NEW YORK — Florida’s current dengue outbreak is the largest in several decades of any U.S. state. State health officials reported this week that nearly 300 locally acquired cases of the mosquito-borne disease have been tallied so far this year. The vast majority of them were in ...
Sean and Heidi Cripe will never forget the call from their son’s high school saying Davis was being taken to the emergency room. “He chugged an energy drink — like, just trying to be cool,” said Sean Cripe, recounting the day nearly a decade ago. The teen’s heart soon fell out of ...
TOPEKA — Five measles cases reported in Kansas are related to out-of-state travel, health authorities said Thursday. “As of right now, we are not seeing the larger community transmission we saw back in 2025, but we will refrain from venturing a guess as to whether that will change,” ...
The local health department had plenty of tobacco stats for city commissioners on Tuesday night. Stats like of 89 licensed retailers in the city, eight are within 0.5 miles of New York Elementary School alone. But there was one that Vice Mayor Mike Courtney just had to double-check: ...
Native planting and reseeding are two of several options for Lawrence gardeners to enjoy the outdoors and spice-up their areas into the fall, with cooler temperatures on the way after a hot summer. Dana Hunter, owner of Clinton Parkway Nursery, said that fall is a “second spring” for ...
Many homeowners are building outdoor living spaces around a TV room where they can host movie nights and game watches under the stars. Data from the National Association of Realtors indicates that such spaces are worth homeowners' investment, as a new patio can recoup as much as 95 percent at ...
Most of my summer vegetables are winding down now, the cooling temperatures serving as a cue that their mission has been nearly accomplished. But if frost threatens before the last of my tomatoes have turned red, I'll drape a sheet of sheer fabric over their supporting cages to provide some ...
Would you like a lawn that grows well in full sun or part shade, requires little or no watering, chokes out weeds, never needs fertilizer and stays green all summer, even when exposed to dog urine? Have I got a lawn for you! Simply mixing clover seeds with your chosen grass seeds will do all ...
This light and spicy broth is so wholesome and warming. It's my go-to dish on chilly winter days to stave off cold symptoms … and it works every time! If you're happy to go low and slow while cooking, this dish from my cookbook, "Zoe's Ghana Kitchen," is perfect for cheaper cuts of chicken ...
It’s St. John’s Oktoberfest weekend, and just like each of the past 20 or so years, that means Susan Lechtenberg-Fingerhut has her breakfast plans covered. “We start at 8 a.m. on Saturday morning of the event frying all of the schnitzel,” said Lechtenberg-Fingerhut after some food prep ...
Deep-fry (zhà), a well-known technique where the food is fried in a pool of hot oil, which both cooks it and creates a crispy exterior, is used throughout the "Frying" chapter in my cookbook "The Chinese Way." When deep-frying, I use a thermometer, aiming for 350°F to 375°F. Another way to ...
The chapter on main dishes in my cookbook, "Greek Out," starts with an explanation of what "main dish" means to me. Most people, understandably, immediately think of dinner. Because in many places that's the biggest meal of the day, and it's usually meat plus starch plus vegetable. But the ...
Updated at 9:50 p.m. Monday, Oct. 12 BROWNSVILLE, Texas — “Breaking Bad” actor and disability rights advocate RJ Mitte died Monday at age 34, authorities and his representatives said. Cameron County Justice of the Peace Cyndi Hinojosa told The Associated Press she declared Mitte dead ...
In a typical year, Ron Schmidt and the 30-member Lawrence Potters' Guild do a show at Maceli’s, one at Trinity Lutheran Church, a couple outside the Lawrence Public Library. “Last time we had a [show] at the library, the wind came up and blew a whole display over,” he says. Thousands of ...
Friday, October 9 Fall Book Sale, 10 a.m.-6 p.m., Lawrence Public Library, 707 Vermont St. Books, CDs, DVDs and audiobooks; all titles $2 or less. Enter on Kentucky St. side of the library. See lplks.org/book-sales/ for pricing and category lists. KU Astronomy: New Tombaugh Observatory ...
The old stone structure on the edge of downtown Eudora has a history of being unique: It started offering church services in German in 1870 and continued to do so until America’s entry into World War I. Today, the building at 718 Church St. stands out for different reasons: a putting green, ...
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 ...
