The Lecompton Historical Society will host a panel discussion Saturday about the history and legacy of a rural cemetery in Douglas County that was the first African-American cemetery in the county. The program, which will be at Lecompton’s Territorial Capital Museum, 640 E. Woodson Ave., ...
By JOHN HANNA Associated Press Kansas City, Missouri, would issue $600 million in bonds for a new stadium for Major League Baseball's Royals under a proposal officials there are pursuing. Mayor Quinton Lucas and nine of 12 City Council members introduced a proposed ordinance Thursday that ...
A man accused of sexually assaulting five women while providing massage services at a yoga studio in Baldwin City has been charged with rape and multiple other sex crimes, the Douglas County District Attorney's Office announced on Friday. The DA's Office said in a news release that 44-year-old ...
City leaders will vote next week on whether to claw back $558,000 in affordable housing funding from Bert Nash Community Mental Health Center after it stepped away from a supportive housing project. The funding was awarded to Bert Nash from the city's Affordable Housing Trust Fund in 2023 and ...
TOPEKA — Republican legislators overrode Gov. Laura Kelly’s veto to create a 25-foot buffer around law enforcement and emergency personnel, a move the Senate leader said ensures Kansas won’t become like Minnesota. Senate President Ty Masterson said in a news release that House Bill 2372, ...
A federal judge ruled in a Gaggle surveillance case filed by students that the Lawrence school district violated the Kansas Open Records Act by failing to respond to student requests, and now, the district must comply. On Oct. 30, 2025, students filed Kansas Open Records Act requests with the ...
