drugs

Two bills could reduce prison and probation sentences for many low-level drug crimes, like possession and intent to distribute small amounts.

The political and cultural divide between urban and rural communities is as deep and sharp as ever. But the two regions have a lot in common: drug abuse, poverty and a shortage of affordable housing. That’s the short list.

The indictment is the latest in a series of criminal woes to befall Brian Douglas Smith, who owned the popular burger joint at 1611 Genessee St. and ran it for nearly five years.

As the United States struggled with a crisis of addiction to opioids and other drugs over the past few years, scientists began to learn how addiction and…

The story of the pugnacious Kansas sheriff and attorney general Vern Miller, whose antics seemed to be a throwback to the Wild West era but left a…

Jackson County Executive Frank White Thursday blasted the audit of the COMBAT anti-crime tax commissioned by the prosecutor's office. "Unlike numerous…

Over the last three years, millions of dollars generated by COMBAT, the anti-drug and anti-violence sales tax in Jackson County, has been spent with…

Destini Hutson spent much of her childhood picturing what life would be like when her dad came home. Over time, her plans turned to the practical: teach...

Segment 1: While the rest of the nation has seen a decrease in the number of drug overdose deaths, Missouri and Kansas have seen a rise.In 2018 death by…

LAWRENCE — Before starting his CBD company, Chris Brunin researched the competition, the labs they used, the products they sold.He checked out ingredient…

Segment 1: The changing culture of language-learning in professional baseball.About 25 percent of Major League Baseball players were from Spanish-speaking…

Douglas rattles around a collection of glass jars in the storage closet of his Denver apartment. They’re filled with a small grain, like barley, and…