Story updated at 2:40 p.m. Tuesday, Nov. 25: A 75-year-old woman died in a near head-on crash Monday evening in eastern Lawrence, according to Lawrence police. The crash occurred around 7 p.m. in the 1500 block of East 23rd Street, just west of the intersection of 23rd and Harper. According ...
TOPEKA — The U.S. Senate passed a bill introduced by Kansas Republican Sen. Jerry Moran to establish a 10-year program to identify Jewish-American servicemembers interred in cemeteries overseas with markers that didn’t properly indicate the individual’s religious heritage. The measure ...
City of Lawrence offices will be closed for the Thanksgiving holiday this Thursday and Friday, and other services and facilities will have some changes in their operations too, the city announced in a news release Monday. Here's how services will be affected this week: Trash and recycling: No ...
The Kansas Department of Agriculture is asking for input from ranchers and landowners regarding how to keep grasslands in healthy condition. According to a press release from the KDA, the department has been collaborating with the Kansas Association of Conservation Districts, with support ...
As Thanksgiving approaches, there will be several places in Lawrence where people can find a community Thanksgiving meal for free or for a donation: • Ahead of Thanksgiving, Lawrence-Douglas County Housing Authority is offering a free Thanksgiving meal to all of its residents from 4 p.m. to ...
A shelter resident was arrested Sunday on suspicion of lewd and lascivious conduct in the parking garage near the Lawrence Public Library. According to Lawrence police, officers were called to the upper level of the Vermont Street parking garage by witnesses who said they saw a man lying down ...
