You can buy just about anything online these days — now including doctors’ appointments. A new company is making that possible for folks in northeastern Kansas and the Kansas City area, but it has a broader goal of changing access to health care as we know it. Sesame, online at ...
Over the past 15 years, suicide rates in the United States have steadily increased. To be exact, they have increased by 24%. “This is a unique time in our history. We are seeing an alarming trend of declining life expectancies,” said Derrick Hurst, director of the Integrated Crisis Team. ...
The clinic at the Lawrence-Douglas County Health Department will be partially closed for three days so that its staff can train on a new electronic medical record system, spokesman George Diepenbrock said in an email. The closure, planned for Monday, May 20 through Wednesday, May 22, will ...
The powerful beating of drums kicked off the 2019 commencement ceremony at Haskell Indian Nations University. About 150 graduates receiving bachelor's and associate degrees processed into Coffin Sports Complex Friday morning, along with Assistant Secretary for Indian Affairs Tara Sweeney, ...
The Bureau of Indian Education is moving closer to finding a permanent president for Haskell Indian Nations University, the university's interim leader says. Interim President Monte Monteith told the Haskell Board of Regents at their Thursday meeting that the position is expected to be filled ...
video by: Nick Gerik The Kansas River rushes over the dam near downtown Lawrence, Thursday afternoon, May 9, 2019. The Kansas River at Lawrence continued to rise Thursday and was expected to crest by midnight, the National Weather Service said. Brandon Drake, a meteorologist with the ...
Caroline Wiseman didn’t fall in love with Kansas when she first arrived at Haskell Indian Nations University in the fall of 2014. She’s still not a fan of the state’s climate or terrain, but unlike those who make a quick exit after deciding they don’t like a place, Wiseman stuck it ...
For Anita Musick, seeing her granddaughter graduate from high school was going to be especially sweet. Seventeen-year-old Aftyn Hankins had had a sad and troubled childhood, and she had bounced around a handful of area schools. Her experiences had left her “rough around the edges," her ...
Lawrence High School students will soon be presenting an original drama that looks back at a tense and polarizing time in their school's history: the local civil rights protests of 1968. “In Their Own Words: Voices of the 1968 Lawrence High School Student Walkout,” a short dramatic work ...
Story updated at 6:52 p.m. Thursday, May 9, 2019: A man believed to be this area’s last Pearl Harbor survivor has died at age 100. Longtime Lawrence resident, U.S. Navy veteran and University of Kansas professor Vincent U. Muirhead died April 30, according to his obituary published this ...
Story updated at 3:06 p.m. Wednesday The Kansas River trail was closed Wednesday morning as the river breached its south bank after three days of rainstorms. Constant Park, 230 W. Sixth St., to Burcham Park, on South Powerhouse Road, is closed until further notice, said Porter Arneill, ...
A whistleblower in a case involving missing documents and accounting irregularities at Clinton State Park has been fired by the state, the Journal-World has learned. At least three other park employees also have had their jobs impacted, although it is unclear whether they also were fired or ...
Lawrence has been ranked sixth in the top U.S. cities for bicycling, according to the 2019 PlacesForBikes ratings. “I was surprised we were sixth out of 510 cities,” said Jessica Mortinger, transportation planning manager with the Lawrence-Douglas County Metropolitan Planning ...
Headquarters Inc., Lawrence's suicide prevention helpline and counseling service, has received a gift of $150,000, which is the largest single donation ever made to the organization, according to a news release Tuesday from Headquarters. The donation by the Earlene & Robert Neuway Legacy ...
Lawrence received 1.72 inches of rainfall overnight, making flash flooding a paramount concern for the region, the National Weather Service in Topeka reported Tuesday morning. The rain began just before 6 p.m. Monday and the heavier storms moved into the area just before 7 p.m. and continued ...
A film by a University of Kansas filmmaker exploring the concept of different perspectives between married people will be made for both viewers who can see and viewers who are blind or visually impaired. “Before An Immense Sky” by Meg Jamieson, an assistant professor for KU’s film and ...
The man Haskell Alumni Association named as this year’s outstanding alumnus — who had been removed last September from his leadership role with the Kickapoo Tribe in Horton after allegations of financial and sexual misconduct — will not speak at the university's graduation ...
Story updated at 3:37 p.m. Monday TOPEKA — U.S. Sen. Jerry Moran is putting pressure on Amtrak to commit to the continued operation of the Southwest Chief passenger rail service that connects Chicago to Los Angeles with stops in Kansas. Moran recently delayed confirming three nominees to ...
More rounds of severe weather and heavy rains are expected through Wednesday night, raising the chances for flash flooding around the Lawrence area. After 0.63 inches of rain fell at the airport, north of Lawrence, between 11 p.m. Sunday through 1 a.m. Monday, Jenifer Prieto, a meteorologist ...