Lawrence city staff now says it would take about $18,000 a year to keep the Community Building open for youth free play after school, and the City Commission will accept a report on those findings at its meeting next week. The report is attached to the commission's meeting agenda for Tuesday. ...
TOPEKA — The U.S. House delegation from Kansas split along partisan lines Wednesday on the appropriations legislation drawing to a close the longest federal government shutdown in the nation’s history. Republican U.S. Reps. Derek Schmidt, Tracey Mann and Ron Estes voted with the 222-209 ...
After the Affordable Housing Advisory Board had discussed requests for six- and even seven-figure sums out of the city’s affordable housing trust on Thursday, one of the last items it had to consider was a request for $80,000. “It’s a pretty cheap ticket,” board member Mark Buhler said ...
A wrongful conviction trial that was expected to conclude Thursday will spill into next week after the plaintiff’s attorney spent the entire day attempting to discredit a doctor who concluded that a baby had died from abuse, not natural causes. During an often tense six hours, Dr. Terra ...
While Liam Elliott has performed at famous Los Angeles venues like The House of Blues, the first time he took the stage was here at Theatre Lawrence. And now, he’s coming home to celebrate the release of his new single in the city that first got his creativity flowing. After spending a few ...
Friday, Nov. 14 Lawrence Sports Card Expo, 3-7 p.m., DoubleTree by Hilton, 200 McDonald Drive. See social media for details. Continues through the weekend. Cinema a Go Go: “The Beast from 20,000 Fathoms” (1953) and “It Came from Beneath the Sea” (1955), 7 p.m., Liberty Hall, 644 ...
