It’s that time of the year when summer break begins winding down, students get ready to go back to school and Project SEARCH welcomes new interns. For six young adults, it marks the start of something bigger than a job. It’s a chance to prove what they’re capable of. Project SEARCH ...
Taylor Fresh Foods, parent company of Taylor Farms, is voluntarily recalling some products that include jalapeños because of worries about a possible salmonella contamination. The announcement comes a few weeks after Taylor Farms voluntarily recalled its iceberg lettuce products sourced from ...
NEW YORK — In the past year, the U.S. has seen a jump in frequent marijuana users going to the hospital with a nausea and vomiting condition, according to a report released Thursday. “The abruptness and sustained magnitude of the increase” is largely due to the condition getting its own ...
WASHINGTON — When Joe Shearer was a Marine fighting in Iraq, a blast from an enemy mortar round knocked him down and made him vomit. He got up and kept going despite a searing headache. When a roadside bomb struck his Humvee convoy months later, the explosion’s shock wave swept through ...
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 ...
If you're looking to plant a rare flower with a storied past that's had a well-known song written about it, edelweiss will check all your boxes. My mother grew up in northeastern Italy, just over the Austrian border near the Alps, where edelweiss grow wild along steep rocky ledges. When I was ...
We sowed. We planted. We watered, watched and waited. And now, beanstalks are reaching for the heavens, tomatoes are getting plump and zucchini are seemingly doubling in size overnight. Timing their harvests is a balancing act, and in many cases you, as gardener, are forced to choose between ...
Few garden plants attract as much admiration as roses. They're as beautiful in the garden as they are in a vase, and their flowers are almost universally a symbol of love. Unfortunately, they don't always grow without challenges. Wilting, infestations and infections are not uncommon. And none ...
When tomatoes are at their peak — and it's too hot to turn on the oven — this simple, no-cook sauce from my cookbook "Pasta Every Day" is what I come back to time and again. It's often called pomodoro crudo and served with very thin spaghetti, though you'll find many variations, including ...
I make these Black Sesame-Brown Butter Rice Krispies Treats, excerpted from my book "108 Asian Cookies," with my mother in mind. Growing up, I ate my fair share of Rice Krispies Treats because they were one of the few Western sweets my mom made over and over again. Maybe it was because they ...
We love the lively heat and distinctive smokiness from cooking over a bed of glowing red and white-hot coals any time of the year, which is why we have a whole chapter on grilling in our cookbook "Canal House: Cook Something." We are partial to charcoal grilling in a kettle grill, but if we ...
If the South had a mascot, it would be okra. You love, hate or have an unfounded fear of okra — and the same is true of the South. There's no vegetable more polarizing than this poor little pod. And it's only one part of okra that tends to bother people: the slimy seeds. Now I seek okra ...
FRIDAY, AUG. 14 Computer Basics: Stay Safe Online, 10-11:30 a.m., Meeting Room C (lower level), Lawrence Public Library, 707 Vermont St. Protection from viruses, scams and fake emails; how to manage your passwords. Lecture-style; no computers required. Lawrence Opera Theatre: “The ...
Just a few years ago, it looked like Lawrence’s historic Castle Tea Room’s time as a gathering place might have been over. Attempts to run an event business at the 19th-century home at 13th and Mass. – which really does look like a castle – simply hadn’t made enough money to cover ...
The 45th annual Kansas State Fiddling and Picking Championships, or “FidPick,” will take place Aug. 23 at South Park. This year, the event will feature a performance by Grammy-winner Dom Flemons, eight competitions, food and beverage vendors, art vendors, family-friendly activities, jam ...
Lawrence loves its local color, says artist Mary Walthall, and there’s one spot of color near the University of Kansas campus that’s all about love. It’s the door of the “Love Garage” on the east side of Mississippi Street, near the stadium, which has gone through several changes ...
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 ...
