A Lawrence man will serve no additional prison time after his felony assault and battery charges were reduced on Wednesday to a misdemeanor through a plea agreement with the state. Cetewayo M. Ragins, 43, was sentenced to just shy of five years in prison earlier this month for biting a ...
TOPEKA — Two transgender teenagers and their parents are challenging a new Kansas law that bans gender-affirming care for minors. The American Civil Liberties Union of Kansas and the national ACLU filed a lawsuit Wednesday in Douglas County District Court on behalf of a 16-year-old trans boy ...
The Lawrence school district has appointed an interim principal for Prairie Park Elementary School. Denise Johnson, who will assume the role on July 1, will succeed Jason Townsend, who is leaving after two years as principal to be a principal in Garnett, according to a news release Wednesday ...
Before Whit Downing found her calling advocating for people with developmental disabilities, she faced her own hardship getting access to the services she needs. Downing, who is autistic, said she wasn’t able to receive crucial services as an adult until she was 27 due to long federal ...
Editor's Note: The Journal-World is making a change in its coverage of arrests that result in felony criminal charges. It is our intention to publish — Monday through Friday on LJWorld.com and Tuesday through Saturday in the print edition of the Journal-World — a list of individuals who ...
Lawrence solar company Good Energy Solutions will award a free solar panel system to a nonprofit in northeast Kansas, the company announced in a news release Wednesday. Nonprofit organizations interested in applying for the 2025 Solar Giveaway can submit their applications through the Good ...
