In Lawrence, there is always a lot of focus on the quest to get to the Final Four. But there are other numerical accomplishments we could focus on too. How about the Last Three? Don’t clear out a space in the trophy case just yet. We’re talking about taxes, and being in the last three is ...
After generous donations and a couple of grants, a Eudora community garden now has more room to grow. The Eudora Giving Garden, which became a nonprofit in 2020, has quickly grown from a small downtown garden to a larger operation on a new plot of land that includes a greenhouse, a beehive, a ...
Three candidates for Eudora's superintendent position — all of them superintendents from elsewhere in Kansas — visited the district this past week, and now it's up to the Eudora school board to decide which of them will get the job. During their visits, candidates Darrel Kohlman, Jason ...
When U.S. Catholic bishops hold their next national meeting in June, they’ll be deciding whether to send a tougher-than-ever message to President Joe Biden and other Catholic politicians: Don’t receive Communion if you persist in public advocacy of abortion rights. At issue is a document ...
TOPEKA — A Kansas House member was arrested on suspicion of misdemeanor battery in what authorities said Friday was an incident involving a student while he was substitute teaching at a public school in his hometown. Republican Rep. Mark Samsel was booked Thursday into the local county jail ...
A once-popular tourist railroad in Baldwin City has settled an unpaid tax bill and a pair of lawsuits, but its future remains cloudy with no date for when train rides may resume. The Baldwin City & Southern Railroad and its fellow nonprofit railway association also continue to face nearly ...
The City of Lawrence now ranks among the top 30 local governments for its use of green power. The city announced in a news release this week that that it had made the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency’s Top 30 Local Government list for the first time. Lawrence currently ranks as No. 23 ...
A local nonprofit organization that supports Haskell Indian Nations University has laid off its two employees, and the executive director has announced his resignation. The Haskell Foundation announced staff layoffs this week due to the current level of work available and financial ...
Topeka — Kansas lawmakers return to the Statehouse next week for a showdown with Democratic Gov. Laura Kelly over issues at the heart of both culture wars and taxes. While legislators took a break, Kelly vetoed a range of high-profile bills. Now the conservative Republicans who control the ...
TOPEKA — Kansas' highest court on Friday upheld a law barring so-called wrongful birth lawsuits against doctors, in a case in which a couple sued because they weren't told of serious fetal defects until after an abortion could have been obtained. The state Supreme Court ruled against the ...
After massive amounts of buried trash were discovered on the site of a new manufacturing plant in the city’s business park, city leaders will soon consider increasing the economic incentives for the project to help offset the cost of the cleanup. As part of its meeting Tuesday, the Lawrence ...
As of 9 a.m. on Friday, 55,395 Douglas County residents had received at least one dose of a COVID-19 vaccine, according to the Kansas Department of Health and Environment (KDHE). Last week, KDHE told the Journal-World that 56,658 Douglas County residents had received at least one dose of a ...
Story updated at 4:47 p.m. Friday: Evergy plans to close its coal-fired power plant just outside of Lawrence by 2023, the electric utility company disclosed Friday in a regulatory filing. Evergy, which is the company that was formed when Westar and KCP&L merged, said the Lawrence Energy ...
A little more than three weeks after taking over an athletic department with no head football coach in place, new University of Kansas AD Travis Goff filled the high profile vacancy, hiring Lance Leipold to lead the Big 12’s perpetually rebuilding program. The former head coach at Buffalo in ...
A tractor isn’t going to win many races against an airplane, but indeed tractors are going to have the final victory at the Airport Motel property in North Lawrence. A new dealership of tractors, lawn mowers and other outdoor equipment is expected to locate at the longtime motel site this ...
A task force of Lawrence residents that has been reconsidering the city’s form of government has come out in favor of having a directly elected mayor. As part of its meeting Thursday evening, the City Government Study Task Force voted 7-0, with a few members absent, to recommend that the ...
Topeka — A big political battle is brewing over whether top Republicans in the GOP-controlled Legislature will have the final say over how the state spends more than $4.8 billion it expects to receive from the latest federal COVID-19 relief package. The move comes as elected officials voted ...
People who received only one COVID-19 vaccine dose at a Douglas County mass vaccination clinic will be notified about when and where to make their second appointments, the health department said Thursday. Wednesday was the county's final mass vaccination clinic, but vaccination efforts will ...
After not being able to open the public pool last summer because of the coronavirus pandemic, the Lawrence Parks and Recreation Department is planning a comeback this summer. A full comeback, though, will require a lot more lifeguards. The city needs to hire about 100 more lifeguards to open ...
Two of three candidates for the Eudora school district superintendent position have been identified in association with their visits to the district Wednesday and Thursday. The final candidate will visit Friday. The first candidate, Darrel Kohlman, visited Wednesday. According to information ...
