The search for a 74-year-old Lawrence woman has expanded into neighboring Johnson County after she was reported missing ...

Two passengers in the driver’s vehicle, including her child, got out of the car before she drove away, police said.

Bessie Coleman was the first African-American woman, and also the first woman of Native-American descent, to hold a pilot’s license. Coleman grew up in a cruel world of poverty and discrimination.

leading the way for generations of police women to come. There will be a ceremony in her honor from 5 p.m. to 7 p.m. Thursday at the at the Opelousas Museum and Interpretive Center. "Being ...

Scheduled to open on March 14 in the midst of Women’s History Month ... 1, 1944, history was made when five African-American men were sworn in as the first Black police officers in the City ...