Lawrence News

The reception will include remarks by this year's juror for the exhibition, Porter Arneill, who is the Public Art Administrator for Kansas City, Missouri.

A 27-year-old Topeka man and a 33-year-old Topeka man, whose names haven't been released, were taken to Kansas City area hospitals with gunshot wounds that were considered life-threatening, said Lawrence police Sgt.

Tornadoes and severe thunderstorms swept across Kansas and Oklahoma on Sunday, uprooting trees, downing power lines and causing structural damage to homes and businesses.

With session-ending budget and tax negotiations stalled Friday, the Senate found time to pass a bill barring state dollars from going toward advocating gun control.

Shown is the main gate of Glenwood Gardens in Bakersfield, Calif., Monday March 4, 2013, where an elderly woman died after a nurse refused to perform CPR on her last week.

Republican senators and House members sat side-by-side Thursday morning in a groundbreaking joint caucus the supermajority party hopes will repair rifts caused by tax wrangling and bring about a deal that could end the legislative session.

All the recruiting news out of Lawrence, Kan., on Tuesday centered around the nation's No.

About 4,000 graduates are expected to take part in the University of Kansas' commencement ceremony Sunday at Memorial Stadium in Lawrence.

A KCTV5 survey of fire drill logs from a dozen Kansas school districts in the area revealed a number of schools failing to conduct monthly drills as required by state law.

Andrew Wiggins has shocked the world, choosing Kansas as his NCAA destination over favourites Florida State and Kentucky, and darkhorse North Carolina.

The Changing for Excellence initiative to increase use of multifunction printers at the University of Kansas has been named a 2013 InfoWorld Green 15 Award Winner.

Gov. Sam Brownback said Monday tax negotiations between his office and the House and Senate are going well, but he declined to offer a possible date of final adjournment of the legislative session.

Ashton Walker was in an energetic mood. On a recent day at the Lawrence-Douglas County Health Department, he crawled on the floor, lifted himself onto chairs and played with a ball.

David Boardman, editor of The Seattle Times, was elected president of the Accrediting Council on Education in Journalism and Mass Communications at the Council's May 3 meeting in Phoenix.

A gift from Sandra W. Gautt, University of Kansas faculty member in the Department of Special Education, will establish the Gautt Teaching Scholar Fund.

The University of Kansas Center for Sustainability recognized individuals and organizations with the 2013 Sustainability Leadership Awards last month as part of Earth Day festivities.

Using high-quality evaluation programs to improve the performance of K-12 students, adults and public agencies is the focus of a restructured University of Kansas research group with a long track record of success.

Beginning tomorrow evening at Hoglund Park in Lawrence, the Kansas Jayhawks and Kansas State Wildcats kick off a huge series with Big 12 conference title implications on the line.

DELAYS! KDOT will have short-term full bridge closures on the northbound and southbound U.S. 40 over the Kansas River on Tuesday, May 14 between the hours of 9 a.m. and 3 p.m., weather permitting.

A disappointed traveler noticed the McDonald's has closed at the Matfield Green service station along the Kansas Turnpike, but he's happy to see a Dunkin' Donuts will be opening there.