Property owners in Lawrence pay taxes to Lawrence Public Schools, Douglas County, the City of Lawrence and the State of Kansas. This pie chart shows approximately how residential property tax total ...

The federal government has confirmed Alex Red Corn as the president of Haskell Indian Nations University, according to a news release. The Bureau of Indian Education announced the appointment Monday. ...

Lawrence-Douglas County Fire Medical is inviting the community to provide feedback on the department's upcoming strategic ...

This Blue/Pitcher’s sage has just a few blossoms left, with most of the buds turning into seed. But the pale blue blossoms are enough to draw this hairstreak butterfly to gather some of its nectar.

The city is closing lanes on Sixth Street and some other arterial streets, plus Douglas County has closed a section of the Lawrence Loop path for maintenance. Here’s a roundup of traffic updates from ...

Folks can catch a multimedia art show from Ailecia Ruscin and friends celebrating decades of queer and punk culture during ...

Rep. Pat Proctor, shown here at a candidate forum on Aug. 27, 2026, made a complaint to the attorney general about a League of Women Voters group in Leavenworth that gave high school students $5 ...

Mark Gridley, the former speech pathologist at Prairie Park Elementary School in Lawrence who was charged with sex crimes against students, has died at age 62. Gridley was “found beyond life-saving ...

The Lawrence City Commission will discuss the city’s conversion therapy ban at an open meeting in response to demands from Kansas Attorney General Kris Kobach to revoke it. Kobach sent letters to ...

Chasing Nirvana,” a grungy, Gen X-inspired musical made by a Lawrence artist, will soon take to the Theatre Lawrence stage, ...

The highlighted streets in northwestern Lawrence have been selected for speed cushions as part of the city's Neighborhood Traffic Management Program projects for 2026. (Screenshot, Connected City ...

Haskell community members from Lawrence and beyond gathered Saturday for celebrations including a powwow and much more, honoring the 100th anniversary of the stadium and memorial arch dedication. Read ...