Residents are asking for more shade options and water benches as part of the renovation to the Lawrence Outdoor Aquatic Center, according to the results of a recent survey and other public feedback efforts. The City of Lawrence hosted two feedback sessions last week at the Indoor Aquatic ...
An Olathe man has been sentenced in federal court for his role in a conspiracy to distribute fentanyl, which resulted in an overdose death, according to a news release Wednesday from the U.S. Attorney's Office for the Western District of Missouri. Jacob A. Block, 27, was sentenced by U.S. ...
The Lawrence Police Department is continuing its investigation in the case of a City of Lawrence bus driver who was arrested last weekend for allegedly threatening to use a Taser on the bus. As the Journal-World reported, the bus driver was arrested on suspicion of aggravated assault after a ...
TOPEKA — Kansas has a new mural in its Statehouse honoring women who campaigned for voting rights for decades before the 1920 ratification of the 19th Amendment to the U.S. Constitution granted those rights across the nation. Gov. Laura Kelly and other state officials unveiled the “Rebel ...
After years of attempts by Republican lawmakers, Kansas appears poised to join more than 20 other states in banning teens who have gender dysphoria from accessing gender-affirming health care. In packed hearings Tuesday at the Kansas Statehouse, lawmakers heard testimony on legislation that ...
Numerous emergency vehicles are on scene at a structure fire north of Lawrence. Crews were dispatched shortly after 2 p.m. Wednesday to the 1900 block of East 1300 Road, where smoke was seen emanating from an outbuilding. Lawrence-Douglas County Fire Medical told the Journal-World that fire ...
