Apr 16, 2025 @ 5:13pm – Public Safety
A man who was accused of barricading himself inside a Lawrence residence before setting it on fire in 2024 was granted probation on Wednesday after his felony charges were lowered to misdemeanors in a plea agreement. Trong Do Turner, 28, was listed as living at a Kansas City homeless shelter …
Apr 16, 2025 @ 4:48pm – Public Safety
A mother on Wednesday tearfully asked a Douglas County judge to sentence the Lawrence man who gave her daughter cocaine and sexually assaulted her to as much prison time as possible. However, Kendrick Deandre Atkins, 26, received a mitigated sentence of 10 years for one count of criminal …
Apr 16, 2025 @ 4:33pm – City Government
A portion of the property that was home to a former call center — and at one point was considered as a location for Lawrence’s City Hall — could potentially be rezoned for residential redevelopment. The Lawrence-Douglas County Planning Commission will consider a request to rezone …
Apr 16, 2025 @ 3:33pm – State and Region
A roiled bond market hasn’t yet threatened plans for a $300-million-plus hotel, retail and student housing development around the University of Kansas’ football stadium. A quiet Kansas Legislature, however, has thrown into question the future of another KU project: A $60 million building …
Apr 16, 2025 @ 3:24pm – City Government
Updated at 4:07 p.m. Wednesday, April 16 A former candidate for federal office has filed for a seat on the Lawrence City Commission. Paul Buskirk, a special adviser in the University of Kansas athletics department, filed to run for a commission seat on Wednesday. Buskirk previously ran for …
Apr 16, 2025 @ 1:24pm – State and Region
Kansas health officials confirmed five new cases of measles Wednesday in an outbreak in the southwest corner of the state that’s linked to Texas and New Mexico. Last week, U.S. measles cases topped 700 as Indiana joined five others states with active outbreaks. Even as the virus continued to …
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Kansas Legislature fails to provide key approval for $60M School of Architecture expansion; a look at status of other KU building projects – Lawrence Journal-World
