Defense attorneys requested — and a judge denied on Friday — a new trial for a man who earlier this year was found guilty of murder in a downtown Lawrence shooting. A jury in July found Nicholas Beaver guilty of first-degree murder in the shooting death of Vincent Lee Walker on March 6, ...
A $30 million Dillons grocery store that is 30,000 square feet larger than its predecessor now has an official opening date: Friday, Oct. 17. The new store at 2205 Iowa St. is set to open at 7 a.m. on Oct. 17. The store — which is just north and west of the Clinton Parkway and Iowa Street ...
It’s been a year since Lawrence-Douglas County Public Health launched the county’s five-year roadmap to improve community health, and local health leaders will soon share details on how it's worked out so far. On Tuesday, Oct. 21, the public is invited to hear a one-year update from ...
Friday, Oct. 10 Fall Book Sale, 10 a.m.- 6 p.m., Lawrence Public Library, 707 Vermont St. Enter on Kentucky St. side of library. Continues through Sunday. AUMI Jam, 4:30-6 p.m., Sound + Vision Studio, Lawrence Public Library, 707 Vermont St. KU Inter-Arts presents musical improvisation ...
OVERLAND PARK — Wednesday marked the first day in two years that transgender Kansans were able to change the gender markers on their driver's licenses after the Kansas Supreme Court denied Attorney General Kris Kobach’s appeal in a long legal battle. For Jessie Lawson, her driver’s ...
Billy Mills Middle School students were evacuated to a nearby football field Thursday after a social media post mentioned a weapon being on campus, according to Lawrence police. Nothing concerning was found in the building, police said. Police officers and school staff shortly before 1 p.m. ...
