A year and half after the Baldwin City Council bought a closed restaurant to convert into a new police station, it is taking the first step toward tearing down the building to make room for the new facility. Baldwin City Administrator Glenn Rodden said a bid invitation was released Friday for ...
Marriages Thomas Link, 32, Lawrence, and Dominee Price, 22, Lawrence. Garrett Rovert Burkhart, 22, Baldwin City, and Mika Dane Frick, 18, Baldwin City. Andrew Scott Braden, 29 Lawrence, Chelsea Nicole Snovelle, 24, Lawrence. Reese Bryant Jones, 27, Overland Park, and Sara Margaret King, 24, ...
The city itself is the classroom for students in the Lawrence Arts Center’s “Drawing Lawrence” class. Every week, the artists can be seen — sketch pads in hand — throughout the city. One week, they're drawing locomotive No. 1073 in Watson Park; another, they're tackling the “The ...
When Chris McDougall arrives in Lawrence to promote his new book “Running with Sherman,” he’ll leave Sherman, the donkey, at home. But, he’ll be running with anyone who wants to join him. McDougall's stop in Lawrence will be part run, part book talk because standing still for very long ...
TOPEKA — The U.S. Supreme Court is preparing to consider how far states can go toward eliminating the insanity defense in criminal trials as it reviews the case of a Kansas man sentenced to die for killing four relatives. The high court planned to hear arguments Monday in James Kraig ...
Jordin Silver doesn’t want any kids to grow up the way she did: confused, alone, knowing she’d be more loved if she were more “normal.” “I’m 37, and gay was AIDS, gay was bad,” she said of her childhood in Old Orchard Beach, a small tourist town on the coast of Maine. “Life ...
Kansas Athletic Director Jeff Long apologized Friday for a Late Night in the Phog performance by rapper Snoop Dogg that included stripper poles on the Allen Fieldhouse floor and fake money shot over the heads of prospective recruits. “I take full responsibility for not thoroughly vetting ...
Author Ben Lerner knows his way around Topeka — he grew up in Kansas' capital city and went to Topeka High School. But until recently, he hadn't set any of his novels there. That changed with his newest novel, “The Topeka School,” which places one of his recurring characters — a writer ...
The Douglas County Sheriff’s Office will host a free women’s self-defense class at the fairgrounds on Wednesday. The class will aim to teach physical defensive tactics, tools and suggestions for personal safety and programs designed to help during an emergency. The event will be from ...
Second District Congressman Steve Watkins told Lawrence farmers Tuesday that one of his priorities would be to get the United States-Mexico-Canada Agreement, or USMCA, pushed through when Congress returns from its recess. “It seems like some of the Democrats might have other ideas about ...
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Marriages Casey Ryanne Shockley, 31, Lawrence, and Branden Trey Smith, 30, Lawrence. Devin Robert Forio, 28, Eudora, and Kayla Ann Woltering, 27, Cleveland, Mo. Emily, S. Willis, 33, Lawrence, and John Thomas V. Stewart, 32, Lawrence. Bridget Marie Duhme, 37, Lawrence, and Shannon Colleen ...
After purchasing a multiuse easement along the length of Midland Railway in April 2018, Baldwin City will soon apply for a Kansas Department of Transportation grant to help install a concrete trail on the section of the easement within the city limits. Baldwin City Administrator Glenn Rodden ...
Two recent actions reflect the Eudora City Commission’s decision to take a more active role in the redevelopment of the Nottingham School property on the city’s gateway, Eudora City Manager Barack Matite said. At its Sept. 23 meeting, the City Commission awarded a $151,000 contract to ...
Rainy weather couldn't dampen the spirits at the 2019 Oktoberfest celebration on Saturday at St. John the Evangelist Catholic Church.
Fall temperatures will arrive in northeast Kansas late next week, but first the area will have to endure another round of heavy rainfall on Tuesday and Wednesday. Lawrence already received a drenching of rain on Friday and Saturday. Bryan Baerg, a meteorologist with the National Weather ...
The National Weather Service in Topeka has issued a tornado warning for southwestern Douglas County until 8:30 p.m. Friday. The weather service said it detected a severe thunderstorm capable of producing a tornado near Overbrook at around 8 p.m. Residents in the area are advised to take ...
At first, Pam Major justified her forgetfulness and the errors made at work as typical symptoms of growing older. But she was only 61, and she wasn't the only one aware of her confusion. Her family and colleagues were seeing a change in the woman who had been — as she said — "a smart ...
A Monday night forum addressing mental health attempted to combat the issue of isolation by bringing together the Lawrence community in discussion. “There’s enormous overlap between those who are isolated and those who are depressed,” said Stephen Ilardi, an associate professor in ...