Listed below is the majority of Lawrence police activity within the last 24 hours. Each afternoon the Lawrence Police Department releases a list of officer activity. This call blotter spans from 6 a.m. Saturday to 6 a.m. Sunday and includes 281 incidents. Each listing gives a date, time and ...
COLUMBIA, S.C. — Republican leaders in Nevada, South Carolina and Kansas have voted to scrap their presidential nominating contests in 2020, erecting more hurdles for the long-shot candidates challenging President Donald Trump. "What is Donald Trump afraid of?" asked one of those rivals, ...
ATLANTA — Thousands of women in the U.S. have crossed state lines for an abortion in recent years as states have passed ever stricter laws and the number of clinics has declined. Although abortion opponents say the laws are intended to reduce abortions and not send people to other states, at ...
TOPEKA — Western Kansas' congressman launched a Senate campaign on Saturday, pitching himself to fellow Republicans as a pragmatic conservative who can keep the seat in GOP hands by thwarting immigration hardliner Kris Kobach's bid for the party's nomination. Two-term Rep. Roger Marshall ...
LMH Health’s annual Community Health Fair is set for Saturday, Sept. 21, at the hospital campus at 330 Arkansas St. The Kids Fun and Safety Zone returns this year from 8 to 10 a.m. in the parking lot at the southwest corner of Third and Arkansas streets. In the zone, participants can tour ...
In Douglas County, suicide rates have increased 82% during the past 20 years, according to a statistic from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention that tells a grim story. Just in 2017, 17 Douglas County residents died by suicide, affecting the lives of thousands of friends and family ...
Lawrence residents could soon find that their newest next-door neighbor is a business. Instead of being relegated to strip malls and the city’s commercial districts, small businesses such as coffee shops, restaurants and professional offices could soon be able to locate within the ...
The University of Kansas will continue to allow developer Thomas Fritzel to use the Jayhawk name and brand at his Lawrence golf club, despite his felony conviction in July for improperly disposing of asbestos. Whether or not the university’s position will change if Fritzel is convicted in a ...
Alaska is a big place, and the home of many different Inuit and Indian nations, but there are three things that unify the diverse peoples, said Susan Hawkins, a Haskell Indian Nations University junior. “I would say our food, songs and dances,” she said. Unifying the Haskell students ...
Listed below is the majority of Lawrence police activity within the last 24 hours. Each afternoon the Lawrence Police Department releases a list of officer activity. This call blotter spans from 6 a.m. Friday to 6 a.m. Saturday and includes 302 incidents. Each listing gives a date, time and ...
As a teenager, Vince Sanders watched his father go to prison. He dropped out of school and ended up serving time himself. It makes an unlikely history for the 55-year-old founder of a fast-growing retail chain who owes his fall and rise to the cannabis plant. Nineteen years ago, Sanders ...
A Lawrence skateboarder who was injured in a June incident that sparked an internal investigation at the Lawrence Police Department is now facing charges in connection. Duc Tran, 43, of Lawrence, was charged Friday in Douglas County District Court with two class A misdemeanors: interference ...
KANSAS CITY, KAN. — A federal lawsuit filed Friday accuses the University of Kansas Medical Center of discharging an employee who reported age discrimination practices by a department head. The lawsuit against the Kansas City, Kansas-based medical center was filed by the U.S. Equal ...
Listed below is the majority of Lawrence police activity within the last 24 hours. Each afternoon the Lawrence Police Department releases a list of officer activity. This call blotter spans from 6 a.m. Thursday to 6 a.m. Friday and includes 236 incidents. Each listing gives a date, time and ...
Story updated at 1:19 p.m. Friday In a case that wrapped up within a month of the initial arrest, a man has pleaded and been sentenced to probation for criminal use of a weapon. Markivius C. Woods, 26, of Shawnee, was arrested and charged after his bag was searched during a traffic stop on ...
From afar, it’s an abstract grid, a colorful collection of squares and rectangles. But up close, those rectangles turn out to be the screens of drive-in movie theaters, pictured in their lots in square frames. Some of the theaters are abandoned, tall grass overrunning the grounds and ...
Story updated at 1:59 p.m. Friday MANHATTAN — U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo didn't address speculation that he might run for the Senate in Kansas during a Friday college lecture in his home state, though some who attended left convinced it's still possible. Pompeo focused his speech ...
Story updated at 1:50 p.m. Friday A Kansas City, Mo.-based company wants to bring 80 jobs to Lawrence and build a new manufacturing plant at Lawrence VenturePark. U.S. Engineering Metalworks has filed plans with the city to build a 100,000-square-foot manufacturing facility on an ...
A man has been charged in Douglas County District Court in connection with a burglary reported Aug. 13 at the Islamic Center of Lawrence. Amadou Oury Bah, 32, was charged Thursday with two felonies: burglary of the center, at 1917 Naismith Drive, and theft of at least $1,500 but less than ...
A long-running murder case is set to go to trial next week in Douglas County District Court — nearly five years after the victim was found dead in her Lawrence apartment. Rontarus Washington Jr., 23, is charged with first-degree murder in connection with the death of 19-year-old Justina ...
