Kansas has slightly improved in a national scorecard of maternal and infant health but there are still places to to better, especially when it comes to the health of women and babies of color. Every year, the March of Dimes, a group focused on improving maternal and infant health, releases a ...
The new year is a time when many try to start new good habits and commit to improving health and wellness. But resolutions, lofty as they may be, can turn daunting quickly with all the advice and sometimes contradicting information coming at you from news reports, advertisers, influencers, ...
Dr. Tom Deskin stepped away from a career in emergency medicine after 30 years, but he wasn’t ready to stop caring for patients. He just wanted to do it differently. As the face of LMH Health’s Workplace Medicine program, he’s found a role that combines his clinical expertise with his ...
TOPEKA — The number of abortions performed in Kansas during 2024 surpassed 19,000 for the second consecutive year in wake of judicial and political decisions in other states restricting access to the medical procedure. The Kansas Department of Health and Environment reported clinics and ...
What to buy, what to serve, which events to attend — December is typically full of decisions. Here's one more for you to contemplate: What are you going to do with your Christmas tree? According to the Nature Conservancy, some 10 million live Christmas trees end up in landfills every year. ...
With temperatures dropping and dusk arriving early, the firepit section of my garden has been on my mind. It's a simple setup. Eight colorful Adirondack chairs are arranged in a circle around a stacked stone hearth, surrounded, during the growing season, by easy-growing, low-maintenance button ...
I've planted the potted mums in the garden and packed away the scarecrows — now it's time to deck the halls. That means filling vacant pots with evergreen branches foraged from my trees and shrubs, hanging cedar swags on the porch and placing a wreath on the door. They'll look great at ...
If I asked you to name a holiday flower, my guess is poinsettia, amaryllis or paperwhite would be the first to come to mind. But there's another, underused seasonal plant that deserves attention. Allow me to introduce you to cyclamen. There are roughly two dozen species of the perennial ...
At first glance, these Lychee-Frosted Sugar Cookies from my cookbook "108 Asian Cookies: Not-Too-Sweet Treats from a Third-Culture Kitchen" appear humble when unfrosted, like any other ordinary sugar cookie, like those you would find at the supermarket. But don't be fooled. These charming ...
In Tuscany, schiacciata — which is pronounced skee-ah-CHA-tah and roughly means "crushed," "flattened" or "squashed" — is a versatile word applied to a variety of breads and bread-like things, from a piece of sweet focaccia studded with roasted grapes around the autumn harvest to a savory ...
Cooking with wine always feels elegant and elevated. This Vegetable Bourguignon, from my cookbook "I Love You: Recipes from the Heart" is hearty and satisfying for family dinners or for curling up by a fire on dark, moody days. And it's always good for leftovers. Serve it with a mashed ...
This simple recipe is a marriage of two even simpler foods, that add up to one flavorful appetizer, main dish or side. This would be welcome any time from breakfast to lunch to dinner, and also a nice entertaining idea. And they would be a great addition to a Thanksgiving table, a cheery little ...
Friday, Jan. 2 Christmas Through the Ages: Historic Lecompton’s Annual Christmas Tree Display, 10 a.m.-4 p.m., Territorial Capital Museum, 640 E. Woodson Ave., Lecompton. “Holiday Reflections” walk-through village, 10 a.m.-8 p.m., Grand Plaza, Union Station, 30 West Pershing Road, ...
The City of Lawrence’s Community Arts Grant application — which funds everything from arts projects to cultural events — will open this week. The city announced in a press release Monday applications for the grants will be accepted starting on Wednesday, Dec. 31. The application period ...
Friday, Dec. 26 Final Friday Art Walk: • “Kaw River: Field Notes,” 5-9 p.m., Edward Jones, 888 New Hampshire St., Suite C. • Studio 901 House Concert Series: Sugarfoot Detour and The Persisters, 7-10 p.m., 901 Pennsylvania St. Christmas Through the Ages: Historic Lecompton’s ...
The last time Lawrence artist Dave Loewenstein debuted a show at the Bourgeois Pig was likely more than 20 years ago, as he recalls. But though it may have been “years and years ago” that he last showed at the downtown Lawrence bar and coffee shop, he will host an opening at the Bourgeois ...
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 ...
