Lawrence-Douglas County Public Health has launched a Suicide Fatality Review Board designed to strengthen community-wide understanding and prevention of suicide. According to the board’s charter, the Suicide Fatality Review Board of Douglas County is “a multidisciplinary group of ...
Boeing said Monday that it has completed a $4.7 billion purchase of key supplier Spirit AeroSystems, which builds fuselages for the giant aerospace company's 737 Max jetliners, including an Alaska Airlines aircraft that suffered a door-panel blowout last year. The deal, in the works for over a ...
A plan to build a new soccer/sports complex at the U.S. Highway 59 and South Lawrence Trafficway interchange won’t have a preliminary vote at Lawrence City Hall on Tuesday, as once scheduled. But the delay isn’t a sign that the project has encountered approval difficulty, a representative ...
TOPEKA — A Kansas accountant stole $400,000 from his family, transferred it to a fake ranch, then used the funds to pay for construction of his new home. Quintin Flanagin was a certified public accountant in northwestern Kansas, and his family members were clients at his firm. In January ...
A recent federal law change aimed at tightening regulations on consumable hemp products could significantly alter the industry in Kansas that has grown to be one of the largest in the country. Hemp producers and advocates say the change passed in the funding bill to end the government ...
When Mayor Brad Finkeldei looks at Lawrence these days, he sees all kinds of growth – growth that has been a long time coming. He sees the University of Kansas partnering with the city on two big projects at once, The Crossing on West Campus and the Gateway project around the stadium. He ...
