Gov. Laura Kelly celebrated the signing of Senate Bill 271 last week, which was a bipartisan measure that revised outdated income eligibility requirements for Kansas’ Children’s Health Insurance Program, or CHIP. The goal was to make health care for children more affordable by adjusting the ...
NEW YORK — Journalist Kara Swisher begins her new, six-part CNN series about longevity and health in an interesting location — a cemetery. It’s the final resting place of her father, who died in 1968 at just 34. Swisher was only 5, and his sudden death had a deep effect on her career ...
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 ...
You've seen them — those odd planters that look like buildings with windows and balconies on their sides. Maybe you've planted strawberries in them. Or maybe you've just never understood them. Typically made of terracotta, the pots are usually tall and urn-shaped, but shorter, wider options ...
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 ...
Shiitake mushrooms from North Tabor Farm, on Martha's Vineyard, inspired this recipe from my cookbook "The Beetlebung Farm." For this soup, you can replace the chicken stock with water for a vegetarian version — but if you do, increase the quantity of mushrooms to make sure you get a nice ...
Free State Brewing Company and outdoor organizations will host a celebration of Kansas’ outdoor heritage featuring food, drink and inspiration for exploring Douglas County by trail. The brewery announced in a press release Monday it will partner with Kansas Trails Inc. and Friends of ...
The traditional Passover food matzo brei (rhymes with fry) is essentially matzo fried with eggs, or scrambled eggs with matzo, depending on how you look at it, and it's one of the tastiest and easiest ways to have a solid breakfast during Passover, not to mention using up leftover matzo after ...
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 ...
This year’s Free State Festival will include a comedy from an acclaimed director and musician, films celebrating Algerian cinema and a documentary about a small-town Kansas newspaper that made national headlines over free speech. The Lawrence Arts Center announced its headliners Thursday and ...
Alfred Hitchcock, the Master of Suspense, had cuts, close-ups and all the other tools of cinema to build the tension in his “Dial M for Murder.” But how do you translate that kind of tension to the stage at Theatre Lawrence? For director Sean Kenealy, the answer is this: Just make the ...
A Lawrence artist known for creating earthworks will help welcome the Algerian national team to Lawrence by creating an image of the nation’s flag. Score Lawrence, the group helping organize the city’s preparations for the FIFA 2026 World Cup, announced Thursday that renowned artist Stan ...
Friday, April 17 Lawrence Reviewed Pop-Up: Review the Bee Tree at the Natural History Museum, 10 a.m.-noon, KU Natural History Museum, 1345 Jayhawk Blvd. Author event: Lorie Hetrick-Volenberg, “Mosses Through a Hand Lens,” 4:30-6 p.m., Lawrence Public Library Auditorium, 707 Vermont St. ...
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 ...
