Past generations talked of how there used to be a passageway through Lawrence known as Iowa Street. At some point, though, it became consumed by orange construction cones and single-file traffic, and was traveled only by the absent-minded or those souls who had lost all concept of time and ...
A speech pathologist accused of molesting multiple students at a Lawrence elementary school last winter has been ordered to stand trial on 14 felony counts. Douglas County Judge Amy Hanley, following a two-day preliminary hearing in October, ruled Thursday that probable cause existed for the ...
Douglas County commissioners were divided on whether or not they want to implement a tenant right to counsel program. Douglas County staff provided additional information to county commissioners on Wednesday revolving around a potential tenant right to counsel program, which would provide ...
A Douglas County jury on Wednesday found a man not guilty in a domestic battery case. The acquittal was the second for the Douglas County District Attorney's Office in a single day — a separate jury on Wednesday acquitted a teen of aggravated assault with a handgun — and at least the ...
A plan to tighten the state’s tenure system for university professors began to receive pushback from academic groups Wednesday, but the Kansas Board of Regents largely stayed silent about what direction it intends to move the policy. Instead, it pushed any votes on the matter to the ...
Lawrence city commissioners on Tuesday pledged additional financial support to assist the development of an affordable housing project in East Lawrence’s Warehouse Arts District with one key contingency. The commissioners voted unanimously to provide $80,000 for a fee waiver for the 9 Del ...
