Part of what brought Jan Decker to move to the southwestern edge of Lawrence was the nature preserve just past their backyard, where she and her husband could see deer and the grasses. But this week, seemingly out of nowhere, she was seeing large trucks drive through the Kanza Southwind Nature ...
Updated at 4 p.m. Wednesday, Dec. 17 A defendant who was convicted of murdering a man in front of the Lawrence Public Library in 2024 has been ordered to serve more than 51 years in prison. Judge Stacey Donovan on Wednesday handed down the 620-month term requested by the state and denied the ...
In a rare jury trial involving a juvenile defendant, Douglas County jurors on Wednesday acquitted a teenager of two counts of aggravated assault. Jurors reached the not-guilty verdicts on Wednesday morning after a two-day trial. The felony offenses were alleged to have occurred in October ...
State law requires residents of a county to be notified of a lot of different legal matters that are underway at any given time. That includes pending foreclosures of homes, new ordinances proposed by local governments, legal name changes of your neighbors, and even the sales that dispose of ...
After a lengthy discussion regarding the start of a membership fee plan for Lawrence’s recreation centers, the City Commission on Tuesday night voted against pausing the fee plan and using other funding options to keep the facilities free for next year. Commissioners voted 3-2 against a ...
TOPEKA — The federal government cut 90% of funding for a program that helps people enroll in Medicaid and the Affordable Care Act marketplace, leaving Kansans with fewer options for help understanding their health care options. The Navigator program paid for experts throughout the state to ...
