Douglas County commissioners will on Wednesday consider approving an approximately $82 million budget for the improvement and expansion of the Judicial and Law Enforcement Center and a new Public Safety building built next to the county jail. County commissioners will receive a presentation ...
The proposed merger between supermarket giants Kroger and Albertsons floundered on Tuesday after judges overseeing two separate cases both halted the deal. U.S. District Court Judge Adrienne Nelson issued a preliminary injunction blocking the merger Tuesday after holding a three-week hearing ...
High school students in the Lawrence school district soon won't be able to use their cellphones during instructional time. On Monday, the Lawrence school board unanimously approved a new policy that will make high school classrooms phone-free during instructional time. The policy is set to ...
Two 500-pound concrete wrens have had a significant flight path around Lawrence for several decades, but one has landed at the Watkins Museum of History, where it will permanently reside. On Monday, the museum held a reception for a new exhibition featuring the recently restored wren, part of ...
A former Eudora pastor remembers a woman who died in an apparent murder-suicide last week as an integral member of the church who loved to sing and to care for her family and animals. Nicole Felice Eaton, 44, of Eudora, is remembered by her former pastor, Ross Baker, now serving in Emporia, ...
Before European settlement, Kansas was dominated by vast prairies of tall grasses and wildflowers. However, farming and development have since altered the landscape, prompting researchers at the University of Kansas to help uncover how much of it remains intact in Douglas County. Prairie ...