A fire that occured in the girls locker room at Lawrence High School in September is anticipated to cost the district over $142,000 in remediation and repair costs. On Monday, the Lawrence school board will consider approving an estimated $142,392 payment to Zipco Contracting Inc. for ...

After receiving about $11,000 in grants for marketing, the Douglas County Historical Society is hoping to reach more people than ever before for a special project celebrating the United States’ 250th year of independence. As the Journal-World reported, the Kansas Department of Commerce ...

After hearing some citizen concerns and some commissioner questions, Douglas County does not yet have a new policy spelling out how much money should be kept in rainy-day reserve accounts. Instead, a split Douglas County commission on Wednesday decided to wait to tackle the issue again, ...

Friday, Dec. 5 Christmas Through the Ages: Historic Lecompton’s Annual Christmas Tree Display, 10 a.m.-4 p.m., Territorial Capital Museum, 640 E. Woodson Ave., Lecompton. Lawrence Festival of Trees Viewing Hours, 10 a.m.-5 p.m., Maceli’s, 1031 New Hampshire St. Suggested donation $5 ...

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 ...