Big bluestem has seeded out and is pollinating. Their seedheads can be taller than a person, and is also known by the name "turkey foot" due to the resemblance to the footprint of a turkey.

KU Reads programming this school year will include a free community talk from John Green on his essay collection “The Anthropocene Reviewed,” which is this year’s common book.

Celso Enrique Miguel Wills, 43, died unexpectedly on Sunday, July 20, 2025 in Lawrence, Kansas. Celso was adopted from an orphanage in Santa Cruz de la Sierra, Bolivia in 1984 at age three by an ...

Kansas Attorney General Kris Kobach on Thursday asked a federal court to remove Gov. Laura Kelly from a multi-state lawsuit challenging the Trump administration’s refusal to release grant money to ...

"Compelling individuals to erase their gender identity or refrain from acknowledging the identities of others under threat of state pressure violates core constitutional principles," Marshall Maude ...

Lawrence city commissioners on Tuesday approved a package of tax incentives of up to $94.6 million for KU to develop its Gateway District.

As Lawrence city commissioners prepare to vote on a massive tax incentive package for KU’s Gateway Project, neighbors say a required community input process was not completed, and an expert says STAR ...

Experts and community members are voicing concerns about surveillance and privacy following Lawrence’s adoption of a system for residents to register and integrate security cameras for police use.

Demolition of the former Jayhawk Bookstore building at Crescent Road and Naismith Drive could get underway as soon as next week with the approval of the Historic Resources Commission.

Haskell's accreditation status was changed to “accredited on notice” after an evaluation found the university had a risk of falling out of compliance with multiple standards. KU's accreditation was ...

Five licensed nurses who’ve worked at the Douglas County Treatment and Recovery Center are speaking out after recent injuries and security breaches — including one involving a loaded gun — have ...

Lawrence-Douglas County Planning Commission members voted on a 4-4 tie to recommend denial of a permit for a massive solar farm north of Lawrence after a meeting that stretched hours into early ...