The Douglas County District Attorney’s Office was reviewing Friday’s double shooting case in which two teens were injured, though charges had not been filed late Monday afternoon. The two suspects — also both juveniles — would be scheduled to appear before a judge for detention ...
TOPEKA — Democratic Gov. Laura Kelly will keep her top business development official after some Republicans in the Kansas Senate broke with the GOP majority and defied the state's most influential anti-abortion group to confirm his appointment Monday. The vote for Commerce Secretary David ...
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. Sunday to 6 a.m. Monday and includes 167 incidents. Each listing gives a date, time and ...
The Journal-World’s offices will be moving to North Lawrence later this spring. As we have been reporting for the last couple of months, the Journal-World’s current office building — the historic post office building at Seventh and New Hampshire streets — has become a hot commodity. ...
The U.S. Supreme Court has agreed to hear an appeal in a Douglas County traffic stop case, Kansas Attorney General Derek Schmidt announced Monday. Oral arguments in the appeal, Kansas v. Charles Glover, will be set for the fall. “I am encouraged by the U.S. Supreme Court’s decision to ...
WASHINGTON — New research released Friday captures a fossilized snapshot of the day nearly 66 million years ago when an asteroid smacked Earth, fire rained from the sky and the ground shook far worse than any modern earthquake. It was the day that nearly all life on Earth went extinct, ...
Updated at 12:30 p.m. Monday After two Lawrence High School students were shot Friday at Holcom Park, the Lawrence school district in a districtwide email Sunday shared plans to improve security and said staff would research topics such as clear backpacks and metal detectors. Two brothers ...
A one-vehicle crash on the Kansas Turnpike near Lawrence killed a Topeka woman, according to a preliminary report from the Kansas Highway Patrol. The accident happened about 7:30 p.m. Saturday near milepost 206, just east of the North Lawrence exit, according to the report. Telisa Sheree ...
Lawrence commuters on their way to Topeka or Kansas City may be slowed down by construction that began on Monday. The Kansas Turnpike Authority announced Friday that it would begin road-improvement projects on the toll road of Interstate 70 between a toll plaza at mile maker 197, near ...
After Lawrence city commissioners criticized the process, commissioners will soon consider increasing the amount of community input gathered for the development of the Downtown Master Plan. As part of its meeting Tuesday, the commission will consider revising and expanding the community ...
REPUBLIC, Mo. — A $4.5 million project is planned to make room for more Civil War-era artifacts at the site of the first major battle west of the Mississippi River. The project will add 1,873 square feet (about 175 square meters) of exhibit space to the visitor center at the Wilson’s Creek ...
As of Monday, employees at grocery stores across the state will be stocking shelves with a product they've never been allowed to sell before — full-strength beer. Elsewhere, liquor stores will also begin to stock shelves with new nonalcoholic products, although some liquor store owners say ...
Today, April 1 Kaw Valley Bridge Club: Open Pairs, 12:30 p.m., 1025 N. Third St., Suite 120. Scrabble Club, 1-4 p.m., Clinton Place Apartments, 2125 Clinton Place. CHAMPSS (Choosing Healthy Appetizing Meal Plan Solutions for Seniors) Orientation, 2 p.m., Lawrence Public Library, 707 Vermont ...
Teachers in four Lawrence schools voted recently to apply for the Kansans Can School Redesign Project’s Apollo phase — but if you don’t live and breathe Kansas K-12 education, that statement might leave you scratching your head. Here’s a primer on the statewide initiative — why ...
Two Douglas County Democratic legislators said Sunday that a Medicaid expansion bill that passed the House will have a difficult time gaining Senate approval despite enjoying the support of the majority of lawmakers in the upper chamber. Sen. Tom Holland, of Baldwin City, and Eileen Horn, of ...
Story updated: 7:42 p.m. Sunday, March 31, 2019. An armed man has surrendered to Douglas County Sheriff’s Deputies after engaging in more than a 12-hour standoff in a field south of Eudora. Sgt. Kristen Channel, sheriff's office spokeswoman, said the man surrendered to deputies unharmed ...
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 198 incidents. Each listing gives a date, time and ...
Here are a few upcoming health- and wellness-related events in the Lawrence area — plus one that’s a bit beyond city limits — that may be of interest. Healthy Native Children Workshop scheduled Tuesday in Mayetta A workshop for Native American parents of young children aims to “help ...
After being presented with evidence of accounting irregularities, leaders with the Kansas Department of Wildlife, Parks and Tourism have said they’re launching an investigation into cash-handling practices at the state park near Lawrence. But already the effort is facing a roadblock: The ...
Just before midnight one night last month, a caller to police reported two men in a downtown Lawrence alley in the act of stealing large quantities of something most people wouldn’t want to touch. Used restaurant grease. Specifically, food-particle laden cooking oil, dumped into gloopy bins ...
