At 12:01 AM on Oct. 1 , The U.S. federal government shut down after Congress failed to negotiate funding legislation before the deadline of the new fiscal year. This marks the first shutdown since 2019. If...

Editor's note: This is a developing story. Updates to come. On Sept. 29, at around 11 a.m., Lawrence High School students and staff were evacuated after a fire broke out. The fire originated in the girls...

After nearly three decades as the voice and face of Lawrence Public Schools' communications, Julie Boyle announced her retirement according to a district news release.  Boyle, who joined the district...

Today, around 10:00 a.m., Free State High School entered a soft lock-in due to a potential threat near campus. Principal Amy McAnarney said Lawrence Police investigated a student report of seeing three...

The votes are in! Juniors Julia Velasco and Kyle Sikes are Free State's student body presidents as of May 2. Julia Velasco, a junior, runs for the Free State cross country and track & field teams,...

This morning, journalism advisor Jared Shuff was celebrated by his students in the commons during ECT for winning the Sunflower Award for his performance as an adviser. The Sunflower Award is coordinated...

Tonight at a school board meeting, Interim Superintendent Dr. Jeanice Kerr Swift announced the selection of Assistant Principal Tina Mitchell as the Director of Equity and Student and Family Engagement...

On Feb. 21 Jeanice Kerr Swift was named the permanent superintendent—pending official board approval—of USD 497 after over six months of serving as the interim superintendent, following Anthony Lewis’s...

The Super Bowl — America’s most anticipated sporting event — all comes to a showdown for the Vince Lombardi Trophy. The stakes were high for Super Bowl LVIX as the match between the Philadelphia...

A dance between two of the NFL’s greatest quarterbacks, Patrick Mahomes and Josh Allen, always brings about fireworks.  During the AFC Championship game between the Kansas City Chiefs and Buffalo...

After two days of debating at Garden City on Jan. 17 and 18, the varsity debate team came back home with a 4-speaker state championship, bringing down the previous reigning champions, Washburn Rural, to...

Dem. Shannon Reid is re-elected as the District Two Douglas County Commissioner. Running against Independent Brad Chun, Reid wins by a total of 4899 votes and 68.74% overall. Commissioner Reid has lived...