Lane News

Incoming University of Kansas students and their parents from Finney, Greeley, Hamilton, Kearny, Lane, Scott and Wichita counties will be welcomed into the KU family at the Jayhawk Generations Welcome Picnic at 6:30 p.m. Tuesday, July 14, in Garden City.

It was a tree that Steve Miner says saved his house from additional damage. Trees were uprooted in Minera s home near Rantoul following Monday nighta s batch of thunderstorms and high winds.

The Kansas Department of Transportation said it intended to close one lane of U.S. 24 during the day for the rest of the week.

Madisona s animal control officer, Danita Schimmelpfenig, has been nominated as Pet Humanitarian of the Year by The Pet Connection in Mission.

The City Commission on Tuesday evening approved the start of several major construction projects, ranging from the building of an overpass over railroad tracks at Kansas Avenue to upgrades to the city's aging water system.

Whiting Lane Elementary School misses the greenhouses and is doing something about it.

Leo Eugene a oeBuda Laird, age 75, of Richmond, Kan., went fishing with the Lord on Wednesday, April 29, 2009.

City commissioners will consider taking action on plans for several upcoming construction projects at their regular meeting Tuesday.

Dismissals a Monday: Orpha Potter, Ottawa. DAILY ARRESTS Friday 24, 2009 04/25/2009 01:32:00 2009-00004028 Matthew Phillip Woods Male 911 17 Ottawa KS Disorderly Conduct 04/25/2009 01:31:00 2009-00004028 Michael Laverne Oa Connor II Male 722 OAK Ottawa KS Disorderly Conduct DAILY ARRESTS Saturday 25, 2009 04/25/2009 12:39:00 2009-00004043 Jennifer ...

Flooding from this weekenda s storms caused a few problems for area motorists in Franklin County, but the flooding was minor and water levels appear to be receding, officials said.

Representatives of all five cities and 12 townships in Shawnee County were on hand Monday to accept checks from the county commission for fuel tax revenue they initially were shorted before state lawmakers restored the funding in February.

Kathleen Sebelius signed a declaration of a State of Disaster Emergency following significant snowfall and ice in Southwest and South Central Kansas.

The courtroom was filled to capacity Thursday morning as Topeka police officer Jason Judd took his seat at the defense table.

What an amazing evening for five little boys. On Saturday evening, these young men rekindled a tradition of scouting for the Parker community that had slowly diminished many years ago.

Four teenage girls were apprehended after they allegedly got into a fight at Colquitt County High School Friday morning.

The fires include: n Nov. 19, when four to six hay bales were set on fire on Vane Road north of Kansas Highway 4; n Nov.

This year's cookie drive for the Tumbleweed Region, which covers the state's southwest corner for Girl Scouts of Kansas Heartland, has been somewhat more of a challenge for Kourtney Goss, 10, and her mom, Kelly ...

On a Bible from a retired chief deputy U.S. marshal and held by his wife, Karily, Chad Taylor took the oath of office as the fourth Shawnee County district attorney on Monday morning.