TOPEKA — A Lawrence pharmacy is losing revenue under a bipartisan law that holds the pharmacy industry to new standards of transparency. That is what Will Anderson, owner of Orchards Pharmacy, expected when he fought for the passage of Senate Bill 20, which changes the way that pharmacy ...
Mental health challenges affect people of all ages, backgrounds and walks of life. Yet conversations about these concerns aren’t always easy to discuss. That’s especially true when it comes to a topic like suicide, which remains a leading cause of death in the United States, responsible for ...
TOPEKA — Cases of COVID-19 are increasing in 48 states, although emergency department visits are still low, according to the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. In Kansas, which the CDC ranks as “likely growing” in its number of COVID-19 infections, the number of cases seen ...
Two of the Kansas City area’s largest public health departments are seeing a significant drop in demand for vaccinations. The Kansas City Health Department said vaccine traffic has fallen as much as 30% from a year ago, while the Johnson County Department of Health and Environment reports a ...
September marks the beginning of the great summer-to-fall garden transition and, although most summer plants still have life left in them, many gardeners are turning their attention to the iconic chrysanthemum. The majority of mums sold in pre-planted containers at the garden center are ...
The hanging planter on my porch has seen better days. And by better days, I mean the summer annuals have dried to a brown crisp that likely has the neighbors wondering if the Addams Family has moved in. I like to believe the extreme heat did them in, but I know neglect has also played a ...
When Marisa Mender-Franklin walks through any of the nine flower farms she runs in Memphis, Tennessee, her first thoughts are of gratitude. Partly for the flowers and the bees, but mostly for the support of her neighbors. That's because members of her local Facebook Buy Nothing group shared ...
What does it mean when brown patches show up in a perfectly healthy lawn? The truth is, it could be anything from drought to dog urine, fungal diseases, pests or too much fertilizer. But many homeowners automatically blame grubs. The problem with this is that it's often not the case, and even ...
Fresh ceviche is a staple of Mexican cuisine, but my husband and I were introduced to the concept of roasted ceviche at our wedding. The side dish, adapted here from my cookbook "Plantas," is made of a combination of cooked and fresh ingredients contributing to a sweet, spicy and tangy side ...
Meet Valvin Muscat – sweet, flowery, “insane,” a bit of a heartbreaker, “kind of a pain in the kazoo,” if you ask Michelle Meyer. “But boy, do they taste good,” she says after she cuts a cluster of the golden-green grapes off the vine at Holy-Field Vineyard and Winery in Basehor ...
These Crispy Baked Buffalo Chicken Tacos from my cookbook "The Protein Meal Prep Plan" are stuffed with a collard slaw made with a protein-packed ranch dressing (yes … protein ranch!) that, I have a feeling, will surprise you by how delicious it is. This protein ranch is so good, I make ...
I've never been to Maine for a lobster roll, but the ones I've had in other places have been so good that I knew I needed to make one myself. This version is from my cookbook "Home" and is made with perfectly cooked lobster meat that is plump, juicy, and tender but also firm, and slightly ...
Friday, September 4 Paper Plains Zine Fest (see paperplainszinefest.com for details and registration): • Zines at the Spencer Research Center, 10 a.m.-2 p.m., Spencer Research Library, 1540 Poplar Lane. • KU Colorbar Open Studio, 1-2:30 p.m. and 2:30-4 p.m., Chalmers Hall 203C, 1467 ...
Meet Valvin Muscat – sweet, flowery, “insane,” a bit of a heartbreaker, “kind of a pain in the kazoo,” if you ask Michelle Meyer. “But boy, do they taste good,” she says after she cuts a cluster of the golden-green grapes off the vine at Holy-Field Vineyard and Winery in Basehor ...
Friday, August 28 Happy Birthday Senator Elizabeth Dole Community Blood Drive, noon-4 p.m., Dole Institute of Politics, 2350 Petefish Drive. See doleinstitute.org for details and donation sign-up. Clear the Shelter Event, noon-6 p.m., Lawrence Humane Society, 1805 E. 19th St. Adoption fees ...
Everywhere his journey as an artist has led, Reece Henderson has had to grapple with anxiety – and that includes his latest stint at the Lawrence Arts Center. “I struggle with anxiety, personally,” says Henderson, the Arts Center’s new ceramics artist in residence. “Like, social ...
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 ...
