3+ day, 8+ hour ago   (784+ words) TOPEKA — A U.S. District Court judge issued an order forbidding enforcement of a bipartisan Kansas law adopted in 2004 that allowed certain immigrant students at public colleges and universities to pay in-state tuition rates rather than higher out-of-state rates. Beneficiaries of the…...

4+ day, 10+ 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, 14+ hour 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…...

4+ day, 14+ hour ago   (612+ words) Note: The Lawrence Times runs opinion columns written by community members with varying perspectives on local issues. Occasionally, we’ll also pick up columns from other nearby news outlets. These pieces do not necessarily reflect the opinions of the Times staff....

1+ week, 2+ day ago   (319+ words) Grinter’s is a corn and soybean farm, but farmers started planting sunflowers in the 1970s to try to produce biodiesel. Now, those locally famous yellow petals are located at 24050 Stillwell Road, north of Lawrence. Grinter Farms posted its annual list of…...

1+ week, 4+ 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, 5+ 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, 5+ 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…...

1+ week, 5+ day ago   (839+ words) The U.S. Department of Justice is suing Kansas City, Kansas, Public Schools over its policies for transgender students, escalating a monthslong standoff and threat to withhold federal funding if the school district did not comply. The lawsuit, which the department is…...

1+ week, 6+ day ago   (376+ words) The project is set to begin Tuesday, Sept. 1 and will increase the number of spaces in the lot from 20 to 36, according to the county’s latest newsletter. Work is expected to continue through the end of November. The closure comes amid…...