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Lawrence Farmers' Market competing for national ranking
Thursday, July 30The Lawrence Farmers' Market is hoping to be named one of the top 20 in the country.
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Sunday, February 7I'm traveling back to Kansas just in time for another round of snow!
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Video: Father fights for athlete opportunities
A local high school father is working to allow ninth-graders to play at the high school level. The rules may change if the grade configuration is changed in the near future. Watch »
Video: Parents speak out against school closings
Local parents and former board members gathered Monday to voice their opinions on the potential closing of area schools. The board will hold several additional public forums to address the issue. Watch »
Video: Common Cents: Decorating for love
Lori Carson gives some tips for mood-sensitive decorating for Valentine's Day. Watch »
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Kansas' 149th birthday party
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Tea Time Fiesta
Photos from the Tea Time Fiesta January 9, 2010. The event was held at the Lawrence Public Library.
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School closings on the line in Lawrence
With a $4 million budget deficit growing to $5 million, the likelihood of school closings seems to be increasing.
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- Under her wing: Parent writes book on developmental disabilities
- February 8, 2010
- Lawrence resident Denise Gossage didn’t initially set out to write a book. Her recently published “Winging It” (available in local bookstores) evolved from years of keeping notes of meetings with doctors, teachers and therapists, and writing a personal journal about rearing a child on the autism spectrum.
- Power steering: Couples share how they divide driving duties over a lifetime
- February 8, 2010
- Candi Best’s view of the road has gone from the passenger seat to the driver’s seat to the back seat. Yes, whenever the Baldwin City mother slides into the car these days, it’s usually into the back, right next to her toddler son.
- Love bonds
- February 8, 2010
- Ken Flanders is a big believer in love at first sight. It happened to him in 1946 when, while pitching a ballgame in Highland, he caught a glimpse of his future wife in the stands.
- Love seen in spirit of ‘enough mind’
- February 8, 2010
- It’s February, the month of romantic love. Coming from a family which at its most functional was severely dysfunctional, I have a strong memory of the first couple I ever met who seemed to really fit each other.
- Small talk: KU experts suggest techniques for building children’s language skills
- February 8, 2010
- Beth Barnett talks to her daughters constantly. She talks to Natalie, 8, after school — about her day and her homework. She talks to Gabrielle, 3, and Isabella, 3 months, throughout the day — when she gets them dressed in the morning and when she drives them to work and home. She talks to them at breakfast, lunch and dinner. She talks to them at story and bedtime.
- Playing with purpose: Lawrence parents pursue unique therapy for their children
- February 8, 2010
- Six-year-old Max blows up balloons, draws pictures, topples blocks and makes molds with Play-Doh. Occasionally Max reveals his deepest, darkest feelings. Max is in therapy, but he hardly knows it..
- John Brown exhibit, talk are at library
- February 8, 2010
- Through Feb. 28, the Lawrence Public Library is hosting a traveling exhibit that depicts the story of the Battle of Black Jack.
- Bowling fundraiser has positions to fill
- February 8, 2010
- Big Brothers Big Sisters needs volunteers for an upcoming fundraising event, “Bowl for Kids Sake.”
- City commission agenda for Feb. 9
- Planned complex requires rezoning
- February 7, 2010
- The city commission agenda for February 9, 2010.
- Property values buck national trend
- February 6, 2010
- Be forewarned, Douglas County homeowners: The national news about a tanking real estate market won’t exactly match up with the news you are about to receive from the county appraiser’s office.
- Bingo Night to benefit Special Olympics
- February 6, 2010
- Douglas County Special Olympics will be host to a Bingo Night from 4 p.m. to 8 p.m. tonight at the Douglas County 4-H Fairgrounds, Building 21, 2110 Harper St.
- City says odd taste of water due to large amount of runoff into Clinton Lake
- February 5, 2010
- Changes in the aquatic environment at Clinton Lake have produced an odd taste in the city water at several west Lawrence residences, city officials confirmed Friday.
- Kansas Gov. Parkinson vows to veto House smoking bill
- Bill would overturn Lawrence ordinance
- February 5, 2010
- Gov. Mark Parkinson on Friday said he would veto a House bill that would establish a statewide ban on smoking in indoor public places but allow numerous exemptions.
- Newspapers chart digital course amid uncertain times
- 02:18 p.m., February 5, 2010 Updated 02:18 p.m.
- Across the country, newspaper companies have found themselves under intense economic pressures, brought on both by the extended recession and the emergence of new communications technologies.
- Snow snarls traffic; Ice, heavy snow predicted for Sunday, Monday
- 02:06 p.m., February 5, 2010 Updated 04:24 p.m.
- The snow that fell on northeast Kansas Friday is not expected to stick around into Saturday, but the area could soon be in for more winter weather.
- Statehouse Live: Parkinson criticizes House smoking bill as “fraud”
- 11:57 a.m., February 5, 2010 Updated 11:57 a.m.
- Parkinson called House Bill 2642 “a ridiculous piece of public policy that is nothing but a fraud.”
- Lawrence residents now find higher sales taxes in certain shopping areas around town
- Lawrence has 2 areas where items cost a bit more
- February 5, 2010
- You may think you know what sales tax you’re paying, but you may very well be wrong. The days of one sales tax applying for an entire city are quickly disappearing.
- New traffic signals to assist trail users
- February 5, 2010
- Users of a new trail in east Lawrence will be able to stop traffic, with the installation of new pedestrian-activated traffic signals at two intersections along the Burroughs Creek Trail.
- LMH awaits construction on Eudora facility
- February 4, 2010
- Lawrence Memorial Hospital officials say construction on its primary care facility in Eudora could start in a few months.
- MartinLogan eliminates production from Lawrence facility, moves some jobs to Canada
- February 4, 2010
- MartinLogan Ltd., a Lawrence-based designer and maker of high-end audio speakers, is moving its on-site production work to a larger plant in Canada, a move that will eliminate 12 jobs in Lawrence.
- Lawrence Arts Center’s Souper Bowl on tap for this weekend
- February 4, 2010
- During the past decade, what began as a way to showcase ceramics has become an annual tradition for the community.
- On the move for Rock Chalk Revue
- Variety show by greek community to benefit United Way
- February 4, 2010
- Organizers of the Kansas University greek community’s annual variety show to benefit charity hope to raise more than $70,000 for the United Way.
- New legislation in Kansas House would overturn local smoking bans, including Lawrence’s
- Bill would implement weak smoking ban statewide, no stronger measures allowed
- February 3, 2010
- Advocates of a statewide ban of smoking in public places, criticized a new bill Wednesday that they said would overturn local anti-smoking ordinances, including the one in Lawrence.
- Lawrence Athletic Club closes east-side location
- February 3, 2010
- Lawrence Athletic Club was turning away customers from its east location Wednesday, after shutting down for undisclosed legal reasons, the owner said.
- District weighs budget options
- Deficit likely to stretch to $5M
- February 3, 2010
- It was two and a half hours of talk about options for budget cuts in Lawrence schools, including fewer secondary school courses, more students in elementary classes, fewer positions, and even closing some elementary schools.
- Web site expands ‘classified’ information
- February 3, 2010
- Advertising in Journal-World classifieds still carries the familiar length limits, scheduling rules and payment procedures.
- City tosses around ideas about trash
- February 3, 2010
- City commissioners at their Tuesday evening meeting directed a city-appointed advisory board to begin studying ways to get feedback from the public on new types of trash rates that would charge residents based on how much trash they throw away.
- County to consider aiding city road work
- February 3, 2010
- Douglas County commissioners todaywill consider providing $277,715 to assist the city in improving 31st Street and Kasold Drive.
- Library announces new hours, fines
- February 2, 2010
- The Lawrence Public Library, 707 Vt., will open two hours earlier on Sundays and close two hours earlier on Fridays.
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