Jeremy Farmer

Lawrence gets a new mayor, a former Kansas Supreme Court Justice dies and Topeka bans e-cigarettes in many public places. Those Kansas stories and more headlines from the Associated Press can be found here, as compiled by the KPR News Team.

The mayor of Lawrence has resigned. Jeremy Farmer's resignation as mayor follows his resignation as the executive director of a Lawrence food pantry. The food pantry, Just Food, recently revealed that Farmer had neglected to pay $50,000 in federal payroll taxes.

Here's a summary of the day's Kansas news headlines from the Associated Press, as compiled by the KPR News Team.