Several school-related events planned for this afternoon and evening have been canceled because the Lawrence area is in a tornado watch through 11 p.m.
Julie Boyle, director of communications for Lawrence Public Schools, listed the following cancellations:
Due to the threat of severe weather tonight, the following school activities have been canceled:
¢ Schwegler music programs.
¢ Woodlawn music programs.
¢ Langston Hughes music programs.



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Informed (anonymous) says…
Can you say, "overreacting"? I knew you could!
The_Original_Bob (anonymous) says…
Cancelling indoor events because of the mere potential of a good 'ol fashioned thunderstorm? Yikes. Is that where we are at now?
compmd (anonymous) says…
Think of the children!
snap_pop_no_crackle (anonymous) says…
we're all gonna die!
KsTwister (anonymous) says…
Hey people, forget the news hype.
use this at least it doesn't exaggerate.
http://www.wunderground.com/US/KS/Law...
bearded_gnome (anonymous) says…
first the telephone terrorist, now the nonevent of severe weather, boy are the music programs gettin' hammered!
somehow, there's got to be a way to combine the two...a cello terrorist threatens to string everybody up, but the orchestra gets violin to prevent it, as the rain drums on the roof.