A Lawrence teen was arrested Wednesday morning after police say he led them on a chase in a stolen vehicle, crashed into a pole and then fled on foot through western Lawrence. The Lawrence Police Department said on social media that the vehicle, a GMC Yukon, had been reported stolen on Tuesday ...
Even if your family watches the Bing Crosby classic “White Christmas” every year, the stage version, opening Friday at Theatre Lawrence, might still have something new for you to unwrap. One of its gifts to director Joshua Shockey was a classic song he’d never heard before – one from ...
You can’t miss the chimney at the corner of 15th and Learnard. For almost 100 years, it’s stuck out from what would become the Barker Neighborhood. “It was there before that part of Lawrence was part of the city,” former planning commissioner Jim Carpenter told the Journal-World on ...
UPDATED 10:40 A.M. DEC. 4 Douglas County commissioners delayed action in awarding $1 million in funding to the Bert Nash Community Mental Health Center to support Treatment & Recovery Center operations in 2026. The request was to support the TRC’s ongoing costs, including staffing, ...
Douglas and Jefferson counties are asking residents for feedback about trash and recycling services as they prepare to update their Solid Waste Management Plan. A news release from Douglas County said the two counties are conducting a survey to help them update the plan, which is required by ...
State law requires residents of a county to be notified of a lot of different legal matters that are underway at any given time. That includes pending foreclosures of homes, new ordinances proposed by local governments, legal name changes of your neighbors, and even the sales that dispose of ...