Reminder: The Douglas County treasurer’s office will close its public-facing services in the historic courthouse downtown ...

Laissez les bons temps rouler. Lawrencians can get a feel for Mardi Gras festivities at this year’s celebration downtown.

City rec centers, Douglas County District Court and more will be closed Monday for Presidents Day, but downtown parking will ...

Despite being with the Lawrence Humane Society for three months, 2-year-old Sparky has not had any adoption inquiries, and shelter staff members hope that will change for Valentine’s Day.

A contingent of Kansas Republicans narrowly advanced a bill that would increase scrutiny of households that qualify for free and reduced lunch, but it fielded pushback from Democrats and fellow ...

Two Kansas Highway 10 ramps in west Lawrence are set to close next week through late May for work on the highway’s expansion. Beginning Monday, Feb. 16, the ramp onto eastbound K-10 from Sixth Street ...

The Lawrence Cultural Arts Commission on Wednesday selected a mural proposal from Tokeya Waci U Richardson, Oglala Lakota and Haliwa-Saponi, to adorn a wall of the Vermont Street parking garage.

Melissa Sabin and dozens of others opposed a Kansas Senate bill that would aggressively expand the state’s process of verifying eligibility for Medicaid, SNAP and other public assistance programs.

Although the city has netted its goal of total paid rec center memberships, that doesn’t mean its revenue goal is a shoo-in.

Lawrence city commissioners on Tuesday approved historic markers to pay tribute to Rick "Tiger" Dowdell and Nick Rice, teens who were shot and killed by Lawrence police officers in 1970, despite ...

Ninth Street is currently blocked to all through traffic from Louisiana to Indiana Streets, and the City of Lawrence plans to ...

The House Education Committee sent the full House a bill recommending, rather than mandating, that public and private schools ...