Lawrence, Free State parades set for Friday

Lawrence and Free State high schools’ fall homecoming parades will be Friday, both beginning at 2:30 p.m.

The Free State procession will begin just south of Bob Billings Parkway and Wakarusa and proceed north on Wakarusa to the school.

Lawrence High School’s parade will begin at 11th and Massachusetts streets and head south on Massachusetts to 19th Street, where it will turn west to the LHS parking lot.

The LHS parade will include a stop at 17th and Massachusetts, during which the band will perform for residents at Babcock Place.

Each school’s homecoming dance will be from 8 p.m. to 11 p.m. Saturday.