A Lawrence man accused of using social media to solicit nude photos from an underage girl was convicted Friday after agreeing to a plea deal with the Douglas County District Attorney’s Office. Jared C. Spears, 28, pleaded no contest to one count of sexual exploitation of a child, which is a ...
LITTLE ROCK, Ark. — As U.S. regulators weigh giving the final stamp of approval for certain COVID-19 vaccines, governors in states hard hit by the pandemic hope the move will help persuade the many holdouts in their states to finally get the shot. The governors of Arkansas and Ohio — where ...
TOPEKA — About 7,000 Kansans lost unemployment benefits this week because they did not meet a deadline to sign up for a new state program designed to help people find a job. Legislators inserted the work search requirement into House Bill 2196 earlier this year. Mike Beene, director of ...
The City of Lawrence has lifted the cease and desist order it issued to AT&T last week over "reckless" behavior, citing an agreement with AT&T to address concerns. The city issued the cease and desist order to AT&T and its subcontractors on July 15 for all active projects in the ...
Citing its negative effect on board participation, the city’s Community Police Review Board has decided to remove a criminal background check as a requirement to join the board. For about a year, the board has been working on a new version of its governing ordinance with the main goal of ...
Topeka — Gov. Laura Kelly on Thursday pinned Kansas’ hopes of keeping the COVID-19 delta variant in check on more people getting inoculated because it is spreading rapidly among the unvaccinated. Kelly acknowledged that there’s not enough time before K-12 schools resume classes in ...
