KANSAS CITY, Mo. (AP) — A vicious storm tore through the Kansas City area, spawning tornadoes that downed trees and power lines, damaged homes and injured at least a dozen people in the latest barrage…

Maybe Lawrence schools don’t need metal detectors to make them safer. Maybe the devices would do more harm than good. That is an open question. At least it should be. But a pair of Lawrence…

For all the accolades she?s received ? a singer/songwriter award from Lawrence and increased demand to perform across the state, etc. ? Damaris Kunkler still isn?t comfortable calling herself a genuine singer/songwriter. You could have…

LAWRENCE, Kan. (AP) — Lawrence city leaders are moving closer to allowing feral cat colonies in the city. The City Commission on Tuesday approved a first reading of an ordinance change that would allow for…

LAWRENCE, Kan. (AP) — Administrators at Haskell Indian Nations University underreported crime statistics for a two-year period and failed to follow internal policy when handling misconduct complaints, according a federal report. The inspector general of…

INDIANAPOLIS (AP) — Kansas’ Quentin Grimes and Dedric Lawson made quite an impression Tuesday night. They produced basket after basket, big play after big play. If they keep playing this way, No. 1 Kansas might…

LAWRENCE, Kan. (AP) — A judge has ruled that a Kansas sheriff’s deputy was demoted because he couldn’t succeed at the police academy and not because of alleged discrimination based on his sexual orientation. U.S.…