TOPEKA — A Topeka police officer shot and killed a man early Thursday during a struggle over a handgun, Police Chief Bryan Wheedles said. The shooting occurred as the officer was investigating a report of a car, which was later determined to be stolen, blocking an alley in central ...
The committee tasked with creating a budget recommendation for the Lawrence school board recently received the results of a community survey, which consultants said showed support for considering school closures. However, some committee members questioned whether the survey was representative ...
A Lawrence fast-food manager committed sex crimes against a 15-year-old employee, according to allegations in a newly released affidavit in the case. The man, Stephen Tyler Wampler, 27, has been charged in Douglas County District Court with two felony counts of aggravated indecent liberties ...
The Dole Institute of Politics will host a special ceremony and unveil a new exhibit on Monday to mark the one-year anniversary of the death of former U.S. Sen. Bob Dole. The institute will have a come-and-go ceremony filled with music and opportunities for reflection from noon to 4 p.m. on ...
A woman who has been charged with setting multiple fires at North Lawrence businesses — one of which reportedly caused more than $1 million in damage — just days earlier was responsible for a serious structure fire at a west Lawrence business, according to a newly released affidavit in the ...
A physicist and interim dean at the University of New Mexico has been selected to become the leader of KU’s College of Liberal Arts and Sciences, the university’s biggest academic unit. Arash Mafi was chosen from a field of four finalists to take over as executive dean of the College of ...
