Health and wellness advice is available in abundance on social media — from trendy to informative to straight-up disinformation — and you're far from alone in seeing it. A new survey by the Pew Research Center finds that about 4 in 10 U.S. adults — and around half of those under 50 — ...
The legal battle over mailing the abortion drug mifepristone is affecting clinics in Kansas, where medication abortions are by far the most common method. The most recent data from the Kansas Department of Health and Environment shows more than 70% of abortions in 2024 were by ...
WASHINGTON (AP) — The Food and Drug Administration on Tuesday announced its first authorization of fruit-flavored electronic cigarettes intended for adult smokers, a major policy shift that comes after months of appeals to President Donald Trump from the vaping industry. The decision is ...
Robin Goff had a routine checkup with a doctor at the LMH Health Main Campus. Everything was normal, but she started feeling a bit queasy afterward. When she got off the elevator as she left the appointment, Robin thought she should sit down because she just didn’t feel right. “My sternum ...
DENVER — A few raindrops fell as Heather Grady gingerly transplanted beet seedlings into the earth, but the sky refused to release enough moisture to ease her worries about a dry winter that's left reservoirs low. With most of Colorado in drought, Grady and her husband Terrance began ...
I love the idea of transforming garbage into free mulch and fertilizer. Composting is a win-win: I save money and keep my eggshells, coffee grounds and weeds out of a landfill. Compost is the single best additive available for improving any soil type. Is your soil too sandy? Add compost. Too ...
You might not realize it, but watching Zach Galifianakis poke around in the dirt like he's just discovered it is exactly what you need right now. In "This Is a Gardening Show," a six-part series that premiered on Netflix for Earth Day, the actor and comedian brings a kind of wide-eyed ...
You've seen them — those odd planters that look like buildings with windows and balconies on their sides. Maybe you've planted strawberries in them. Or maybe you've just never understood them. Typically made of terracotta, the pots are usually tall and urn-shaped, but shorter, wider options ...
If you are a brunch person, then you may have noticed a new dish in town, sitting comfortably in recent years alongside longtime favorites like Eggs Benedict and French Toast. It's Chicken and Waffles, current darling of the brunch crowd. If you are on the hunt for a Mother's Day dish that ...
This recipe is excerpted from the cookbook "Linda McCartney's Family Kitchen." Linda was ahead of her time on plant-based eating in the '80s and '90s — today, it is much easier to follow a plant-forward lifestyle than when she wrote her first cookbooks. Now, all the ingredients you need for ...
Shiitake mushrooms from North Tabor Farm, on Martha's Vineyard, inspired this recipe from my cookbook "The Beetlebung Farm." For this soup, you can replace the chicken stock with water for a vegetarian version — but if you do, increase the quantity of mushrooms to make sure you get a nice ...
Free State Brewing Company and outdoor organizations will host a celebration of Kansas’ outdoor heritage featuring food, drink and inspiration for exploring Douglas County by trail. The brewery announced in a press release Monday it will partner with Kansas Trails Inc. and Friends of ...
Friday, May 8 Computer Basics: Search & AI, 10-11:30 a.m., Lawrence Public Library, 707 Vermont St. Meet at downstairs technology desk. Leave Your Mark: Collaborative ceramics with Artist-in-Residence Jason Wang, 5-7 p.m., Lawrence Arts Center, 940 New Hampshire St. Free admission; ...
When he and his wife bought their house 30 years ago, Nick Schmeidler said there was a “craftsman vibe” to the house. His “full-time hobby” of creating folk art sculptures made of salvaged parts certainly adds to that vibe. Although the sculptures in his front yard are always on ...
Out on the tarmac of Lawrence Regional Airport, a beautiful sunflower is about to bloom – beautiful, and also useful. It’s a compass rose, to help pilots calibrate or “swing” their compasses. On Friday, a few volunteers were out drawing the geometry for the design, and on Saturday ...
Many so-called “book festivals” aren’t really that festive at all, says Maureen Carroll of the Kansas Authors Club. Often, they’re focused on publishers and are more like industry conventions. But the club’s Free State Book Festival this weekend, she said, will really be a festival ...
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 ...
