Fraternity, barber shop giving kids free cuts

Looking for that back-to-school haircut?

Kansas University’s Kappa Alpha Psi fraternity and Watson’s Barber Shop are partnering to give free haircuts to Lawrence schoolchildren from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. today.

The first 50 kindergartners through eighth-graders to come to the barbershop will receive free haircuts from barbers at Watson’s, 701 W. Ninth St.

By offering free haircuts, Kappa Alpha Psi and Watson’s Barber Shop hope to ease some of the financial strains of school year.