In a fire, when minutes matter, help in some parts of Douglas County may depend on whether a volunteer firefighter is ...

Kansas coach Bill Self announced the news on Thursday, May 29. It comes after more than a decade of Quartlebaum working in Lawrence, starting as a director of student-athlete development in 2013.

Wikimedia Commons/Unknown author The Lawrence Massacre Most people in Lawrence, Kansas woke up to gunfire on August 21, 1863.

The Girard Fire Department says it could use a few more hands. As the Fourth of July approaches, many fire departments ...

A woman is dead following a house fire in Dickinson County on Tuesday morning. Dickinson County Sheriff Jerry Davis said in a press release that deputies were notified of a building on fire around ...

Douglas County staff is proposing a $191.4 million budget for 2026 that holds the property tax rate flat, and the county ...

Federal lawmakers from Kansas have introduced legislation that would transfer control of Haskell Indian Nations University ...

The National Weather Service has issued the first heat advisory of the season for Friday and Saturday as head indices above 100° are in the forecast for Lawrence.

TOPEKA, Kan. (WIBW) - Lawrence Police Department will conduct a DUI Saturation Patrol throughout the city limits of Lawrence. This specialized patrol detail, funded through a grant with the Kansas ...

A rural Lawrence, Kansas, man was taken to the hospital after a Wednesday morning stabbing, the Douglas County Sheriff's Office said.