Local kids are getting a chance to participate this election season by running for Kid President of the Lawrence Public Library, a new program that teaches students about running a campaign and the importance of voting. Each week of October, about 20 kids between the ages of 8 and 11 have ...
Tuck the kids in for bed, let the dog out one more time and collect the campaign signs from the front yard: It’s become part of a nightly ritual for some local voters who display support for their candidates by daylight. Leaders of the local Democrats and GOP told the Journal-World that ...
Listed below is the majority of Lawrence police activity within the last 24 hours. Each afternoon the Lawrence Police Department releases a list of officer activity up to 6 a.m. on the date listed and extending back to 6 a.m. on the previous day. Each listing includes a date, time and general ...
The oldest in-use Catholic church in Kansas has been added to the National Register of Historic Places. Holy Family Catholic Church, 301 E. Ninth St. in Eudora, was listed in the Kansas Register of Historic Places on Aug. 1 and the National Register of Historic Places on Oct. 2. For ...
Story updated at 1:29 p.m. Wednesday TOPEKA (AP) — Health care workers and long-term care residents will be among those who will get the coronavirus vaccine first in Kansas, a draft plan shows. Kansas’ 45-page plan was filed in the past week with the Centers for Disease Control and ...
A lawsuit filed last week in Douglas County District Court alleges that the University of Kansas owes over $3 million to a sports marketing firm in Chicago for work related to a 2015 contract. The consulting work done by Navigate Marketing Inc. is what led KU not only to a more lucrative ...
Four researchers at the University of Kansas found recently that Asian Americans have been hit harder by unemployment related to the COVID-19 pandemic than any other minority group in the United States, but the reason why isn't exactly clear. Since the pandemic took hold in March, Asian ...
Hoping for a compromise, city leaders have voted to go forward with community engagement regarding a proposal to extend a road near the Mutt Run Off-Leash Dog Park that more than 1,300 Lawrence residents say they oppose. As part of its meeting Tuesday, the Lawrence City Commission voted 4-1, ...
City leaders have approved tax breaks and other economic incentives for a project that will bring a pretzel production facility and close to 300 jobs to Lawrence. As part of its meeting Tuesday, the Lawrence City Commission voted unanimously to approve an approximately $4.4 million economic ...
City leaders have approved a contract for an outside study of the Lawrence police department to inform their consideration of fundamental changes to police duties. As part of its meeting Tuesday, the Lawrence City Commission voted unanimously to authorize a professional services agreement in ...
When Dan Hughes, co-owner of Sunflower Outdoor & Bike, started planning to add a cafe to the store, he figured menu items that could easily fit into the jersey pocket of a bike outfit would be key. Indeed, such offerings are important, but that’s not always how the menu ends up getting ...
With candy-delivery contraptions, a safe trick-or-treating map and help from a few superheroes, some Lawrence residents are hoping to save trick-or-treating for kids at a time when the coronavirus pandemic has changed much about their lives. A nonprofit is partnering with the Lawrence Parks ...
Two people are set to be charged with misdemeanors in incidents where vehicles were recorded driving into groups of protesters on Massachusetts Street, court records show. As the Journal-World has reported, in an incident on May 31, a woman accelerated a green SUV into protesters occupying ...
Douglas County's health department was notified Tuesday by the Kansas Department of Health and Environment of two COVID-19-related deaths of county residents that occurred in August. Lawrence-Douglas County Public Health said in its daily update that it was notified on Tuesday of the two ...
Douglas County could take on debt to cover $8.8 million of the construction costs for a new behavioral health crisis center. The County Commission on Wednesday will consider authorizing the sale of general obligation bonds for the project, which would establish a 20,000-square-foot facility ...
Listed below is the majority of Lawrence police activity within the last 24 hours. Each afternoon the Lawrence Police Department releases a list of officer activity up to 6 a.m. on the date listed and extending back to 6 a.m. on the previous day. Each listing includes a date, time and general ...
Story updated at 5:06 p.m. Tuesday, Oct. 20: TOPEKA (AP) — A Kansas man who prosecutors say threatened to kidnap and kill Wichita’s mayor because he was upset with the city’s mask ordinance was charged Tuesday with three counts of criminal threat. Meredith Dowty, 59, of Wichita, is ...
A late-19th-century home in the Old West Lawrence neighborhood is enriched by the diverse art collection its owners proudly display, as well as the visiting artists who often frequent the house. Though owners and longtime Lawrence residents Burdett and Michel Loomis have no formal art ...
The Lawrence Interdenominational Nutrition Kitchen’s annual community Thanksgiving dinner will undergo some operational changes this year because of the COVID-19 pandemic. Most notably, LINK’s dining room at 221 W. 10th St. will not be open for seating on Thanksgiving Day, Nov. 26., ...
An investigation by an outside agency into three Douglas County Sheriff’s Office employees found that the presumed next sheriff violated department policies, but not the law, in a 2017 sex-crime investigation. Lt. Jay Armbrister — who won 39% of the vote in the Aug. 4 Democratic primary ...
