City leaders have committed to a public review of the Lawrence Police Department’s use-of-force policies, with some emphasizing that the review would be just one piece of a larger evaluation. As part of its meeting Tuesday, the Lawrence City Commission voted unanimously to adopt a ...
GARDEN CITY — Four Republicans and two Democrats are running for Kansas’ 1st Congressional District seat. It’s open because Republican U.S. Rep. Roger Marshall hopes to win the U.S. Senate seat held by Pat Roberts, who is retiring. Known as the Big 1st, the congressional district ...
Addressing a group of barbers and cosmetologists inside Prestige Hair Studio recently, Breanna Bell asked how many of them discussed or were taught about curly hair in their hair styling schools. About 10 out of the 30 people raised their hands, but some of those raised hands seemed ...
TOPEKA — Kansas is among the top 14 states in the country for the most rapid spread of coronavirus, and in the top 14 states for having the least restrictions on activities, the state's top health official said Tuesday. Lee Norman, Secretary of the Kansas Department of Health and ...
The Watkins Museum, after reopening on June 26, will close again until mid-July due to a staff member testing positive for COVID-19. The staff member who tested positive had last worked on site on June 26, a release from the museum stated. Will Hickox, the museum's public engagement ...
The University of Kansas’ Alumni Association applied for and received a federal Paycheck Protection Program loan of $606,200 in early April, just before the COVID-19 pandemic was at its initial peak in Kansas, records show. Like small businesses and nonprofits across the country, the Alumni ...
TOPEKA — A new Republican political action committee has launched what it says will be a $3 million campaign in Kansas with an ad that says GOP Senate candidate and immigration hardliner Kris Kobach has ties to white supremacists. Kobach campaign spokesperson Danedri Herbert said Tuesday ...
Listed below is the majority of Lawrence police activity within the last 24 hours. Each afternoon the Lawrence Police Department releases a list of officer activity up to 6 a.m. on the date listed and extending back to 6 a.m. on the previous day. Each listing includes a date, time and general ...
Updated at 2:51 p.m. Tuesday ALBANY, N.Y. — New York is now requiring people from three additional states to quarantine for 14 days as more individuals are testing positive for COVID-19 nationwide. Gov. Andrew Cuomo said in a Tuesday press release that Delaware, Kansas and Oklahoma now join ...
KANSAS CITY, Mo. — A former police officer was sentenced Tuesday to four months in jail for causing a 2018 wreck that killed a Kansas teenager and injured two others outside the stadium where the Kansas City Chiefs play. Thirty-five-year-old Terrell Watkins pleaded guilty in early June to ...
The Douglas County Commission on Wednesday will continue its consideration of a company’s request to expand its quarry operation just outside of Eudora. The commissioners will consider amending a conditional use permit for Hamm Quarry, 2364 North 1200 Road, which wants to expand its ...
City leaders will soon consider approving the design for the reconstruction of a portion of East 19th Street, a project that has generated concerns from neighbors. As part of its meeting Tuesday, the Lawrence City Commission will consider approving the design concept for the reconstruction ...
Douglas County has reported 354 cases of COVID-19 as of Monday, an increase of 103 cases since Friday. In Douglas County, 175 out of the 354 people with confirmed cases of COVID-19 have recovered. The Kansas Department of Health and Environment’s online map noted that 7,178 Douglas County ...
The state of Kansas should continue to remain in Phase 3 of the recommended reopening process as new cases of COVID-19 continue to spike, Gov. Laura Kelly said Monday. In the past two weeks, Kansas has seen nearly 3,500 new cases of the potentially deadly respiratory virus — by far the ...
TOPEKA — Kansas reported 982 more confirmed coronavirus cases and three more deaths as the state seeks to combat the surging outbreak with a mask mandate. The state Department of Health and Environment reported Monday that Kansas has had 16,901 cases, up 6% from Friday. Kansas also has ...
Just short of four months before an overwhelming majority of the Lawrence police union voted that they had no confidence in their chief, union leaders had given him a letter detailing their pressing concerns, records show. Among them, the union’s executive board listed staffing shortages ...
Updated at 5:37 p.m. Monday City leaders will soon consider whether to commit to a public review of the Lawrence Police Department’s use-of-force policies, including the department’s policies regarding deadly force. As part of its meeting Tuesday, the Lawrence City Commission will ...
Listed below is the majority of Lawrence police activity within the last 24 hours. Each afternoon the Lawrence Police Department releases a list of officer activity up to 6 a.m. on the date listed and extending back to 6 a.m. on the previous day. Each listing includes a date, time and general ...
In Sarah Henning’s latest young adult fantasy, the Lawrence author inverts the trope of the damsel in distress. This time, it’s the princess rescuing her true love from the hands of captors. As her title indicates, “The Princess Will Save You.” Henning’s novel is inspired by the ...
LONDON — More than 200 scientists have called for the World Health Organization and others to acknowledge that the coronavirus can spread in the air — a change that could alter some of the current measures being taken to stop the pandemic. In a letter published in the journal Clinical ...
