A former police officer who responded to the riot at the U.S. Capitol on Jan. 6, 2021, will be in Lawrence to discuss issues of democracy and political extremism and share his story from that day’s ...

Construction crews near the intersection of Eighth and Vermont streets are preparing to install a new metal bus shelter there, the city said Wednesday. In a social media post, the city said the bus ...

The rulings that were expected to be handed down next week in The Hawk shooting cases have now been delayed more than a month after the court granted a continuance. The attorney for the defendant ...

After Lawrence fell far short of a clean energy target it set for 2025, city staff wanted to repeal the ordinance that set the target. But now, a city adviser wants to not only keep that ordinance, ...

A man accused of aggravated kidnapping and robbery was ordered to stand trial Tuesday after he waived his preliminary hearing ...

Lawrence girls basketball got a 32-point win in the team’s penultimate regular season game on Tuesday against Shawnee Mission North, while the boys basketball team lost late to the Bison. In the girls ...

Douglas County commissioners will hear about several pending Kansas legislative proposals that could reshape property taxes ...

For its organizers, the annual Wild and Scenic Film Festival on Friday night won’t just be a fundraiser for Friends of the Kaw, but also a chance for environmentally minded people to gather. This is ...

Significant computer network problems are impacting the operations of the Lawrence Journal-World, resulting in some customer service changes for this week. Customers of the newspaper are asked to ...

More than $74 million in improvements to reduce the Kansas River wastewater treatment plant’s impact on the environment are ...

Approximately 100 people gathered in downtown Lawrence Tuesday afternoon to protest the Trump administration and actions of U ...

When the Iranian government shut down the Internet last month, dozens of Iranian students at the University of Kansas lost ...