ITS OFFICIAL! LAWRENCE WILL HOST TEAM ALGERIA FOR THE FIFA WORLD CUP 2026

LDCFM Responds to a Structure Fire on 9th Street Lawrence, KS - On October 3rd 2025, at approximately 10:20 AM, Lawrence-Douglas County Fire Medical (LDCFM) units were dispatched to a structure fire at 219 E. 9th Street. Initial reports to the Douglas County Emergency Communications Center indicated that fire was comin...

Lawrence - Two forums for City Commission Candidates have been set for September 17 and September 22 at Peaslee Tech Center, 2920 Haskell Avenue, beginning at 6:30 p.m. The 2 forums will be conducted by a loose-knit group of former Mayors of Lawrence. The forums will follow a broad category for each night with question...

Lawrence Police have arrested 63-year-old Aaron Blake Wright, of Lawrence, in connection with the homicide that occurred Friday morning at 1801 Massachusetts Street. Police were called to that location at 7:22 a.m. where they located a dead 35-year-old woman behind the building. She appeared to have been stabbed multip...

Lawrence Free State High School has been selected as the winner of the Performing Arts School of Excellence Award from the Kansas State High School Activities Association (KSHSAA). This is the second time the school has earned this statewide distinction for its outstanding commitment to arts education, having also rece...