Chris Conde

The Lawrence Nature Park is home to one of Lawrence’s pristine green spaces and is also one of the closest systems of immersive trails located within the city limits. Don’t let the name fool you, the “park” has no playground equipment and has only a couple of benches to rest your legs but for a […]

Driving to and from North Lawrence has been challenging recently, with road construction projects on both ends of the Kansas River Bridge, and residents have been worried that first responders won’t arrive in time for emergencies. The project in North Lawrence from the Kansas River Bridge started in July. Since then, the road has been […]

The Civil War is said to have officially started at Fort Sumter in South Carolina in 1861, but Bleeding Kansas had been home to numerous antislavery battles well before that, including the Battle of Black Jack just outside of Baldwin City. Some historians say Black Jack may have been the war’s first true battle when […]

Douglas County residents have been reporting a variety of scams to law enforcement in which the scammers have been posing as those same law enforcement agencies to try to swindle money from people. On Thursday, the Lawrence Police Department warned the public on social media that residents had received calls from people claiming to be […]

When two teachers from Kansas were traveling to see a friend in Nebraska for Memorial Day, they didn’t remotely imagine that the road trip would end in a strip search, an impounded vehicle and thousands of dollars in legal fees, but that’s what happened after they were pulled over for speeding in Brown County and […]

A Douglas County judge on Thursday awarded an Airbnb host over $4,200 in connection with a former University of Kansas football player’s stay. Last winter former KU player Craig Young stayed at the Airbnb townhome called Sofi’s Sunflower at 2406 Alabama St. in Lawrence. Young, who now plays for the Indianapolis Colts in the NFL, […]

Community members, service providers and government officials gathered on Tuesday night to begin a series of conversations about improving safety in Lawrence in response to several teens having recently died from gun violence. Kamarjay Shaw, 14, of Lawrence, was shot and killed on March 18, 2023, in a residential neighborhood after his friend group was […]

If you ask Marlo Angell, the director of Lawrence’s Free State Festival, what it takes to get viewers off of their couch and into a movie theater, the answer is simple: community experiences you can’t get at home. And this coming week’s festival has plenty of unique experiences — both on the screen, like a […]

A man accused of raping a young girl took the stand on Monday in Douglas County District Court, denying that he had done anything to the girl and trying to cast doubt on her recollection and the timeline of events. The man, George Joseph Burgess Jr., 45, is back on trial this week after a […]

A Douglas County jury heard opening arguments and testimony from the alleged victim Tuesday morning at the trial for a former star University of Illinois basketball player accused of raping a woman at a Lawrence bar. The Illinois player, Terrence Edward Shannon, 23, of Champaign, Illinois, is charged in Douglas County District Court with one […]