Kansas City, Mo. — Kansas City leaders and residents on Wednesday began what is likely to be a challenging conversation about how to honor Dr. Martin Luther King and recover from wounds inflicted during a nearly yearlong debate over naming a street for the civil rights icon in the majority ...
A committee will soon interview six nominees to fill a district judge position in Douglas County District Court upon Chief Judge Peggy Carr Kittel’s retirement at the end of the year. The 7th Judicial District Nominating Commission will narrow the field to three to five names to submit to ...
The University of Kansas will soon offer group tours of certain athletic facilities on non-game days with the help of a group with which the university has signed a four-year agreement. Complex Sports, which will be known publicly as the “Jayhawk Experience” group, will manage group tours ...
Although the Douglas County Commission approved a $1.03 million project to upgrade security at the county jail during its meeting on Wednesday, one commissioner was concerned about the cost of the project. Commissioner Patrick Kelly asked why the project's proposed contract with B.A. Green ...
Topeka — A top Republican legislator’s complaint has launched an investigation into whether the commission that screens Kansas Supreme Court applicants violated the state’s open meetings law in picking three finalists for Democratic Gov. Laura Kelly to consider in filling a vacancy. The ...
Previously, one of the few things I knew about sidewalks was: If you wait long enough, the snow will melt. Now, I know another thing: All that rage people had over the city making property owners pay to fix city sidewalks in front of their homes didn’t carry much weight at the ballot box. ...
TOPEKA — The acting secretary of the Kansas Department of Corrections said a mass commutation of offenders was worth considering during his confirmation hearing. The Wichita Eagle reports that Jeff Zmuda was asked to comment Tuesday on what happened one day earlier, when more than 450 ...
TOPEKA — Congressional Republicans from Kansas have rejected a request from the delegation's lone Democrat that they join her in opposing a federal policy that allows faith-based adoption agencies to get taxpayer funding even if they turn away same-sex couples. Rep. Sharice Davids sent a ...
Plans to build eight affordable housing units on the site of the former Penn House building in East Lawrence have been withdrawn after concerns from neighbors, and the property owner now plans to build single-family homes. Earlier this fall, Lawrence residents Mike and Tami Nevels filed ...
Listed below is the majority of Lawrence police activity within the last 24 hours. Each afternoon the Lawrence Police Department releases a list of officer activity. This call blotter spans from 6 a.m. Tuesday to 6 a.m. Wednesday and includes 180 incidents. Each listing gives a date, time and ...
KANSAS CITY, MO. — Kansas City leaders and residents on Wednesday began what is likely to be a challenging conversation about how to honor Dr. Martin Luther King and recover from wounds inflicted during a nearly yearlong debate over naming a street for the civil rights icon in the majority ...
Story updated at 2:50 p.m. Wednesday A Leavenworth man has been arrested and identified as a suspect in the Oct. 26 shooting at a Lawrence McDonald's, according to a news release Wednesday from the Lawrence Police Department. Howard Levite Jr., 27, was arrested early Friday morning in Jackson ...
Topeka — Kansas voters were on track Tuesday night to end the state’s unusual policy of using its own numbers in addition to federal census data to redraw boundaries of state legislative districts. Although not all of Kansas’ counties had reported to the Kansas secretary of state’s ...
Two newcomers led the pack in the Lawrence City Commission race and will join incumbent Stuart Boley on the city’s governing body. Attorney and nonprofit board member Brad Finkeldei finished first in Tuesday’s general election. Fellow newcomer Courtney Shipley and Boley, the only ...
Baldwin City voters ousted the only incumbent on the ballot Tuesday in electing three first-time candidates to the City Council, while two incumbent Eudora city commissioners easily won reelection. Winning four-year seats to the Baldwin City Council were Cory Venable with 445 votes, Julie ...
About 22% of voters turned out for Tuesday’s city and school board elections, which made it one of the better turnouts for local races this decade. Not bad for a night when the Kansas Jayhawks had a 6 p.m. tipoff, which is normally prime time for voters returning home from work. ...
Erica Hill said she was overwhelmed Tuesday evening when she saw how many votes she had received for election to the Lawrence school board. Hill, one of five candidates running for four open seats on the board, ran away with the most votes, receiving 9,102 with all precincts counted. She led ...
Stories from Tuesday's election - Finkeldei, Shipley and Boley win seats on the Lawrence City Commission - Erica Hill earns most votes in Lawrence school board election; Cadue-Blackwood, Kimball, Smith also elected - 3 new members elected to Baldwin City Council; 1 newcomer to join two ...
University of Kansas provost candidate Dave Cook emphasized in his Tuesday presentation the importance of stability, making it clear that he does not view the provost role as a mere means to an end. “Provost positions tend to be a stepping stone,” he said, adding that it drives him nuts. ...
Changes coming next year will improve safety and traffic jams on a troublesome intersection of the South Lawrence Trafficway, Kansas Department of Transportation engineers told Lawrence city leaders Tuesday. As part of its regular meeting, the Lawrence City Commission received updates from ...
