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The third and fourth graders at Princeton Elementary School assembled for their class photo in 1951. According to Dorothy (Kottke) Wahl, of Genesee, who submitted this photo, the Leo’s photographer
A Manhattan artist has been chosen to paint a women's suffrage memorial for the Kansas Statehouse, but there could be a delay due to design tweaks.
Nine years ago, Jake and Rene Hiemstra became residents of Three Arch Bay, and neighbors to 68-year-old Tim, who, blind and in a wheelchair, lived a private, solitary life and rarely left his house.
Marlene Merrill, Lawrence Kansas To the editor: Recent decisions by the city commissioners are very disappointing. The decision to increase city staff positions will increase the city budget by $1.6 million. Most of the new positions are unnecessary, such as a creative media coordinator and an engagement coordinator. Lawrence is becoming a city of taxes and vacant storefronts. Where does the city think the money will come from? Utility rates increased by over 10% and I expect a big property tax increase. As evidence of increasing unaffordability, city commissioners also changed the regulati...
photo by: Screenshot Members of the League of Women Voters of Kansas discuss a change to the organization's position statement on criminal justice issues during a virtual meeting on Jan. 5, 2021. The League of Women Voters of Kansas has drafted a rewrite of its nearly 50-year-old position statement on criminal justice to emphasize alternatives to incarceration, offender wellness and the elimination of systemic bias. Marlene Merrill, co-chair of the league’s Position Update Committee, said during a virtual meeting Tuesday that the new draft compared with the current position was “really a...