A new Kansas water task force, made up of experts and leaders from across the state, is set to tackle the state’s most urgent water issues. The Kansas Water Program Task Force – which was created from House Bill 2172 – will develop a long-term, sustainable water plan for the state, ...

An underground survey of Beni Israel Cemetery in Eudora will tell a Jewish congregation what’s below the surface, and how to plan for future burials at the cemetery. The Lawrence Jewish Community Congregation enlisted Blair Schneider and her team from the Kansas Geological Survey to survey ...

Lawrence school board members will consider a plan to sell off surplus technology – including many used MacBooks – after approving new laptops for high school students. On Tuesday, school board members will consider a sale of surplus technology devices after the board previously purchased ...

A community mural at the street level could be coming to the Old West Lawrence neighborhood, thanks to the help of a prominent local artist. The Lawrence Cultural Arts Commission approved a proposal earlier this month to paint a mural near the Lawrence Community Nursery School, 645 Alabama ...

WAPPINGERS FALLS, N.Y. — As the World War II bomber Heaven Can Wait was hit by enemy fire off the Pacific island of New Guinea on March 11, 1944, the co-pilot managed a final salute to flyers in an adjacent plane before crashing into the water. All 11 men aboard were killed. Their remains, ...

As Jeff Lewis worked on his dock at Lone Star Lake on Sunday, something half-submerged in the water caught his eye. "I kept looking over there, going 'What is that?'" he said. "So I went over closer, and then I saw what it was": a great blue heron. At first he thought it might still be alive, ...