The Lawrence Humane Society’s 2026 Clear the Shelter event is scheduled for the last weekend in August. The weekend-long event at 1805 E. 19th St. is an annual occurrence at which pet adoption fees ...

Growing up in Pickerington, Ohio, in the Columbus suburbs, Roman Pearson played wide receiver. It wasn’t until his freshman ...

Kansas Gov. Laura Kelly and the Kansas Department of Transportation on Monday announced that $37.2 million in federal funds ...

A dull and dingy wall in downtown Lawrence is now colorful and inviting, thanks to local Girl Scouts who spent a good part of ...

As the city and county develop new solid waste plans and landfill demand grows in the Kansas City region, the Douglas County ...

Kansas safeties Darrion Jones (left) and Brandon Schmelzle take part in a drill during KU Football’s practice on Monday, Aug.

There’s a block party planned on Ninth Street later this month, as the stormwater construction winds down and more of the ...

The Lawrence school district has introduced the key elements shaping the budget for 2026-2027, and staff is proposing a ...

A spend down of Douglas County government’s more than $100 million in reserve funds indeed began in 2025, but it didn’t reach into the county’s broadest fund, recently-released financial statements ...

Judge James McCabria is pictured on Thursday, Oct. 30, 2025. A Douglas County judge on Monday granted a Lawrence transgender woman the temporary restoration of her driver’s license after the State of ...

Growing up in Pickerington, Ohio, in the Columbus suburbs, Roman Pearson played wide receiver. It wasn’t until his freshman year at Pickerington Central High School that his defensive backs coach ...

The Lawrence Jewish Community Congregation will celebrate its new mural Friday with a potluck dinner and other activities. The vividly colored 10-by-50-foot mural on the LJCC's north wall at 917 ...