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. This call blotter spans from 6 a.m. Tuesday to 6 a.m. Wednesday and includes 203 incidents. Each listing gives a date, time and ...
Story updated at 8:53 p.m. Wednesday TOPEKA — A Kansas Supreme Court justice whose votes for abortion rights and against the death penalty made him a political target plans to retire in three months, allowing Democratic Gov. Laura Kelly to name a replacement before the Republican-controlled ...
Thunderstorms, with winds clocked at 50 mph, blew through Lawrence Wednesday morning, but the next week should be sunny and dry. The Lawrence Municipal Airport reported .04 inches of rain at 9 a.m. Wednesday, according to Kyle Poage, a meteorologist with the National Weather Service in ...
City leaders reached a general consensus Tuesday that the city should make cuts to several programs in order to keep the property tax rate flat and eliminate proposed entrance fees for recreation centers, but expressed interest in continuing to fund a scholarship program at the Lawrence Arts ...
Douglas County commissioners at their Wednesday work session will discuss possibilities for a downtown master plan that would address some space issues. The county hired the architecture firm Gould Evans to conduct a space needs study in 2017. The study found that the county's downtown ...
Story updated at 6:17 p.m. Tuesday, July 9, 2019: The Lawrence schools superintendent has selected Shaun Hanson, assistant principal of Southwest Middle School, for a districtwide administrative position. According to a news release from the district, Hanson will fill the role of assistant ...
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. This call blotter spans from 6 a.m. Monday to 6 a.m. Tuesday and includes 196 incidents. Each listing gives a date, time and ...
If you want to scare a significant portion of the Lawrence population, tell them their city is beginning to look like Kansas City. That has been an attitude for a long time in Lawrence, and perhaps it has played a role in the recent closing of a downtown restaurant. Grinders — owned by a hip ...
In officially launching her campaign for a seat in Congress, Democrat and Lawrence resident Abbie Hodgson told the Journal-World that if she was elected she would work to help secure financial stability for Kansans through several policy platforms. “From a national perspective, the economy ...
A judge found probable cause for a Lawrence man to stand trial in a sex crime case where he allegedly assaulted a woman at a pool party in rural Douglas County. Matthew C. Hart, 40, appeared in Douglas County District Court for a preliminary hearing that took place over the course of three ...
A Lawrence woman is facing felony charges for lighting a home on fire after the homeowner denied her entry to the house, according to an arrest affidavit in the case. Samantha Phelan Yellow Wolf, 29, was arrested at her home at 3:57 p.m. June 17 for an incident that occurred on June 3, ...
Theatergoers attending the premiere of “Chasing Gods” will have an unusually up-close experience; they'll be seated on the stage. “It’s an intimate viewing experience,” said Paris Crayton III, the creator of the production, which opens Friday in Murphy Hall on the University of ...
The Lawrence school district expects to receive an additional $300,000 of funding through its local option budget authority, which is generated through local taxes. Kathy Johnson, executive director of finance for the school district, reported to the Lawrence school board during its regular ...
ST. JOSEPH, Mo. — Officials in a northwestern Missouri city say a letter filled with a white, granular substance that spurred an evacuation contained human ashes. St. Joseph spokeswoman Mary Robertson said the city finance department evacuated Monday after a staffer opened the letter and ...
TOPEKA — A state-court judge declined Monday to give a Kansas clinic permission to provide telemedicine abortions. Shawnee County District Judge Teresa Watson rejected a request from the Trust Women Foundation for an injunction to block the state from subjecting the clinic and its doctors ...
Story updated at 7:15 p.m. Monday, July 8: Topeka — A one-time speechwriter for former Gov. Kathleen Sebelius says she will begin a campaign on Tuesday for an eastern Kansas congressional seat. The Kansas City Star reports that Democrat Abbie Hodgson, of Lawrence, will seek the party’s ...
A Lawrence City Commission work group is proposing dozens of potential changes, including cuts to several programs, to address concerns commissioners have with former City Manager Tom Markus’ recommended budget for 2020. As part of its work session Tuesday, the commission will discuss the ...
A scooter driver who collided with a pickup and ended up pinned under the truck remains in intensive care more than two weeks later, according to family. The crash happened shortly after 11 a.m. June 20 at 21st and Tennessee streets. Max Van Holt, 51, of Springfield, Mo., was in town ...
Two people in a stolen car were arrested after leading law enforcement on a chase that ended at the east edge of Lawrence Monday, authorities say. At one point the car reportedly was driving the wrong way on 23rd Street. The incident started about 11:10 a.m., when a Douglas County Sheriff’s ...
You probably have heard of breakfast burritos. But a breakfast tamale? (Caution: Getting the Froot Loops and the milk into the corn husk can be messy.) Actually, look for a new shop that will serve a better version than that. A local restaurant owner has signed a deal to open Mama’s Tamale ...
