After a tempestuous spring and summer, which brought flooding and destruction of property for some area residents, the fall has been dry.
A third of the way through December, only a trace of precipitation has been reported at the Lawrence Municipal Airport, said Daniel Reese, a meteorologist with National Weather Service office in Topeka. During November, 1.18 inches of precipitation was recorded at the ...
Meeting the in-laws can be daunting.
But meeting them in a foreign country where you don’t speak the language and suddenly come down with a life-threatening illness that leaves you temporarily blind and paralyzed is another thing altogether.
That’s what happened to Tyron Byrd, a former Lawrence resident, on his trip to France with his fiancée, Lucie Dubail, two years ago. Before heading off to meet his ...
Flu season won’t peak until early next year; however, coughs, aches and fevers are currently on the rise, according to the Lawrence-Douglas County Health Department.
In recent days, there has been an uptick in the number of Douglas County residents who have gone to an emergency department in Kansas with flu-like symptoms, according to Sonia Jordan, director of informatics with the health department. On Nov. ...
Kansas native Shannon Pufahl was mulling over the plot of her first novel long before she began writing “On Swift Horses.”
At first, she thought the story would focus on her grandparents, who moved from Kansas to Southern California after the Korean War. Her grandmother spent time in Las Vegas, where she developed a passion for gambling.
Along with Pufahl’s own family memories, including trips to Las ...
Mable Durrant was a petite young woman, but that didn’t stop her from standing by the railroad tracks and holding out messages to enormous passing trains, doing her part for the war effort back in 1942.
Mable, now 95, had just graduated from high school in Arkansas during the height of World War II when she heard that the Union Pacific was training women to be telegraphers.
“All the boys were getting ...
This year’s Holiday Extravaganza craft show will span three basketball courts at Sports Pavilion Lawrence.
There will be 206 vendors, including local and regional artists selling their work. Plus, there will be a variety of items from pottery, photography, holiday decorations, jewelry, handmade furniture, baked goods and much more, according to Duane Peterson.
“We have been sold out since September, with ...
