Two Hispanic construction workers on Thursday told a Douglas County judge that they still have nightmares about an armed and angry man assaulting them one summer morning two years ago as they worked. They thought the man, Craig Endecott, of Baldwin City, was going to kill them with his rifle, ...
For the second year in a row, the Trump administration is proposing slashing federal funding for tribal colleges and universities. President Donald Trump's fiscal year 2027 budget proposal calls for a $1.5 trillion increase to defense spending and would carve billions of dollars out of ...
Student journalists at Haskell Indian Nations University are thankful for the Lawrence community’s support after the campus newspaper was presented with a $8,500 grant Wednesday evening. The grant will go to support The Indian Leader, Haskell’s student-run newspaper. The funds to support ...
It has been a slow start to a new year in Lawrence. Retail sales in the first quarter of the year are down in Lawrence compared to a year ago, and numbers from the Kansas Department of Revenue show Lawrence is the only major retail market in the state to have posted such a decline. Reasons ...
Friday, April 10 Spring Book Sale, 10 a.m.-6 p.m., Lawrence Public Library, 707 Vermont St. Enter on Kentucky Street side of the building. All books $2 or less. Sale continues through the weekend. LPL Con: Teen Night, 6-9 p.m., Lawrence Public Library, 707 Vermont St. Registration required; ...
When Lawrence gets a new city manager, it could also get a new look for its City Commission meetings – one with public comments near the beginning instead of at the end. At Tuesday’s City Commission meeting, Mayor Brad Finkeldei said he was interested in changing the order of the meeting ...
