WASHINGTON — The Supreme Court on Monday refused to block the execution of four federal prison inmates who are scheduled to be put to death in July and August. The executions would mark the first use of the death penalty on the federal level since 2003. The justices rejected an appeal ...
Updated 6:40 p.m. Massachusetts Street remains closed from 11th Street to a half-block to the south to accommodate activists protesting the placement of a racist banner and letter found Saturday morning in South Park. The banner and letter, both of which attacked the Black Lives Matter ...
After a round of federal stimulus checks granted qualifying U.S. citizens money to help pay for living expenses and boost the economy, Americans may be wondering if a second round of payment could be on the way as COVID-19 continues to spread. On Monday, President Donald Trump told a reporter ...
Lawrence officially received 2.4 inches of rain from Saturday morning's thunderstorms, but those checking rain gauges around town might have found an inch or two more, according to the National Weather Service. Matt Wolters, a meteorologist for the NWS office in Topeka, said the weather ...
Updated at 10:03 a.m. Monday MANHATTAN — Kansas State football players say they will boycott all team activities until administrators create a policy that would allow a student to be expelled for "openly racist, threatening or disrespectful actions." The move that most players announced ...
Updated at 5:07 p.m. Friday The Jayhawk Cafe was confirmed as a site of a COVID-19 outbreak on Friday, Lawrence-Douglas County Public Health said in a news release. Several people who have recently tested positive for COVID-19 reported being present at the Lawrence bar at 1340 Ohio St., also ...
An LMH Health employee tested positive for COVID-19 Thursday, but had not worked a shift at the Lawrence hospital since June 15. LMH Health said in a Thursday press release that the employee was unknowingly exposed to COVID-19 outside the LMH Health facility after June 15 and, therefore, no ...
Updated 8:39 p.m. on Thursday The Bert Nash Community Mental Health Center will cut its employees' salaries and lay off some workers in response to the COVID-19 pandemic. Though the Paycheck Protection Program (PPP) provided a bridge for the community mental health center, cuts must be made ...
The Watkins Museum of History is set to reopen Tuesday with five exhibits, one of which the museum describes as especially "relevant for today.” “Days of Rage: The 1970 Curfew” is part of the museum's Lawrence 1970 Project and will focus on the brief period in 1970 when Lawrence was ...
Updated at 5:15 p.m. Thursday Haskell Indian Nations University students will not return to campus in August. Haskell President Ronald Graham told the Journal-World Thursday that all classes would be held virtually for the fall semester. In March, in response to the COVID-19 pandemic, Haskell ...
Updated at 4:50 p.m. Wednesday Douglas County has reported 105 cases of COVID-19 since the pandemic began, local officials said Wednesday — an increase of four cases since Monday. In Douglas County, 82 out of the 105 people with confirmed cases of COVID-19 have recovered, Lawrence-Douglas ...
Downtown Lawrence Inc. has decided to cancel the Annual Downtown Lawrence Sidewalk Sale because of the coronavirus pandemic. DLI Executive Director Sally Zogry said in a news release that given health mandates and guidelines to stop the spread of the virus, it would be irresponsible to ...
The Lawrence Busker Festival, originally scheduled for Memorial Day weekend and then rescheduled to Labor Day weekend, has now been canceled because of the COVID-19 pandemic. A Monday message on the Lawrence Busker Festival's Facebook page said that despite big plans for this year — the ...
Mike Moddrell peered out over his rangeland — his tanned face shaded by a straw cowboy hat, his feet hidden in the tall grass. “This is a true piece of prairie, right here,” Moddrell, 73, said atop a hill on his land in southwest Douglas County. Butterfly milkweed, daisy fleabane, ...
Allegations of loan fraud at a Lawrence auto dealership are now drawing the attention of the Douglas County District Attorney’s office. Douglas County District Attorney Charles Branson said Monday he wants to hear from customers of the Lawrence Kia dealership after a recent Journal-World ...
An assisted living resident at Brandon Woods at Alvamar has tested positive for COVID-19. The case was discovered after the long-term care facility, located at 1501 Inverness Drive, completed "proactive community testing" last week, according to a statement from Brandon Woods emailed to the ...
Douglas County has reported 102 cases of COVID-19 since the pandemic began, local officials said Monday — an increase of 11 cases since Friday. In Douglas County, 79 out of the 102 people with confirmed cases of COVID-19 have recovered, Lawrence-Douglas County Public Health said in its daily ...
Story updated at 4:28 p.m. Monday After an outcry from its medical staff and members of the public, LMH Health has abandoned its plans to reach a cost-savings deal for a large, national company to manage the hospital’s emergency department. Instead, LMH will reopen negotiations to renew ...
The Baldwin City Council will have a special meeting Tuesday to further discuss a depot lease agreement with Midland Railway. On June 16, the Baldwin City Council voted 5-0 to approve an offer to lease the city-owned depot, 1515 High St., to Midland for $1 a year. The offer also would revoke ...
Asymptomatic individuals in Douglas County interested in finding out whether they have COVID-19 likely won’t get an answer anytime soon. Mass testing of asymptomatic individuals is not a priority right now for the health department, leaders said, despite their beliefs that most residents ...