photo by: Scott Rothschild

Lori Wagner, of Lawrence, outside committee room after testifying Tuesday against House Bill 2260, which she said would allow legal challenges to local laws, such as the one in Lawrence, that ban discrimination against gay, lesbian, bisexual and transgender people. The House Judiciary Committee took no immediate action on the measure.

photo by: Nick Krug

Landowner Mike Capra counts the rings on the stump of a tree that he says was illegally cut from his 40-acre property in southwestern Douglas County months ago. Capra has filed a lawsuit against a neighbor for clearing what Capra says is over 60 trees from his land for the purposes of selling them for firewood.

photo by: Nick Krug

A worker in a cherry picker is raised to the top of the framework of a new addition to Mulvane Hall on the campus of Baker University, as work continues Tuesday, Feb. 14, 2012. The 9,000-square foot addition will add increased and up-to-date lab space for the science and math departments. The project is scheduled for completion by Aug. 22, 2012, when students return for the fall semester.