An old-fashioned Douglas County staple, the Vinland Fair, returned this week with races, music and more. The fair continues through Saturday at the Vinland Fairgrounds at 1736 North 700 Road; for more information and a schedule of events, visit vinlandfair.com.
From the start of 2020 to the end of 2021, Black drivers were nearly three times as likely as white drivers to be pulled over for a traffic stop in Douglas County, according to a study examining law enforcement contact with people of color. The study of pedestrian and traffic stops was ...
With potential school closures looming, Lawrence school board leaders will soon consider hiring an outside consultant to use enrollment projections and other data to help plan how the district uses its school buildings. As part of its meeting Monday, the Lawrence school board will consider ...
The University of Kansas has received a $2 million gift to help it sustain a geology field camp it operates in Colorado. The Harrison Family Fund at the Douglas County Community Foundation gave the $2 million gift to support the KU Geology Field Camp in Cañon City, Colorado. The family of ...
Imagine the Energizer Bunny with a turbo charger. Plans in De Soto for a new $4 billion, 4,000-job plant that makes batteries for electric vehicles may get growth moving at that type of speed in Eudora — and perhaps Lawrence. The EDC of Lawrence and Douglas County — a countywide economic ...
A former policy adviser for U.S. Sen. Jerry Moran has been selected as the University of Kansas’ next point person on Capitol Hill in Washington, D.C. Kyle Christian will begin work as KU’s associate vice chancellor for federal relations on Aug. 15, KU announced in a press release Friday. ...
