Baldwin City, KS

Five-star guard Mikey Williams (2023), out of San Diego, California, made his first official college visit to the University of Kansas.

OSAGE CO., Kan. (WIBW) - Osage Co. deputies arrested a Lawrence man for drugs found during a traffic stop. The Osage Co. Sheriff’s Office says one of its deputies stopped Jason Spaniol, 44, Wednesday afternoon just north of a US-75/K-268/K-3 roundabout. Drugs and stolen property were found during the search. Spaniol was booked for possession of meth and, possession of stolen property, and a parole violation warrant.

BERRYTON, Kan. (WIBW) - Two deceased dogs have been found inside separate tarps in the water on Thursday afternoon near the Berryton Post Office. The Shawnee County Sheriff’s Office says just after noon on Thursday, June 30, the Emergency Communications Center received reports of a tarp in the water near the 7100 block of SE Berryton Rd.

KANSAS CITY, Mo. — The Olathe School District has a new security alert system for all its staff. In the event of a crisis, a staff member can now call for help with the push of a button on their badge. The CrisisAlert button provides the administration, school resource...

A Douglas County judge ruled Chad Marek is not competent to stand trial for the death of former University of Kansas athlete Regan Gibbs.

DE SOTO, Kan. (KCTV) - The De Soto community has rallied around two sisters lost in this week’s train derailment. On Monday, 58-year-old Rachelle Cook and 56-year-old Kim Holsapple were both aboard the Amtrak train that collided with a dump truck near Mendon, Missouri, on Monday. Both women were...

A Paola, Kansas, man will serve more than two years in a federal prison in connection to a racially motivated hate crime in 2019.

A Douglas County judge ruled Chad Marek is not competent to stand trial for the murder of KU athlete Regan Gibbs.

A four-star recruit in high school out of Martin Luther King in Detroit, MI. He picked Purdue over Notre Dame, Iowa, Cincinnati, Missouri, and Iowa St. from about 20 offers. He has 3 years of eligibility remaining. Last season, Marvin played in all 13 games for the Boilermakers and finished second on the team with 52 solo tackles and 75 total tackles. Grant was a high school teammate for current KU linebacker Rich Miller.

This taproom sandwiched between two large new housing developments in western Olathe is owned by Kansas hop farmers who wanted to diversify their offerings. Tall Trellis is open with a patio framed by its namesakes, which are crawling with bines this time of year. The taproom tries to highlight beers made with the farm’s hops and intends to consistently pour a few beers brewed on-site, but those offerings were unavailable on our visit.

Compiled a list of cities with the fastest growing home prices in Lawrence, KS metro using data from Zillow. Originally published on stacker.com, part of the TownNews Content Exchange.

A Kansas hemp retailer is taking the state’s delta-8 regulations to federal court, according to a lawsuit filed last week. Murray Dines, owner of Terpene Distribution in Lawrence, Kansas, disagrees with the way the state is applying regulations on hemp and delta-8 products. He said that his store, which was previously located in Topeka, was unlawfully raided because of an opinion released by Kansas Attorney General Derek Schmidt in 2021.

TOPEKA, Kan. (WIBW) - A lawsuit has been filed against the State of Kansas by the owner of a company that was raided during the 4/20 delta-8 raids in Topeka which seeks legislative and monetary relief. Court records indicate that Murray Dines, owner of Terpene Distribution in Lawrence, has sued...

A Paola man was sentenced Wednesday to just more than two years in federal prison for threatening a Black boy with a knife and telling him he was in a “white town.”. Colton Donner, 27, was driving through a residential area of Paola — a town roughly 32 miles southeast of Lawrence in Miami County, with a population of about 6,000 — on Sept. 11, 2019, when he saw the victim walking on the sidewalk, according to court documents.

The intersection where the speeding train collided with a lumbering truck has drawn complaints for years. Now the widow of the dump truck driver killed in the Amtrak collision in Missouri is suing a railroad inspector and the county where the collision occurred. The widow of the dump truck driver...

The wife of the dump truck driver killed in the Amtrak train crash accuses Chariton County and a railway official of negligence in her husband’s death. Four people were killed in the crash.

Want to start Independence Day with a bang? For more than 40 years, the family-friendly Lenexa Freedom Run has drawn runners, walkers and strollers to historic Old Town Lenexa on July 4 for an early morning race at 7 a.m. The 5K and 10K race courses are USATF certified. Register early for a discounted rate. https://www.lenexa.com/freedomrun.

At the south end of Mill Creek Park on a recent Sunday afternoon, near the iconic fountain by  Kansas City’s Country Club Plaza, workers, allies and politicians gathered in a semicircle.  Representing Starbucks Workers United, many were clad in black shirts and holding signs such as “Unions brew better coffee” and “Reinstate fired workers.” It […] The post Several Starbucks in Kansas and Missouri have unionized. How can other workers do the same? appeared first on The Beacon.