It’s as if Susan Hadl has prepared for her new position her entire professional life.Hadl started June 5 as the mental health specialist on the newly created co-response team. The job has her working out of the Judicial and Law Enforcement Center and responding with a Lawrence police officer ...
As bronze statues of Confederate figures are creating national controversy, there's hope that a Lawrence exhibition featuring quilts and textiles of civil rights heroes will bring people together. Names like Claudetta Colvin, Ella Josephine Baker and Ida Mae Holland don’t jump from the pages ...
Topeka ? Kansas Insurance Commissioner Ken Selzer plans to hold a barbecue event in Louisburg Sunday afternoon to officially kick off his campaign for governor in 2018.Selzer, 64, a Republican and relative newcomer to Kansas politics, will become at least the sixth Republican to enter the race, ...
District leaders are considering one parent’s proposal to rename South Middle School in efforts to better reflect Lawrence’s Native American heritage. Julie Boyle, the district’s director of communications, said in an email that the schools’ Equity Advisory Council discussed the ...
TOPEKA ? Gov. Sam Brownback has signed an emergency disaster declaration in response to strong storms that have hit the state this month.The declaration covers thunderstorms, hail and flooding that hit Kansas beginning Aug. 3.Counties included in the declaration include Barber, Douglas, ...
Topeka ? Kansas Secretary of State Kris Kobach, who was at the center of a controversial anti-illegal immigration law in Arizona that led to a criminal contempt conviction against Maricopa County Sheriff Joe Arpaio, is now defending President Donald J. Trump's decision to pardon Arpaio."Joe ...
Next week brings the start of a new football season at the University of Kansas — and with it ramped-up security measures meant to keep fans safe in the wake of a new law allowing concealed carry of weapons on campus. The news that KU would install metal detectors and security guards at ...
Agency: Lawrence Meals on WheelsContact: Kim Culliss at 785-830-8844 or at 4mealsonwheels@sbcglobal.netLawrence Meals on Wheels provides hot, nutritious meals to the homebound elderly and/or disabled residents of Lawrence. Lawrence Meals on Wheels needs volunteers to help with their social ...
The gym at Holcom Park Recreation Center will close temporarily for maintenance beginning Monday. The gym will remain closed until Sept. 10 for work related to the city's facilities conservation improvement program, according to a city news release. The racquetball court is currently closed for ...
The Spencer Museum of Art earlier this week announced this year’s University of Kansas Common Work of Art. “Magenta Colored Girl,” a 1989 photographic print by American contemporary artist Carrie Mae Weems, will accompany the 2017-2018 KU Common Book, Claudia Rankine’s “Citizen: An ...
Topeka — A Kansas Court of Appeals panel vacated a criminal contempt citation Friday against a Lawrence man who repeatedly spread unfounded reports that his ex-girlfriend and the mother of his child was involved with Colombian drug cartels.In an opinion written by Judge Steve Leben, the ...
A long-standing University of Kansas sorority chapter is closing its doors after more than 90 years at KU because of recruitment "challenges."The international headquarters of Alpha Gamma Delta confirmed in a recent news release that KU’s local Epsilon Beta chapter, located at 1100 Indiana ...
Lawrence isn't going to run out of beer anytime soon. A new East Lawrence project helps assure that, plus it likely will provide a boost to Lawrence's claim as a craft beer hotspot. The Lawrence Beer Company, 826 Pennsylvania St., will open its doors and begin pulling its taps at 5 p.m. Friday ...
Upwards of 380 University of Kansas freshmen fraternity members received a lesson on true brotherhood Thursday evening at the Kansas Union on the University of Kansas campus. The overarching message from the mandatory orientation, which warned students about the dangers of alcohol abuse and ...
The defendant in a municipal court case regarding the alleged improper use of a city fire hydrant at the Jayhawk Club golf course received diversion Thursday.The golf course — formerly called Alvamar — is being redeveloped by a group led by Lawrence businessman Thomas Fritzel and is an ...
Even after he’s released from prison, former Lawrence mayor Jeremy Farmer faces years of financial consequences for his conviction of embezzling money from a Lawrence charity.Farmer was sentenced Aug. 15 for stealing money from the Lawrence food bank he once led, Just Food. He was ordered to ...
With lots of music at many venues, this year’s Kansas State Fiddling and Picking Championships will be much like previous ones but with a cool twist.“We always joke we pick the hottest day of the year to have it, because it’s on the fourth weekend of August,” said Gayle Sigurdson. ...
U.S. Rep. Lynn Jenkins told a Lawrence audience Thursday that she is thoroughly frustrated with the partisan gridlock in Washington, and that is one of the reasons she will not seek re-election in 2018."Did I mention that this is my last term?" Jenkins said when asked whether Congress will ever ...
As light fixtures throughout the city shed their old bulbs for new LED lights, an unseen element of the new glow has some residents concerned. Some research indicates the color of LED lights the city will be installing, white with unseen blue light, could be unhealthy. Last summer, the American ...
After a decade of battling in federal courts, the city of Eudora and Douglas County Rural Water District No. 4 have started back-and-forth negotiations to resolve a dispute about the delivery of water service in the southern parts of the city.On Wednesday, the Eudora City Commission accepted a ...