand why a person can make a decision to kill someone they ...
Big horses and beer both can be fun, although as a general rule I don’t recommend combining the two. (I still don’t know how the horse ended up wearing the hat and I ended up wearing the halter.) The exception to the rule, of course, is the Budweiser Clydesdales, and Lawrence soon will have ...
A collection that includes essays, short stories and poems from 36 acclaimed writers will serve as the University of Kansas' 2019-2020 Common Book, KU announced Thursday. "Tales of Two Americas: Stories of Inequality in a Divided Nation," which was edited by John Freeman, was chosen because it ...