Any college student can give a ready excuse for not showing up at a lecture hall. Maybe they missed an alarm for their 8 a.m. class. Maybe some particularly nice weather beckoned them outdoors instead. But what if the lecture was held in a beer hall? That idea was first brewed 15 years ago, ...
Douglas County received a $500,000 grant from the Kansas Department of Transportation to add a high-friction surface treatment to rural roads. The funds will cover high-friction surface treatment in two locations – the first is on a curve on Route 1055 and the other is on the "approach to a ...
Douglas County commissioners will consider approving grant awards to organizations supporting natural and cultural heritage conservation projects. The Natural and Cultural Grant Program provides community organizations and businesses with a competitive funding opportunity to carry out ...
An Ozawkie man was arrested in Lawrence by deputies after he evaded Kansas Highway Patrol troopers in a chase on Kansas Highway 10. The man, Benz Ray Keyshawn Murray-Crawford, 20, is alleged to have led troopers on a chase while driving a black Kia Optima on the South Lawrence Trafficway ...
The Lawrence school district has announced Jason Schroeder as the new assistant principal/athletic director for Free State High School. Schroeder, a longtime Lawrence resident, will step into his new role at Free State in June. Free State Principal Amy McAnarney said in a news release that ...
The mother of a slain Lawrence teen was arrested on Friday after she was charged with firing a gun at a residence with children inside. Natasha Renae Neal, 45, of Lawrence, is charged in Douglas County District Court with one felony count of discharge of a firearm at an occupied dwelling. The ...
