Families in Douglas County have an opportunity to connect with trusted resources during the earliest stages of childhood when LMH Health and LiveWell Douglas County host Growing Together, a free community event designed to support families from pregnancy through age 5. The event will take ...
This April, Lawrence’s Sexual Trauma and Abuse Care Center is planning a trivia night, an art auction and more to help fund its education and support programs – and it’s bringing back a downtown vigil and march where survivors can speak out. STACC’s slate of programming for Sexual ...
Four organizations will be co-hosting a free community event centered on birth outcomes in Douglas County. The "Public Health After Dark" event will be hosted by Lawrence-Douglas County Public Health, LMH Health, LiveWell Douglas County and the Early Childhood Collective. It will take place ...
One day at an Idaho hospital, half the newborns Dr. Tom Patterson saw didn’t get the vitamin K shots that have been given to babies for decades to prevent potentially deadly bleeding. On another recent day, more than a quarter didn’t get the shot. Their parents wouldn’t allow it. “When ...
Unrelenting heat, wind and lack of rain can create inhospitable conditions for plants, as well as humans. But a simple change in mulch can help gardeners mitigate damage from those conditions, and wildfires too. That's one reason so-called "gravel gardens" are growing in popularity. When ...
When something in the house stops working or needs to be replaced, the first impulse of many people is to call a contractor or comparison shop online. Others have the mindset, skills, resources or time to handle it themselves. Do-it-yourselfers often are regarded as determined and ...
The right renovation project can change the look and feel of a home. Major undertakings like a kitchen remodel might be the first projects homeowners think of when considering ways to transform their home interiors, but small projects also can go a long way toward remaking spaces in a ...
Homeowners know that the next home renovation project is always right around the corner. And that means finding ways to finance such undertakings. When planning for renovations, the average homeowner underestimates their project cost by approximately 22 percent, according to the 2026 ...
I take such pride in this dish from my book "The Step-by-Step Instant Pot Cookbook." To me, being Jewish is all about traditions, and in Jewish families, brisket is a tradition in and of itself. We're talking tender, fall-apart brisket in an incredibly simple sweet and savory sauce (trust me ...
BOSTON — The future of fish is looking a lot like… salami? And meatballs. And fried chicken. And breakfast sausage. And, of course, spareribs and burgers. This is America, after all. Welcome to the era of surreptitious seafood, an industry gamble that overcoming Americans' relative ...
Puréed soups cry out for embellishment. We favor heavy cream, whipped or not; sour cream; snipped chives or minced scallions; or a drizzle of melted butter or olive oil to add more flavor. This minty pea soup from our cookbook "Canal House " is topped with finely diced ham and lots of ...
A winery in rural Leavenworth County just northeast of Lawrence earned a grant worth just over $22,000 from the state to help boost tourism efforts, with the owner saying he hopes it can help its reach in the rural community. Officials with the State of Kansas, Explore Lawrence and ...
Friday, April 3 Free Tax Filing Support, noon-3 p.m., Meeting Room C, Lawrence Public Library, 707 Vermont St. KU’s Volunteer Income Tax Assistance (VITA) helpers will be on site. See lplks.org for restrictions and details. AUMI Jam, 4:30-6 p.m., Sound + Vision Studio, Lawrence Public ...
Theatre Lawrence's next season will kick off in September with a jazzy reimagining of a Gilbert and Sullivan classic. The 2026-27 lineup will start with "Pirates! The Penzance Musical" followed in December by the holiday show — typically a big musical on the order of 2025's "White Christmas" ...
The Watkins Museum of History announced it will be hosting a traveling exhibition later this spring that features photography documenting sites along the Underground Railroad, with a supplemental exhibit detailing Kansas’s history with the network. The museum announced in a press release ...
Next Friday on the University of Kansas campus, you might see what looks like a mini craft market near the bronze Jayhawk statues outside the Kansas Union. It’s called Jayhawk Fridays, and it’s a new way for small businesses to connect with students on campus. Program director Mikayla ...
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 ...
