Story updated at 7:13 p.m. Thursday, July 18: Douglas County Sheriff's Office deputies were called to a water rescue shortly before 6 p.m. Thursday near the Clinton Lake spillway. A LifeStar helicopter was flying over the scene to assist in the search, according to scanner traffic. The ...
When Veronica Decker arrived on Massachusetts Street at 5:30 a.m. Thursday, a line of shoppers had already formed at Urban Outfitters. By 8:30 a.m. she had taken a load of purchases to her car and was back on the street looking for more bargains at the 60th Annual Downtown Lawrence Sidewalk ...
After Douglas County Commission Chair Michelle Derusseau said she did not plan to attend a White House summit, calling it a “publicity stunt,” a member of Republican President Donald Trump’s staff has accused her of partisanship. The three Douglas County commissioners were invited — ...
More than 20 musical groups will take the stage for free concerts around the city at this weekend's Lawrence Field Day Fest. The annual music festival, now in its eighth year, runs from Thursday through Saturday and will include 24 bands. Fally Afani, the festival organizer and editor of the ...
The two largest universities in Kansas are again ranked as the best value for higher education in Kansas. But the local university is looking up to its land-grant cousin to the west for the fifth year in a row. A study by SmartAsset, a financial technology company, recently ranked K-State as ...
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 277 incidents. Each listing gives a date, time and ...
Shoppers lined up early and crowds braved the heat Thursday for the 60th annual Downtown Lawrence Sidewalk Sale. Photos by Mike Yoder/Lawrence Journal-World
A Catholic priest who served in Baldwin City and nearby Lapeer has been charged in federal court with possessing child pornography. The priest, Christopher Rossman, was charged July 9 in the U.S. District Court of Kansas. The charge alleges that Rossman in September 2016 possessed on an ...
I can certainly picture living above a doughnut shop or a neighborhood diner. (In my picture, the doors are very wide and the floor is reinforced.) But traditionally you only think of those types of scenarios in a downtown setting. A local developer, though, is betting such a concept might ...
Douglas County commissioners on Wednesday approved their 2020 budget for publication with a mill levy increase that is slightly smaller than what they discussed the week prior. Interim County Administrator Sarah Plinsky said a change in the zoning department’s budget lowered the required ...
Half a century after the Apollo 11 launch and moon landing, that week in the summer of 1969 is still a time when people can recall just where they were and how they felt as history unfolded. As people around the world muse on humanity's bold quarter-million-mile space journey and 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. Tuesday to 6 a.m. Wednesday and includes 219 incidents. Each listing gives a date, time and ...
Drivers of electric vehicles will now be able to charge their batteries near Lawrence while traveling on the Kansas Turnpike. The Kansas Turnpike Authority announced in a Wednesday news release that three “fast-charging” electric car stations, two in the Lawrence area, have been installed ...
Head coach Les Miles won’t be the only new attraction coming to David Booth Kansas Memorial Stadium this fall. University of Kansas Athletic Director Jeff Long announced Wednesday that fans attending KU home games now will be able to buy beer and wine, beginning with the Jayhawks’ Aug. 31 ...
A man who was arrested last fall but released at that time has now been charged with a sex crime reported on the University of Kansas campus. Hayden B. Gragg, 19, of Lee’s Summit, Mo., was arrested on the charges this week, released on $500 bond and ordered to appear in court later this ...
The Lawrence City Commission on Tuesday voted to publish a 2020 budget with a 0.5 mill property tax increase, but commissioners said they were still planning to make cuts later to hold the mill levy flat. During a work session last week, the commission agreed to make hundreds of thousands of ...
A new ordinance will soon require some bar and restaurant workers in Lawrence to undergo sexual violence intervention training in order for the establishments to keep their local liquor licenses. Despite opposition from several local bar and restaurant owners, the Lawrence City Commission ...
Kansas City, Mo. — A new grant will help rebuild the fire-damaged Kansas City, Mo., home of Satchel Paige, one of baseball’s legendary pitchers and showmen. The National Trust for Historic Preservation announced more than $1.6 million in grants earlier this month for 22 sites and ...
EUDORA - A group of children seated on the floor of the Eudora Public Library reminded Gov.Laura Kelly how a library had been her salvation as a young mother. Kelly arrived at the library at 14 E. Ninth St., Tuesday morning for a ceremonial signing of legislation that authorizes the Eudora ...
President Donald Trump has been inviting county leaders nationwide to summits at the White House. Douglas County Commission Chair Michelle Derusseau said she did not plan to attend the upcoming “publicity stunt.” All three county commissioners were invited — along with other ...
