Days after a narrow City Commission vote on whether to claw back his affordable housing project's funding, developer Tony Krsnich is asking for an apology and for the chair of the city's Affordable Housing Advisory Board to resign. That's according to a formal complaint sent by Krsnich's ...
The City of Lawrence has hired a University of Kansas alumna as its new director of human resources, it announced on Friday. In a news release, the city said new HR Director Shakeva Christian has more than 30 years of HR experience and most recently served as deputy HR director for the Unified ...
With the eyes of the world turned to the United States during the 2026 FIFA World Cup, the Lawrence Public Library hopes to turn local eyes onto the world with a series of events that explores the cultures and people who will make up the tournament. The library’s series of events — called ...
The Lawrence City Commission could soon hear public comments near the start of its meeting agenda — but only from a limited number of speakers who have registered in advance. This period for “scheduled public comment,” as well as a “pledge of civility” that would be read before the ...
Relatives of a jail inmate who died after a Kansas sheriff's deputy shoved his knee into the cuffed man's back for one minute and 26 seconds as he repeatedly yelled "Help!" have filed a federal lawsuit. Attorneys for the family of Charles Adair renewed their demand Friday that video of what ...
Douglas County is under a tornado watch from this afternoon into the evening, as numerous thunderstorms are expected to develop with hazards like large hail, damaging winds and tornadoes possible. Severe weather is expected to develop on Friday as part of a larger storm system moving across ...
