Along with a number of other changes to their operations this year, the City of Lawrence's recreation facilities will now be closed for all city-observed holidays, including Presidents Day on Feb. 16. The city announced on Monday that its Parks, Recreation and Culture facilities would be ...
University of Kansas students who get their health insurance through a special program overseen by the Kansas Board of Regents are expected to see their premiums rise slightly next school year. The Board of Regents at its meeting on Wednesday is being asked to approve premium increases of a ...
Updated at 4:40 p.m. Monday, Feb. 9 A 36-year-old man who was arrested Saturday in Lawrence on suspicion of burglary and aggravated arson was charged Monday with four felonies and two misdemeanors. Michael Lenoy Hodges, whose address is listed as “transient” in the Douglas County Jail ...
TOPEKA — Gov. Laura Kelly put a signature to a bundled law enforcement bill Friday elevating consequences for conviction of buying sexual relations, misuse of a laser pointer and crimes of vehicle and gift-card theft. The legislation was a holdover from the 2025 legislative session that ...
Jurors have awarded $8.3 million to the family of a Kansas foster teen who died in 2021 after he was held facedown for 39 minutes in a juvenile intake center while in the throes of a mental health crisis. Five juvenile officers in Sedgwick County either used excessive force on Cedric ...
TOPEKA — For many trans Kansans and allied activists, Friday wasn’t their first time in the state Capitol building in Topeka. Years of commitment to the cause led to the day’s event, which organizers called a “pee-in.” A group of about 50 people gathered in the Statehouse to ...
