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Many Kansas University football fans gathered at bars around Lawrence Friday in hopes of seeing the Jayhawks win the Fort Worth Bowl. It’s the second Bowl game in three years for the Jayhawks and fans say a win would be a great Christmas present.
Many shoppers flooded downtown Lawrence on Friday to pick up last minute holiday gifts. Experts say this year more shoppers are waiting until the last minute to buy presents in hopes of finding the best deals.
Being politically correct takes on a whole new meaning this season as the debate over whether you should say Merry Christmas or Happy Holidays heats up. A local tradition has been putting the Christ in Christmas for the last 30 years and organizers say everyone should say Merry Christmas.
Lawrence city officials are being asked to give up a record amount of property taxes as the price for landing a company’s $58 million expansion.
Many members of the Kansas women’s basketball team will be heading home for the holidays to hang out with family, pets and eat strange foods.
The Kansas men’s basketball team could be starting to find its groove after defeating Northern Colorado, 85-62, Thursday in Allen Fieldhouse. The 23-point blowout of the Bears was due much in part to a great performance by sophomore Jeremy Case.
Lawrence Salvation Army officials are not ringing in the holidays they way they hoped they would be. The non-for-profit’s annual Red Kettle campaign is about $50,000 short of its goal. As of Tuesday, this year’s drive had brought in $49,000.
Kansas defeated Houston, 42-13, Friday in the Fort Worth Bowl, locking up a 7-5 season. This is the Jayhawks' first bowl victory since 1995.
Three families displaced by Hurricane Katrina are beginning to rebuild with help from the community. The families relocated to Lawrence from Biloxi, Miss., about three months ago. And Christmas arrived early for them Friday after a local business donated presents to them for the holidays.
The cause of a wreck Friday, which killed 44-year-old Wade Collins, of Lawrence, is still under investigation. Everyone involved in the accident has been treated and released from area hospitals.
Joseph Steinmetz will be the new dean of Kansas University’s College of Liberal Arts and Sciences, KU announced today.
If you've got any last-minute Christmas shopping to do, today's weather will cooperate — temperatures are headed up into the upper 50s again. "Get outside and enjoy it," said Tim Reith, 6News meteorologist. "It is going to be a fantastic day across northeast Kansas."
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