Multiple people reported hearing gunshots, and two vehicles were damaged in an area near 10th and Kentucky streets early Sunday morning, according to information from the Lawrence Police Department. Police reported that at about 1:30 a.m. dispatchers began receiving multiple calls from people ...
A shooting at Motel 6 in North Lawrence has left one person dead and two others in the hospital, according to the Lawrence Police Department. Shots were fired inside the motel at 1130 N. Third St. at about 11:30 p.m. Saturday, according to the press release. According to the police department, ...
Topeka ? Kansas Secretary of State Kris Kobach has outlined a plan to dramatically reduce the size of government through attrition by not replacing baby-boom generation workers who retire, an idea that his critics say could endanger critical services for children and the elderly.In an article ...
As the number of Lawrence short-term rental properties — such as Airbnb homes — rises well past 100, so has the call for the city to regulate the industry. “What little data we’ve collected shows that there is an increase,” said Scott McCullough, director of planning and development ...
Just when you thought you’d finished that 800-page novel on fried chicken restaurants in Lawrence, Reagan Petrehn, co-owner of 1900 Barker Cafe and Bakery, decided to write a new page with a visit to an unexpected restaurant. This month for Chef's Choice, we travel to Hank Charcuterie, for ...
Libby Phelps Alvarez, 34, has written a book about growing up in the Westboro Baptist Church — and what made her decide to leave at age 25 and start a new life for herself in Lawrence. Here, in an edited and condensed version of the Journal-World's interview with the first-time author, the ...
With the start of the Kansas football season on Saturday, fans got their first look at the university’s new security protocols for large sporting events.Prior to the season’s start, KU added 70 portable metal detectors and seven new entry points for home games at Memorial Stadium. Jim ...
Agency: Visiting Nurses AssociationContact: Sarah Rooney at sarahro@kansasvna.org or at 785-843-3738Visiting Nurses Association provides hospice care, home health care, rehabilitation care and private duty care. Volunteers are needed to work directly with patients and families by providing ...
Consent agenda• Approve City Commission meeting minutes from 08/15/17.• Receive minutes from various boards and commissions• Approve all claims. The list of claims will be posted by the Finance Department on Monday prior to the meeting. If Monday is a holiday, the claims will be posted ...
Lawrence residents will continue the yearly tradition of packing local campgrounds and parks and taking boats out on the lake this Labor Day weekend. Just don’t expect to see as many people swimming in the water.The Kansas Department of Health and Environment issued public health warnings for ...
Kansas Athletics has inked a deal with Lawrence’s own Free State Brewing Co. that will bring some of the brand’s most popular craft beers to KU sporting events. Beginning this fall, those with access to premium seating and hospitality areas at KU Athletics facilities will be able to enjoy ...
Topeka ? About two dozen people rallied Friday at the Kansas Statehouse in support of a President Barack Obama-era policy that allows undocumented immigrants who were brought to the United States as children — a group often referred to as "Dreamers" — to remain in the country and obtain ...
A 54-year-old Topeka man died in a single-vehicle accident Friday morning on U.S. Highway 40 northwest of Lawrence, according to the Douglas County Sheriff's Office. The crash reportedly occurred around 5 a.m. on U.S. 40 near Big Springs. A 2002 GMC Sonoma, driven by Michael L. Redmon, was ...
Topeka ? Problems in recent years at Osawatomie State Hospital have had a ripple effect in communities throughout Kansas, and particularly in Lawrence, as local hospitals and community mental health centers have been forced to pick up much of the slack.But officials at Lawrence Memorial ...
The Lawrence Public Library is seeking seven original works of art to include in its annual Banned Book Trading Card Pack. Lawrence artists of all ages are encouraged to create a 5-by-7-inch work based on their favorite banned or challenged book. A list of frequently challenged books is ...
Even if Saturday’s first football game of the season (against Southeast Missouri State) doesn’t pan out for the Jayhawks, KU fans may still have occasion to celebrate this weekend. On Friday night, the Granada Theater will host the third installment of its free “Live on Mass” concert ...
City officials say all costs have been paid after a local construction company allegedly removed a safety device on a city fire hydrant and used it to fill a golf course pond.The hydrant was allegedly opened at the Jayhawk Club in the evening hours of March 21. Lawrence police arrived at 8:30 ...
Topeka ? Former state Rep. John Wilson of Lawrence will soon join an advocacy group that lobbies the Kansas Legislature on children's health and welfare issues.Kansas Action for Children announced Thursday that Wilson will join that group as vice president for advocacy, starting in ...
For nearly 115 years, they have quietly guarded the University of Kansas from their seventh-floor perch. Now, four of the hand-carved grotesques lining the façade of Dyche Hall are being taken down to make way for brand-new replicas. Staff at the KU Natural History Museum say the mythical ...
Officials of Midland Railway are hoping the nonprofit excursion line can qualify for federal assistance after experiencing extensive track damage from last week’s flooding. ?At the Douglas County Commission meeting on Wednesday, Commissioner Nancy Thellman said she received a call from Allen ...