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Families are picking up the pieces and trying to move on after Hurricane Katrina, but some are still living in shelters depending on the government and the Red Cross for help.
The KU football team will head to Lubbock, Texas, this Saturday to take on the Red Raiders and will have the pleasure of taking on the nation's best air machine for five years running.
The Lawrence High volleyball team will be playing host to eight teams on Saturday.
The state's Alcoholic Beverage Commission say that at least 18 underage drinkers have been caught in the past three years inside The Hawk, and for that reason the state heard testimony today regarding the state of the bar's license.
Richard Norton Smith, the former director of the Dole Institute of Politics, returned to the Kansas University campus today to offer a preview of the book he's writing on Nelson Rockefeller.
Lawrence city officials held an open house today to allow people to see inside the Lawrence-Douglas County Fire & Medical Station 5 station and offer suggestions as to what it might be used for. The station, which opened Nov. 15, 1928, was the city’s second fire station at the time.
Lawrence firefighters battled a blaze this afternoon in an apartment complex a few blocks northwest of Kansas University's campus.
A Texas grand jury on Wednesday charged Rep. Tom DeLay and two political associates with conspiracy in a campaign finance scheme, forcing the House majority leader to temporarily relinquish his post.
David Shulenburger, Kansas University's provost and executive vice chancellor, will step down from his administrative duties at the end of June 2006.
"After Cancer," a 12-week support group, will hold its first session from 7:30 to 9 p.m. today at Midland Hospice Care, 1008 New Hampshire in Lawrence.
State Senate Majority Leader Derek Schmidt announced he will not run for governor next year. The Republican from Independence said with two daughters younger than 2-years-old, he didn’t want to make the time commitment needed for a statewide campaign.
A quick-moving storm thundered into Lawrence about 6:15 a.m., putting on a lightning show and dropping short bursts of heavy rain. "It's been an interesting morning -- lots of lightning, but nothing severe," said Tim Reith, 6News meteorologist. He said there might have been some small hail with the storm as it passed through Lawrence and southern Douglas County, including Baldwin.
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