Lawrence-Douglas County Public Health has suspended a Lawrence smoke shop's tobacco license after it was found to have repeatedly sold tobacco products to underage buyers. The license suspension for VIP Smoke Shop, 4000 W. Sixth St., Unit G, was announced in a release from the health ...
A mother who says she was fed up with her son being bullied obtained a court order prohibiting the alleged bully from going anywhere near her son. Problem solved, she thought, until this question came into focus: How is the order to be enforced if both boys go to the same school? The mother, ...
UPDATED 3 P.M. APRIL 9 WASHINGTON (AP) — Facing a global market meltdown, President Donald Trump on Wednesday abruptly backed down on his tariffs on most nations for 90 days, but raised the tax rate on Chinese imports to 125%. It was seemingly an attempt to narrow what had been an ...
A statewide nonprofit that brings authors, speakers, historians and others to both large and small communities across the state is now operating on a week-to-week basis after being impacted by federal funding cuts ordered by the U.S. Department of Government Efficiency. The future existence of ...
Douglas County commissioners will review a resolution to approve a $55 million bond sale for funding the renovation of the Judicial and Law Enforcement Center and the construction of the new Public Safety Building. County commissioners previously prepared an approximately $55 million bond sale ...
Local leaders in a webinar said the things that Kansas needs the most are child care, health care, food security and housing, and all of those things are on the chopping block of federal funding cuts. Women for Kansas held an online webinar on Monday to educate Kansans on how federal policy ...