Topeka ? Gene Bicknell, a retired Pizza Hut magnate from Pittsburg and one-time Republican candidate for governor, is asking a district court to reverse a ruling of the Kansas Court of Tax Appeals and order the state of Kansas to return $48.5 million in state income taxes that he has been ...
Chuck Woodling, sports editor of the Journal-World for 37 years and a resident of Lawrence for 49 years, died Wednesday after battling the effects of acute myeloid leukemia for nearly four years.Woodling, 76, is survived by his wife of 53 years, Carolyn, their two daughters, Carrie Dixon, of ...
Topeka ? A massive reform of the Kansas juvenile justice system that lawmakers passed in 2016 has hit some bumps in the road, a legislative committee was told Wednesday, but it is unlikely the panel will recommend major changes, at least not in the upcoming session."I'm not going to propose any ...
Just about every year, the Westboro Baptist Church shows up to protest graduation ceremonies at Lawrence and Free State high schools. That’s not news to anyone familiar with the hate group’s tactics. What makes Westboro’s protest at the 2016 LHS commencement ceremony newsworthy more than ...
Already years in the making, the approximately $1.4 million restoration of the Santa Fe Station is facing another delay. The Kansas Department of Transportation recently solicited bids for the restoration of the 1950s-era train depot, but no contractors submitted a bid. City officials said the ...
The Lawrence Jewish Community Congregation will host its 54th annual Blintz Brunch from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. Sunday at the LJCC, 917 Highland Drive. Tickets cost $10 and can be used to purchase a hot blintz breakfast with fruit and a beverage or frozen blintzes from the LJCC bake sale. Selections ...
The Free State Festival will return next fall as a six-day celebration of film, music, art and ideas, the Lawrence Arts Center announced earlier this week. The 2018 event, set for Sept. 25-30, follows an abbreviated version of the multidisciplinary festival staged this past summer called the ...
The last time Juan Manuel Santos visited Lawrence, in 2012, the Colombian president and University of Kansas alumnus said he hoped to discuss a peace settlement in his country by his next stopover at KU. Santos saw that hope fulfilled Tuesday night at the Lied Center, where he spoke to a crowd ...
The city of Lawrence is withholding $46,000 in 2017 funding from the Lawrence Community Shelter after the city asked for but did not receive the 2016 financial audit from the shelter. City officials on Tuesday confirmed they were withholding the funds after the Journal-World began asking about ...
Absences at recent Lawrence City Commission candidate forums are creating debate on the campaign trail. One of the top three candidates in the primary election, Dustin Stumblingbear, has missed five candidate forums. Stumblingbear has provided written statements to inform attendees he had other ...
Topeka ? A computer database system that Kansas Secretary of State Kris Kobach frequently touts as a tool to prevent voter fraud is now the subject of a federal lawsuit and a new academic study that says it is wrong most of the time.The system, known as Crosscheck, was developed in Kansas in ...
Joseph Mastrosimone didn’t have to wait in line when he cast his ballot Monday, but two people quickly formed a short line behind him at the counter of the Douglas County Clerk’s Office.The Lawrence man was one of five county residents who cast in-person advance ballots in a five-minute ...
Happy Halloween, readers. Still not sure how you’ll celebrate the holiday with your kids? Here, we’ve rounded up a few of the spooky activities planned around town for Lawrence’s little monsters. As always, make sure to bundle up if you plan on going out. As of press time Monday, the ...
The Lawrence Community Shelter's board of directors has fired the shelter's executive director.Jackie Counts, president of the shelter’s board, said the decision to relieve Trey Meyer of his duties was made at a Friday board meeting.“The board decided to go in a different leadership ...
Ad Astra Running is offering a free self-defense clinic for runners on Wednesday, Nov. 1.The clinic, to be taught by runLawrence President Brenda Groskinsky, is geared toward teaching techniques that will enable runners to feel safer while running alone or at night. The self-defense clinic will ...
President Donald Trump has been described as a "nativist" who campaigned for president promising to crack down on immigration and to renegotiate, if not pull out of, international free trade agreements.And so it is perhaps ironic that in Kansas, Trump fared best in the 2016 election in areas of ...
With the tragedies of the Las Vegas and downtown Lawrence shootings still weighing heavily on the University of Kansas campus, KU’s Chabad House launched a campaign for positivity about three weeks ago that’s still going strong.“People are still shaken by those events, and we are trying ...
• Louisiana Street will be closed from 12th Street to 13th Street for a stormwater storage project. The project is expected to be completed by Nov. 3.• North 1500, East 1625 and North 1550 roads will be closed for a culvert replacement project. North 1500 Road will be closed from the BNSF ...
As he was honored Sunday with the 2017 Dole Leadership Prize, former U.S. Sen. Tom Harkin said the kind of relationship he had with former Sen. Bob Dole was sorely missing in the Washington, D.C., of today. The Iowa Democrat, who served in the U.S. House of Representatives from 1975 to 1985 and ...
Lawrence police are investigating after a person walked into the emergency room at Lawrence Memorial Hospital suffering from a gunshot wound.Hospital staff called police shortly after 2 a.m. Sunday. The victim's condition has not been released.Just after 1:50 a.m. Sunday, officers were ...