Below the surface of Lyon County, there are layers of rock and coal from hundreds of millions of years ago — but there might also be important materials that are essential for electric cars, solar panels and many other eco-friendly and high-tech products. The Kansas Geological Survey wants ...
Updated at 3:23 p.m. Friday, July 19 A global tech outage Friday caused by a faulty software update is having some impacts locally. The software update issued by cybersecurity firm CrowdStrike affected computers across the globe running Microsoft Windows. It was not a hacking incident or ...
Updated at 3:46 p.m. Friday, July 19 NEW YORK — A faulty software update caused technological havoc worldwide on Friday, grounding flights, knocking down some financial companies and news outlets, and disrupting hospitals, small businesses and government offices. The breadth of the outages ...
The call came late on a cold night in February, from the Overland Park nursing home where Georann Whitman’s mom was living. “They said that they found her on the floor,” Whitman said. “She had gotten up in the middle of the night and had fallen.” Whitman’s 86-year-old mom, Ann ...
Friday, July 19 • Cinema a Go Go: “Attack of the Crab Monsters” (1956) and “Swamp Women” (1956), doors 6:30 p.m., show 7 p.m., Liberty Hall, 644 Massachusetts St. Tickets $12.50 at the door. • Summer Youth Theatre Junior Play: “Alice in Wonderland,” 7 p.m., Lawrence Arts ...
Interstate 70 ramps in Lawrence are undergoing a significant makeover as the Kansas Turnpike Authority converts to cashless tolling and removes toll booths. The KTA dismantled North Lawrence’s toll plaza on Tuesday. Crews used a large crane to lift the familiar blue roof off the plaza and ...