The renovated Douglas County Commission meeting room in the historic courthouse was completed just in time for new elected ...

House Speaker Dan Hawkins banned reporting from the House chamber floor in new rules issued ahead of the legislative session, ...

Recent ice, followed by a snow, followed by some melting has created ideal conditions for slick gravel roads in the mornings ...

Several Douglas County elected officials — including two who will expand the county commission to five members and a new district attorney — took their oaths of office during a ceremony Monday morning ...

Two Kansas legislators prefiled a bill that would deliver millions in voter-approved school bonds that were blocked earlier ...

Eight Lawrence middle and high schoolers spent the afternoon dancing, learning and playing games in preparation for a trip to ...

Extremely cold temperatures and wind chills are in the forecast for Lawrence, and the city is planning to reopen an overflow ...

A long-shot challenge to Kansas’ death penalty unfolding in court proceedings for a man charged in the deaths of 4 people at ...

There were no injuries, but a lane of Kansas Highway 10 was temporarily closed Saturday evening following a five-vehicle ...

Property tax cuts and access to care for young, transgender people are likely to be top issues in the Kansas Statehouse this year. Want more state news? You can read Associated Press coverage of ...

The Lawrence school board on Monday will hear an update from administrators on their plans if the district must make up ...

A new mandate from Kansas Gov. Laura Kelly requires federal cash benefits, like social security and disability, to go ...