The area manager of a local restaurant was sentenced to probation Thursday in Douglas County District Court for his role in the fentanyl death of his best friend, a 32-year-old Lawrence father of two.

The winter sports season is rounding into the final half of the season as local area teams and players are working to hit their peaks at tournament time. Here are this week’s selections for Athletes ...

Only a sophomore, Kansas pitcher Dominic Voegele faces the highest of expectations entering the 2025 season. The native of Columbia, Illinois, who is in line to take over as the Jayhawks’ Friday night ...

A Lawrence man was granted probation on Wednesday in two cases, one in which he was accused of threatening a family with a ...

Kansas women’s basketball’s slow starts and rebounding woes persisted in Salt Lake City after a disappointing showing on ...

The crowd at Schollmaier Arena was energetic as it had been all Wednesday night, fired up by TCU’s renewed on-court vigor, ...

Free State and Lawrence High took to the wrestling mat at FSHS on Wednesday evening in a dual that swung in the hosts’ favor, ...

The Kansas football team didn’t have to look far to find its first wide receiver commitment of the 2026 recruiting class.

Testing for zinc levels in groundwater will be required at future solar projects in Douglas County, the County Commission ...

The Douglas County Commission’s meeting on Wednesday was interrupted when a person making public comments via Zoom displayed ...

Workers at the Bert Nash Community Mental Health Center voted Tuesday night to form a union that will represent over 300 ...

A 19-year-old man suspected of stealing several thousand dollars worth of items in auto burglaries overnight was arrested Thursday morning. Police were called to the 4400 block of Roundabout Circle in ...