U.S. Sen. Jerry Moran is lobbying to declassify pieces of intelligence briefings that would show national security threats posed by the popular social media platform TikTok, whose parent company is based in China. Moran, R-Kansas, said making such information publicly available likely would ...

FRIDAY Spring Book Sale, 10 a.m.-6 p.m., Lawrence Public Library, 707 Vermont St. Enter on Kentucky Street side. Books, CDs, DVDs and audiobooks for $2 or less; comics for 50 cents to $5 each. See lplks.org/book-sales for pricing and catalog lists. LPL Con: Teens-Only Night, 6-9 p.m., ...

One of the steepest hills in Lawrence is about to become a little shorter. Not so you’d notice — just 4 or 5 feet — but you might appreciate that missing morsel if you’ve ever ridden a bicycle up West 11th Street and felt like your calves would explode. A $4.2 million project recently ...

Douglas County leaders are set to take a key vote Saturday that will decide the fate of what could become the first utility-scale solar energy facility in the county. At a special business meeting Saturday, the Douglas County Commission will consider a conditional use permit for the Kansas Sky ...

A 30-day public comment period is now open for a proposed reallocation of $100,000 in pandemic relief funds toward a housing study examining the effects of COVID-19 on the City of Lawrence’s housing market. At Monday’s Affordable Housing Advisory Board meeting, the group heard more about a ...

The Boys & Girls Club of Lawrence has been recognized with an award from the national Boys & Girls Clubs of America organization. The Boys & Girls Club announced that it had received the honor, called the “Hero of Youth” award, in a news release Monday. According to the ...