A Ford Fusion with six people on board crossed the center line in a crash that killed all six occupants, according to the Douglas County Sheriff’s Office’s crash report released to the Journal-World Wednesday morning. The five family members and a longtime family friend had driven close to ...
MISSION — Gov. Laura Kelly's planned order requiring Kansas residents to wear masks to slow the spread of the coronavirus could be toothless in many parts of the state because counties can exempt themselves and even those that don't might not enforce it. Officials in some counties already ...
Investigations are ongoing into some incidents of vehicles driving through crowds at protests and of a banner found Saturday near South Park, according to Lawrence police. In a statement to media on Monday, the Lawrence Police Department said officers were investigating two incidents of ...
Every morning at 6:02 a.m., Kathy Hanks and Amy Bickel would wake up and log on to their computers. In the same Google Document, the women would write in the morning hours from their respective homes in Lawrence and Burrton, Kan. Hanks and Bickel, former colleagues at The Hutchinson News, ...
Liberty, Mo. — Kansas City officials on Tuesday voted to strip the name of one of the city's most influential developers from a city fountain and street because he barred Blacks and Jews from the neighborhoods he developed in the 1900s. The process of removing J.C. Nichols’ name started in ...
Story updated at 6:01 p.m. Tuesday: As a protest that is occupying a block of Massachusetts Street continues into its fourth day, the City of Lawrence says it will keep the road closed "at least" through Wednesday. Protesters have been occupying a portion of Massachusetts Street that runs ...
Prosecutors have asked a judge not to grant a request to lower the bond for a man who has been in jail for more than five years, arguing that the coronavirus pandemic is not as big a concern locally as it is elsewhere, and that after years of hearings and a trial, the court has chosen to ...
The University of Kansas has decided to give its instructors more flexibility to decide whether they’re comfortable with teaching in-person courses in the fall, just days after hundreds of faculty members signed a letter protesting KU’s policies related to COVID-19 and the reopening ...
Plans on how to manage LMH Health’s emergency department are the main topic for a special meeting of the LMH board of trustees on Wednesday. The LMH Health board and the hospital’s medical executive committee — a group of doctors and other medical providers — will participate in a ...
A Douglas County quarry just outside of Eudora is looking to expand its operation. The County Commission on Wednesday will consider amendments to a conditional use permit that would allow Hamm Quarry, 2364 North 1200 Road, to expand into 51 acres west of the property. The amended permit would ...
KANSAS CITY, Mo. — Kansas City’s Black mayor said Monday that he was called a racist slur and told he should “swing from a tree” after he announced mandatory face masks in the Missouri city. Mayor Quinton Lucas on Twitter shared a screenshot of the texts, which came after he announced ...
The logistics of a fall semester at the University of Kansas in the COVID-19 era began to take shape late Monday, as the university released many new guidelines for classroom configurations, the options available for faculty to safely teach, and new procedures for the unprecedented academic ...
Three Democratic candidates for Douglas County positions announced on Monday they have formed a coordinated campaign focusing on issues related to criminal justice, housing and climate change. The “Douglas County Justice Ticket” includes District Attorney candidate Cooper Overstreet, ...
Updated at 4:47 p.m. Monday The state of Kansas, beginning on Friday, will require every person to wear a mask in public places where social distancing is not possible, Gov. Laura Kelly announced Monday. The marked escalation in Kansas' strategy to slow the spread of COVID-19 came after the ...
In Sara Gillum’s front yard, strings of rainbow decorations hang from tree branches, swaying and turning in the breeze. The art project started as Gillum’s creative way to reuse plastic lids. Now, it’s become her fundraising effort for Lawrence nonprofits. Prior to the pandemic, Gillum ...
Story updated at 5 p.m. Monday: After more than 30 new cases of COVID-19 were confirmed over the weekend, Douglas County will soon require everyone in public spaces to wear a mask when social distancing is not possible. Beginning at 12:01 a.m. Wednesday, masks will be required throughout ...
Updated at 8:17 p.m. Monday: Two vehicles tried to drive through crowds Monday afternoon and six people were arrested as police cleared a downtown street of protesters before then backing off and allowing them to reoccupy the street. Monday marked the third day that protesters occupied a ...
The Lawrence Public Library has reopened in a limited capacity, but library leaders say a return to normal operating is still far away. The library’s meeting areas, study tables and reading corners are gone, and there are limits on the number of visitors and how long they can stay. ...
Story updated at 1:28 p.m. Monday: Two Boys & Girls Club locations and a Lawrence school district summer meal pickup site have closed because club staff members have contracted COVID-19. Alissa Bauer, a spokesperson for the club, said in an email to the Journal-World that the club ...
WASHINGTON — The Supreme Court on Monday refused to block the execution of four federal prison inmates who are scheduled to be put to death in July and August. The executions would mark the first use of the death penalty on the federal level since 2003. The justices rejected an appeal ...
