Extreme heat makes it especially hard for your body to cool down, so you need to be extra careful if you exercise or play sports when it’s baking outside. Your brain tries to keep your body within a degree or two of 98.6 degrees Fahrenheit (37 degrees Celsius), and it does so in part by ...
Two weeks before Joan Cody died, a Kansas employee urged state regulators to investigate alleged abuse and neglect at her northeast Kansas memory care facility. “I don’t normally reach out unless I believe (state) intervention is necessary, but I must bring a serious situation to your ...
When Cale Moore was months away from becoming a parent in the summer of 2024, he and his wife found the Boot Camp for New Dads at LMH Health, a Saturday workshop offered in partnership with the nonprofit Dads of Douglas County. “I always have felt like I’ve wanted to be an involved dad ...
There are some signs of financial improvement at the Bert Nash Community Mental Health Center, with new reason to believe that a state agency will provide a “considerable” boost of funding as soon as next month. But there are also continuing signs of financial trouble, the nonprofit’s ...
Buying or selling a home is a significant financial and emotional undertaking, and a real estate agent can be an invaluable partner in the process. A skilled professional can help navigate the complexities of the market, negotiate on your behalf and ensure a smooth transaction. Understanding ...
For homebuyers looking to make their new homes more energy-efficient, specialized financing options can help cover the costs of improvements while potentially lowering long-term utility expenses. Energy-efficient mortgages, or EEMs, provide buyers with additional borrowing power to finance ...
Climate change is reshaping the real estate landscape as extreme weather events become more frequent and severe. Rising temperatures, increasing wildfires and intensifying hurricanes are affecting home values and making insurance coverage more costly and, in some cases, difficult to ...
Co-living spaces have emerged as an answer to rising housing costs and more densely populated urban areas. An alternative to traditional renting, this shared-living model is gaining traction among young professionals, digital nomads and even retirees looking for community-oriented housing ...
A local restaurant owner who has helped lead the Lawrence Restaurant Association will serve on the board for a national group that supports independent restaurants. Codi Bates, the owner and operator of Bates Co., whose restaurant brands include The Burger Stand and Bon Bon!, was recently ...
When COVID scrambled the economy in March of 2020, one profession in particular was flipped upside down: Those who made a living feeding others in restaurants now needed help to feed their families and pay their bills after the industry practically shut down overnight. Here in Lawrence, it was ...
It’s the dog days of summer at Jefferson’s — hot dogs, that is. Jefferson’s Restaurants are celebrating the opening ceremony of the 2024 Paris Olympics with a special promotion today, July 26, offering free hot dogs to any guest who brings in an award — whether it’s a ...
Italian porchetta is a special dish of spit-roasted pork flavored with herbs, fennel and garlic. It's delicious, but much too involved for a weeknight dinner. To give pork chops the same flavor profile with less work, we narrowed the ingredients to those best suited for searing on the ...
Friday, July 4 “July 4th Freedom Fest: Celebrate and Defend Our Constitution,” 11 a.m.-1 p.m., East Shelter, Centennial Park, Ninth and Iowa streets. Food trucks, children’s activities, information fair, political candidates. A public reading of portions of the U.S. Constitution and ...
Friday, June 27 Final Friday Art Walk includes: · Louis Copt: A Lasting Impression, 5-9 p.m., Cider Gallery, 810 Pennsylvania St. A memorial retrospective. · “Meet the Artist” with Thelma Simons, 4:30-6 p.m., Lawrence Public Library, 707 Vermont St. · Amy Baber, ...
Two Lawrence residents will be heard — but not seen — at the Heart of America Shakespeare Festival, Kansas City’s version of Shakespeare in the Park. This year’s festival, which runs now through July 6 at Southmoreland Park, features William Shakespeare’s early comedy “Love’s ...
Although it is technically a few days early, Lawrence really will ring in summer this week. The city and the University of Kansas campus will be the North American focal point for carillonneurs — the musicians who play bell towers — as some of the best in the world will be in town for a ...
Whether you know it for its train or its swimming pool or its basketball court and playground equipment, the park running for two blocks between Kentucky and Tennessee streets has been through a lot. Often referred to as “Train Park” in reference to the No. 1073 locomotive on its grounds, ...
Most of the rural schools in Douglas County are identified by a name as well as a number. An exception to this norm is “No. 6.” Goldie Piper Daniels, in her 1974 history of the educational buildings in our county, notes that the name “Crutchfield” was found attached to No. 6 on an ...
On the east side of Iowa Street, between 19th and 23rd streets, stands the United States Army Reserve Training Center, which bears the name of Samuel J. Churchill. Churchill is one of two Medal of Honor recipients to have been Lawrence residents and to be buried here. Churchill was ...
On the east side of the 700 block of Vermont Street, you can see a small bronze plaque on a brick building at about eye level. It tells of a First Methodist Church that once stood there, which was built in 1857 and was used as morgue following Quantrill’s Raid on Aug. 21, 1863. More than ...
