17+ hour, 41+ min ago   (451+ words) The proposed 52.204 mill levy is 0.141 mills lower than the district’s 2025-26 levy of 52.345 mills. But assessed property valuations have increased, so the district is still going to exceed its revenue neutral rate — the rate that would generate the same total amount…...

2+ day, 17+ hour ago   (318+ words) Each year, the Commons picks a new title to spark cross-campus conversations and host community events, and the Spencer Museum of Art picks an artwork to match. This school year’s book is “Orbital” by Samantha Harvey. Much like the characters…...

2+ day, 21+ hour ago   (565+ words) Lawrence police allege that Caiden Clem, of Atchison, fired several rounds into the air outside the Hawk before Daitron Daniels Strickland, of Shawnee, turned and fired toward a small group near the bar’s entrance, killing 18-year-old Aidan Sullivan Knowles and…...

3+ day, 19+ hour ago   (650+ words) A Topeka man was formally charged Tuesday with second-degree murder and intimidation of a witness in a man’s stabbing death in downtown Lawrence. The stabbing occurred in the early morning hours of Sunday, Aug. 30 near the breezeway between Seventh and…...

4+ day, 5+ min ago   (737+ words) The route connects Lawrence and Johnson County along K-10 and serves riders traveling between Lawrence, Johnson County Community College and KU’s Edwards Campus in Overland Park. Johnson County Assistant County Manager Aaron Otto told county commissioners there last week that the…...

5+ day, 16+ hour ago   (332+ words) Bus stops along Massachusetts Street in Lawrence will soon see improvements, thanks to a $50,000 grant the city has received. The transit stop upgrades will be part of the Massachusetts Street Multimodal Improvements project in which Mass Street between 14th and 23rd streets…...

1+ week, 3+ day ago   (535+ words) A man who was taken into custody in connection with a fatal downtown Lawrence stabbing on Sunday has not been charged but is still a suspect as “the investigation remains ongoing,” according to law enforcement. Officers arrested 25-year-old Keisonn Smith…...

1+ week, 3+ day ago   (640+ words) Crews will reopen Ninth Street from Mississippi to Louisiana streets the afternoon of Thursday, Sept. 3, according to the city. Here’s the construction schedule for the next few weeks. Parts of Ninth Street have been fully closed to traffic since December…...

1+ week, 4+ day ago   (966+ words) The commission held its public hearings as required by state law during Tuesday’s meeting, one on exceeding the revenue neutral tax rate and one on the city’s 2027 budget. Commissioners heard from several members of the public about the rising cost…...

1+ week, 4+ day ago   (831+ words) Bojan “BJ” Conrad, who grew up in Lawrence and now lives in Overland Park, said he began collecting Lego bricks in second grade and has kept most of the bricks he has owned since. After nearly 20 years working on find-a-doctor…...