The Lawrence Community Shelter needs to decrease its dependence on the city for funding, and its volunteer board of directors has voted to add two members in hopes of boosting fundraising.

Black Hills Energy residential customers will see natural gas bills increase nearly $6 per month after state regulators approved a unanimous settlement agreement Thursday.

The 2025 Douglas County Fair is saddling up, with the carnival, demolition derby and more set to return to Lawrence next week.

A 30-year-old Lawrence cyclist has died from injuries he suffered from being struck by a vehicle Tuesday evening outside of Eudora.

Douglas County and much of Kansas are in a flood watch effective from noon Thursday through 1 p.m. Friday, according to the National Weather Service.

High temperatures this week drew a caution from the regional organization that ensures reliability of the power grid and led Evergy to ask some customers to conserve energy usage.

A monthly aerial silk arts class is empowering queer and transgender folks in the Lawrence area to convene for community-building and a creative form of exercise.

A Lawrence bicyclist suffered life-threatening injuries after being struck by a vehicle Tuesday evening outside Eudora, according to the sheriff's office.

Lawrence Municipal Court for the next month will allow people to pay off $50 in fines with $15 worth of school supplies as part of an annual initiative. The supply drive began Wednesday and runs ...

"Naming one’s pronouns does no harm to anyone, and it supports every KU student on campus," Amii Castle, a KU professor, writes in this letter to the Times.

A federal court ruling permanently blocked a 2021 Kansas law that banned groups from sending advance ballot applications to voters, finding that state lawmakers tried to suppress free speech.

"We should be ashamed of turning our backs on our colleagues and erasing their identities," Michael Amlung writes in this letter to the Times.