Friday, July 24 Summer Youth Theatre presents “Once Upon a One More Time,” 7 p.m., Free State High School Theatre, 4700 Overland Drive. See lawrenceartscenter.org for ticket information. 1313 Mockingbird Lane Fright Flicks Presents: “Ginger Snaps” (2000), 9 p.m., Liberty Hall, ...
The first day of school in Lawrence is right around the corner, and families have several back-to-school preparations to complete before students return to classrooms. The 2026-2027 school year for Lawrence students begins with transition day for kindergarten, sixth and ninth graders on Aug. ...
A massive annexation request touted as the first step to adding more than 1,000 single family homes west of the South Lawrence Trafficway has changed. It is less massive and less about single family housing — at least temporarily. We’ve been reporting for months that a group led by a ...
In its 42nd annual iteration, Late Night in the Phog will undergo two of the most dramatic changes in its history. The event, Kansas Athletics announced on Thursday afternoon, will now occur on two separate days — Friday, Oct. 16 for the KU men’s basketball team and Thursday, Oct. 29 for ...
The crowd welcoming "Big Boy" might not have been as large as in years past due to the rain Thursday, but those who made it to the Union Pacific Depot in North Lawrence were still full of enthusiasm for the historic steam locomotive. Big Boy, also known as Union Pacific’s No. 4014, is the ...
After a group of young men were escorted out of a Lawrence bar for being underage, they met up with a KU student and bought wristbands from him that purported to show they were at least 21 and that enabled their entry. Two hours later, the group would be connected to two shootings at the bar, ...
