WASHINGTON (AP) — Federal immigration officials need to ensure that body cameras worn by officers are uniformly activated when needed, a government report released Wednesday said, following a series of contentious shootings and aggressive arrests by ICE officers. The agency rejected the ...
The high school sports season is still young but Baldwin High already is in the middle of a high-stakes competition: The school is competing for $1 million of free money. The school’s athletic director, Dayton Valentine, entered the school into T-Mobile’s Friday Night 5G Lights ...
Two Douglas County District Court judges are on this year's ballot for a retention vote. Judge Amy Hanley and Judge Stacey Donovan, both of Lawrence, handle felony criminal cases, and each presides over a specialty court. Hanley runs the Veterans Treatment Court, and Donovan runs the ...
When the visitors from Hiratsuka, Japan, stopped by the Lawrence Public Library on Tuesday, there was someone special whom Karen Allen wanted to meet. Allen, who works in administration at the library, asked which one of them was Daisuke’s mom. It was Mieko Sasaki, who came up to her and, ...
Advance voting for the Nov. 3 general election begins Wednesday. Follow these links to learn more about the races for the Douglas County Commission, U.S. Senate, Kansas governor, attorney general, secretary of state, a variety of Kansas statehouse candidates, and a ballot question about the ...
In the race for governor in Kansas, Ty Masterson and Cindy Holscher agree on one thing: the choice could not be clearer. The two candidates have said so themselves — in interviews and on the debate stage in Hutchinson last month. Masterson and Holscher are running to succeed Gov. Laura ...
